The 4 Big Lies We Tell to Parents

TRIGGERnometry

Konstantin Kisin & Francis Foster

News, Politics, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Erica Komisar is a psychoanalyst, parent coach, and author. She is known for her views on modern parenting and the importance of early childhood attachment. SPONSOR. In partnership with Manual: Go to https://manual.co/TRIGGER for 55% off. SPONSOR. We’re honoured to parter with Hillsdale College. Go to https://hillsdale.edu/trigger to enroll for free. Join our exclusive TRIGGERnometry community on Substack! https://triggernometry.substack.com/ OR Support TRIGGERnometry Here: Bitcoin: bc1qm6vvhduc6s3rvy8u76sllmrfpynfv94qw8p8d5 Shop Merch here - https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/shop/ Advertise on TRIGGERnometry: [email protected] Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod/ https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod/ About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. 00:00 Introduction 05:08 The Movement To Separate Mothers And Babies 17:21 What Is Sleep Training And Why Is It Bad? 24:15 The Effect Of Not Having A Father In The Home 33:52 What's The Healthy Way For Dads To Be With Their Children? 40:04 What Are The Lies We Tell Fathers? 41:20 Most Marriages Break Up After Having Children 47:30 Borderline Personality Disorders In Babies 01:00:29 Addiction 01:03:52 What's The One Thing We're Not Talking About That We Should Be? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What matters more to our society right now, which means our values are very screwed up, is the GDP and our economy, rather than what's actually good for the mental health of our children.
0:12.0	We're seeing almost immediately that babies' stress levels are so high, they're developing anxiety, depression, ADHD, and more aggression.
0:25.9	I blame the fragility of our young people and the fact that they're breaking down on the fact that the adults in the room were not doing their job.
0:29.8	You are responsible for your children's mental illness.
0:33.3	So we talked about the lies we tell women and mothers.
0:36.5	What are the lies we tell men and fathers?
0:41.1	Tariffs, meme coins, girls scout cookies. What do they all have in common? Come on, it's all about the money.
0:47.2	Economics is everywhere and everything, fueling our lives even where we least expect it.
0:52.5	If you're a fan of trigonometry, then we know you're the type who's curious to learn.
0:57.4	That's why I recommend you listen to the Planet Money podcast from NPR.
1:02.2	Look, the economy's confusing, even when you try and keep up.
1:06.2	That's why so many people I respect right planet money from NPR.
1:10.9	Through storytelling, they found a way
1:12.6	to make big economic ideas
1:14.4	make sense, not dry lectures,
1:17.0	real stories, weird experiments,
1:19.0	even humor.
1:20.3	One episode, they're shooting a satellite
1:22.1	into space, then next they're launching
1:24.2	a record label, all just to
1:26.2	help you understand how the world works.
1:29.0	That's commitment. It's clever. It's sharp and it helps you understand the world we're living in.
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