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The Economist’s Guide to Parenting: 10 Years Later (Ep. 479 Replay)

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Are You Presumptuous as a Parent?

Gadgett: I want to run what i see as levet the parent theory passed you from the older set of kids. You are a university professor, went to harvard, went to mi tea teach at chicago. Those are levels of accomplishment and credentialism that are intense. And my sense is that even though you didn't feel that being a helicopter parent, or over investing, especially in culture, cramming and different kinds of obsessive parenting, were the right way to parent? Gadgett: It's true that i've moved in the direction of unconditional loveboth towards the world, but especially towards these kids.

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