PARENTING: Learn How to Do It Better With Science, Data, and Mr. Rogers

The Next Big Idea

Next Big Idea Club

Science, Society & Culture, Social Sciences, Education

4.4 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Every season, we invite the authors of the best new non-fiction to distill their books into five big ideas. Then they read those ideas aloud. We call these book bites, and our app has hundreds of them. In this special episode, we’re sharing three book bites that demystify the art and science of parenting. Journalist Melinda Wenner Moyer offers evidence-based strategies for teaching your kids not to be jerks. Two educators explore the science behind the iconic TV show “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood.” And acclaimed economist Emily Oster explains how geeking out on data can make you a better parent.

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0:00.0	I'm Rufus Griskum and this is the next big idea.
0:10.0	Today, raising kids who aren't assholes, the wisdom of Mr. Rogers, and the merits of running
0:15.4	your family like a business.
0:25.4	In the last 18 months, many of us have had the good fortune of spending more time with
0:39.0	our kids than ever before, and the misfortune of spending more time with our kids than ever
0:44.2	before.
0:45.2	We have three boys, and they are, without question, the most delightful, miraculous, and
0:50.4	deering internet bandwidth hogs I have ever had the pleasure of knowing.
0:55.2	Luckily, for both our households' Wi-Fi network and our kids' social and intellectual development,
1:00.2	our boys are headed back to school next week.
1:03.8	And as sorry as I am to see them go, I'm also eager for them and our family to resume
1:08.8	something resembling the normal rhythm of life, school, work, dinner time, chit chat,
1:14.4	capped off with bedtime hostage negotiations.
1:17.8	But I must admit that after a year of homeschooling and uncertainty, a year that has felt like
1:22.5	Swiss family Griskum, I feel as if I've forgotten how to be a normal, unfrasal, nothing
1:27.9	to see here, everything is under control, parent.
1:31.3	Given that objective, I powered up the next big idea app and scrolled through our bookbites.
1:36.8	For those of you who aren't app users, here's a bit of background.
1:40.0	Every season we ask the authors of the most groundbreaking new books to distill those books
1:44.9	down to five big ideas and then read them aloud.
1:48.6	We call them bookbites, the best new books in 12 minutes of audio, and our app has hundreds
1:54.1	of them, a new one every weekday.
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