98. Emily Oster on Debunking the Myths We Hear as Parents

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🗓️ 18 October 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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A dream guest right here! Professor Emily Oster debunks the myths that we have been told as they relate to pregnancy and the little people years. An author of three best selling books on the subject, she is so relatable while also bringing in the stats. Her research helps parents-to-be and parents make calm, confident decisions and today we provide a sliver on some of her best findings. Emily thank you for doing the research to make for one less stressor on this crazy parenthood journey! ...

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0:00.0	So I actually encourage people to stay like sit down and write down what do you want Tuesday to be?
0:04.0	Do you want to be in a dinner as a family? What time you imagine the kids going to sleep?
0:07.7	You know, when are they going to be in school? What are they going to do after school?
0:10.8	Because actually I think we often find in this much busier time of sort of school kids where it's
0:16.8	a lot of logistics that we can almost find ourselves doing too much or not exactly having the shape
0:22.4	of life that we hope for. I'm Amy and I'm Abby and as women we are constantly comparing ourselves
0:33.0	to others but your life isn't supposed to look like hers. Being your best self means standing firm
0:39.6	in your decisions and always being willing to grow with the purpose. We get vulnerable and real
0:45.2	with an honest look into the challenges and triumphs we all face. Every woman listening gets
0:50.8	the opportunity to choose what life looks like for herself.
0:59.1	Today we have Emily Aster on the podcast. Emily is an economics professor at Brown University
1:03.8	and an incredible author. I became most familiar with Emily while pregnant with Owen and fell in love
1:08.9	with her books on pregnancy and parenting. Honestly I couldn't put them down and she pairs her
1:13.8	experience with research to really help this transition into parenthood go better for families.
1:18.3	So Emily I would love if you started by introducing yourself to our listeners.
1:23.1	I am Abby and Amy and listeners. I'm Emily Aster. I am a professor of economics at Brown University.
1:30.4	I'm also an author of three books about pregnancy and parenting. I also write a newsletter called
1:37.2	Parent Data. I do a lot of work on COVID so and I'm a bomb so I do a lot of different a lot of
1:43.6	amazing. Emily my sister and I own a business called Expecting and Empowered and what we do is
1:50.2	we help pregnant women and new moms prepare their bodies heal their bodies and strengthen them
1:56.7	with our workout guides. I'm a nurse and a doula and my sister's a physical therapist
2:02.3	and we both share a passion for helping women tackle this season from a physical standpoint
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