Special Guest Emily Oster: How to Cut Through Parent Guilt and Get Down to What Actually Matters

After Bedtime with Big Little Feelings

Dear Media and Big Little Feelings

Big Little Feelings, After Bedtime, Deena Margolin, After Bedtime With Big Little Feelings, Kids & Family, Parenting, 105161, Kristin Gallant

4.7 • 5.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Today on the pod we welcome THE go to parenting expert in the research space: Emily Oster!!!! She’s a best-selling author, Brown Professor of Economics, data-driven pregnancy and parenting expert and is here to ease all of our minds about this whole parenting thing. On this episode, we chat with Emily on how to cut through the fear that comes with parenting, and help YOU make informed decisions based on *actual* data (rather than obsessing over what our mother in law or neighbor or that one viral instagram post that totally freaked you out). Tune in as Emily shares: The 3 things you need to provide for your kid to set them up for success Is Cocomelon *really* rotting your child’s brain? How much screen time is too much screen time? Her GAME CHANGING tip when it comes to discipline The secret to making every parenting decision A MILLION TIMES EASIER (no, seriously) What the research says about “redshirting” kids with summer birthdays in terms of kindergarten readiness Find the episode transcript here! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Big Little Besties, welcome to After Bedtime where today we've got a very special guest with us.
0:11.2	Someone who has transformed mine and
0:13.9	Kristen's parenting and pregnancy life, Emily Auster who takes data and
0:19.7	research and translates it so that you can cut through the BS and get down to what matters
0:26.0	and leave behind what doesn't since there's so much anxiety and fear around so
0:31.2	many things in parenting. Let's go.
0:34.0	It started with an old cabbage. I was going to chuck it out, but my knee is
0:40.0	resolution has been more resourceful. So So I searched reducing food waste on
0:44.9	Tik-Tock and bound loads of videos on there. A kimchi recipe really caught my eye.
0:50.3	I gave some to my neighbors and they loved it and here I am. My first day at the
0:56.1	local farmers market with my new side hustle, Kaleen's Kimchi. Not bad for
1:01.4	leftovers. It starts on Tik-Tock.
1:05.0	Finally, here we are. It's after bedtime. The kids are asleep and it is time to get down.
1:12.0	I'm Kristen and I'm Dina. We're the duo behind the ever popular Instagram account Big
1:17.4	Little Feelings which helps you navigate all things parenthood. But this is not a
1:21.6	boring parenting podcast. There will be inappropriate jokes. We will be
1:26.0	getting down and dirty. So put those babies to bed and let's have fun.
1:32.3	Dina Girlfriend!
1:34.0	What's up girl!
1:35.0	Holy shit, what a morning.
1:38.0	You know.
1:39.0	What a morning? I know.
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