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No Stupid Questions

18. How Do You Raise a “Likable” Kid?

No Stupid Questions

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

Society & Culture

4.63.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Also: what’s so great about friendship?

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0:00.0

If you're not a tiger parent, what animal parent are you?

0:02.6

Maybe a mongoose or something?

0:04.4

I'm at a rabbit.

0:05.4

Hi!

0:06.4

I'm Antelod Duckworth.

0:07.6

I'm Stephen Dubner.

0:08.6

And you're listening to no stupid questions.

0:10.9

Today on the show, do bratty kids become bratty adults?

0:15.9

When I was growing up, if anybody asked me,

0:18.5

who are the popular kids, I would say,

0:20.9

well, Meredith is popular.

0:23.0

In which prison is she in today?

0:25.5

Also, what makes a good friendship?

0:28.8

We remember the same commercial for aluminum sighting.

0:35.4

Angela, I have a question here from a listener.

0:38.6

Would you entertain that?

0:40.0

Of course.

0:41.2

This is a listener named Sydney, and she writes to say,

0:44.4

it's an ongoing debate I have with my husband.

0:47.1

We don't have kids.

0:48.7

But do sh-t-kids make sh-t-k adults?

0:52.8

She continues, I don't like to be around bratty kids,

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