The View That Parents Don't Matter

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The view that parents don't have influence or an impact on their kids was popularized by Judith Rich Harris. Good parents have good kids, and any dimension you could look at, says Paul Waldman. Parents who read a lot to their kids have kids who read aA lot of the variants roughly can be explained genetically. The other 50% doesn't have much to do with shared environment; it does not have to do parental influence.

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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