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Ep. 127 What happened to American childhood? with Kate Julian and Greg Lukianoff

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Coddling and Parenting - Is There a Difference?

There's some numerical support for the idea that more anxious people are marrying, leading to a spike in anxiety disorders. Some evolutionary psychologists have warned that pumping up certain kids' genes through the now common practice of high level professionals marrying other high level professionals will increase our country's class related achievement gap. The argument is essentially that if you look at countries across the world, the ones that have the greatest income stratification are the ones with the greatest focus on hard work and the most anxious kids at the same time.

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