324: The Delta variant & the future of post-COVID education | parenting expert & economist Emily Oster, Ph.D.

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🗓️ 4 August 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Emily Oster, Ph.D.: “We're going to see schools not just try to make people be nice to each other on the playground, but actually try to teach them tools for how they can work through conflict and develop empathy.” Oster, a parenting expert and economics professor at Brown University, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss thought-provoking data points around the future of post-COVID education, plus: - How she became an authority figure on the school-reopening debate - How family meals may have affected your food preferences - How parents can combat decision fatigue - How to get kids to actually eat healthy - How to help raise your kid's self-esteem - The latest on what she's seeing with the Delta variant Referenced in the episode: - Oster's newest book, The Family Firm. - Oster's previous titles, Cribsheet and Expecting Better. - mbg Podcast episode #187, with Ethan Weiss, M.D. - Oster's Atlantic article, "Schools Aren't Super-Spreaders." - Dean of Public Health at Brown University, Ashish Jha, M.D., MPH. Enjoy this episode! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the MyBuddyGreen podcast. I'm Jason Wackeb, founder and co-CEO of MyBuddyGreen, and your host.
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0:47.0	Family Oster is a professor of economics at Brown University and a parenting expert who focuses on the data behind choices and pregnancy and parenting.
0:56.0	Her upcoming book, The Family Firm, is a must read about parenting during early school years.
1:02.0	Emily also became quite the polarizing force in the school reopening debate of 2020.
1:08.0	After compiling data from schools in 47 states, she estimated very low rates of COVID-19 infection among the 200,000 students she studied.
1:17.0	The study became the catalyst for an article on the Atlantic titled,
1:21.0	schools, arts, super spreaders, a piece that received a tidal wave of immense praise and harsh criticism from parents and public figures alike.
1:31.0	Look at my buddy Greene, we're not ones to comment on policy, but we do believe in listening to nuanced perspectives.
1:38.0	Whether you align with Emily or not, she presents thought provoking data points around the future of education,
1:45.0	especially with our new challenge of the Delta Stream.
1:48.0	And I am beyond excited to have her on the show today.
1:54.0	Emily, welcome.
1:55.0	Thanks for having me. I'm excited to be here.
1:57.0	So we are beyond thrilled to have you here.
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