How to Raise Successful Kids with Susan Dominus

Under the Influence with Jo Piazza

Jo Piazza, Influence Inc.

Society & Culture, Parenting, Kids & Family, Personal Journals, Technology

4.3 • 787 Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

What do a novelist, an Olympic triathlete, and a healthcare entrepreneur have in common? In some families, they share a childhood. Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Susan Dominus joins us to talk about The Family Dynamic, her riveting new book on how multiple high-achieving siblings emerge from the same home—and what that means for the rest of us. We talk about the science of sibling influence, the myth of perfect parenting, and why stepping back might be the best thing you can do for your kid’s future. Get Susan's book here. Subscribe to our YouTube channel for videos of all episodes here. Join our newsletter community here. Pre-order EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU here. Visit our lovely sponsors here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Are you looking for the perfect summer read? Look no further than everyone is lying to you,
0:05.2	the Tradwife murder mystery that everyone is talking about. I would be lying if I said that I didn't
0:10.4	want you to order everyone is lying to you right now so that it shows up on your doorstep on July 15th
0:15.2	and you can devour it in one sitting while wearing a nap dress and stealing your neighbor's sourdough.
0:20.5	Everyone is lying to you is an absolute delight, but don't take my word for it.
0:24.5	Publishers Weekly said it is darkly entertaining and delivers the goods.
0:28.6	New York Times bestselling author Sarah Shepard called it a fun, twisty mystery that she was obsessed with.
0:34.8	And my own husband told me that I am a sick, sick person for writing it. I mean,
0:39.2	seriously, order now before J.D. Vance bans it.
0:47.5	What makes one kid in a family grow up to be a world-class novelist, while another becomes an
0:53.8	Olympic triathlete. And the third launches
0:57.0	a groundbreaking health care company. Is it nature? Is it nurture? Maybe it's sibling
1:04.3	rivalry and competitiveness? Or maybe their parents just serve them the right snacks? I don't know.
1:12.5	A lot of it also feels like a whole lot of luck to me. Today I'm talking to Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Susan Domino's
1:18.6	about her fascinating new book, The Family Dynamic, a journey into the mystery of sibling success.
1:25.4	It's a sweeping narrative that profiles six extraordinary families, some of them
1:29.9	pretty famous and some just quietly brilliant, and explores how multiple children under one roof
1:36.4	can grow up to redefine what success looks like. And one of the things I love about this book
1:42.6	is that success can mean a lot of different things.
1:46.4	Success can mean going out and founding a really big important company in Silicon Valley,
1:52.3	or it can mean being an incredible artist or musician, or finding new and fascinating ways to
2:00.5	help people and change the world.
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