Kinder-Gardening

Hidden Brain

Hidden Brain Media

Social Sciences, Performing Arts, Science, Arts

4.6 • 42.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Many parents think they can shape their child into a particular kind of adult. Psychologist Alison Gopnik says the science suggests otherwise. This week, we revisit our December 2017 conversation with Gopnik, who thinks we'd all be better off if we had a different understanding of the relationship between parents and kids.

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0:00.0	This is Hidden Brain. I'm Shankar Vedantam.
0:03.6	Step into the basement of Alex Hamilton's home in Frederick, Maryland, and you'll notice it has a distinct smell.
0:09.7	It's wood dust and cigars. This is my cigar smoking area.
0:16.8	The wood dust, that's from his carpentry projects. Alex's basement is his workshop.
0:23.1	He's built things for every room in his house and outside, too.
0:27.1	Coat hooks.
0:27.7	That's the table I made.
0:29.0	A shed.
0:30.0	This picture frame I made.
0:32.0	A mailbox, color coordinated with the house.
0:34.7	Yeah, make stuff like that.
0:36.5	Alex is showing my producer Raina Cohen around.
0:39.1	Today, he's building something for a beloved family member.
0:42.0	One of my dogs likes to go with me everywhere, so I'm making a bike seat just for her.
0:50.6	Alex calls himself a retired perfectionist.
0:53.8	Things don't have to be perfect for you to enjoy them.
0:56.3	That's especially true for another of Alex's hobbies.
0:59.4	The garden is out here.
1:01.2	He steps outside his house to show us.
1:03.3	A sausage of a dog scampers up.
1:05.6	Butterbean!
1:08.3	That's my garden helper.
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