May 14, 2019
Writer Carla Steckman talks to Jordana and Shannon about losing her not-yet 2-year-old daughter, Talia, to Tay-Sachs Disease, “extreme parenting,” and what we can learn from our own children. Jordana and Shannon catch up after the podcast’s hiatus, about pregnancy (Shannon’s) and escape (Jordana’s).
Music:
"Voicemail" by Khronos Beats
"Valantis" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Outsider's Paradox" by Springtide
"Best I Can" by Jasmine Jordan ft. Habit Blcx
Mentioned in this episode:
-Learn more about Tay-Sachs and what you can do to help families
facing genetic diseases at the National Tay-Sachs and Allied
Diseases Association (Carla is on its board), which is leading the
fight to cure Tay-Sachs and other genetic diseases at www.NTSAD.org.
-Ashkenazi Jews in particular, but truly all couples, are
encouraged to do genetic screening before having children (as Carla
did). You can learn more about what you can and should do at
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/genetic-screening-and-judaism/.
-Carla is at work on a memoir about her experience parenting Talia.
You can read more of her work at www.carlasteckman.com and https://thewarmweightoflove.wordpress.com.