Oh my god, this person's driving me crazy.

I'm Angela Duckworth.

I'm Stephen Dubner.

And you're listening to no stupid questions.

Today on the show, how valid is attachment theory?

Well, screw her.

If that's the kind of mother she is, here's the kind of kid I'm going to be.

Angela, one William Kisik has written us an email.

He asks, very directly, if we could do an episode on a topic he's interested in, which is

attachment theory.

Attachment theory.

Are you very attached to attachment theory?

I'm an attachment theory superhand.

William writes to say, I am 20 and have been doing work on my attachment style after

years of being an avoidant.

So I have to say, I found that sentence alone, very compelling that he's 20 and he's

been doing work on his attachment style when I am in my 50s and I did not know I had an

attachment style.

So kudos to William.

Let's see if we can figure out a little bit about Stephen's attachment style in this

conversation.

Well, I'm more interested in Williams and yours and practically anyone else's than mine.

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