Paul Waldman: The take home message is that we can all just sort of completely ignore our children from here on out. He says it's especially ironic in her case, because she had a biological child who was doing great and an adopted child who was not. "I think some very good parents are just blamed for problems where kids are totally at our hands"
As parents we like to think we have an impact on our children - their future, their happiness, the kinds of people they turn out to be. But are we deluded? Dave and Tamler are joined by empathy's kryponite, the great Paul Bloom, to talk about Judith Rich Harris's view that parents matter a lot less than you might think (while genes and peer groups matter a lot more than you might think) .
Plus, what the connection between art and morality? Should we support "cancel culture"? Is it wrong to play Michael Jackson's P.Y.T. (spell it out) on the radio? What about the Jackson 5? And what about art that is itself immoral? You're not gonna believe this but Louis CK gets mentioned.
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Special Guest: Paul Bloom.
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