The science behind how parents affect child development | Yuko Munakata
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🗓️ 3 August 2021
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Parents, take a deep breath: how your kids turn out isn't fully on you. Of course, parenting plays an important role in shaping who children become, but psychologist Yuko Munakata offers an alternative, research-backed reality that highlights how it's just one of many factors that influence the chaotic complexity of childhood development. A rethink for anyone wondering what made them who they are today and what it means to be a good parent.
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| 0:00.0 | Ted Audio Collective |
| 0:07.8 | This is Ted Health. |
| 0:08.8 | I'm your host, Dr. Shoshana Ungerlider. |
| 0:13.2 | When I talk to parents, one thing comes up a lot. |
| 0:16.1 | They worry about the lifelong impact their decisions will have on shaping who their children |
| 0:21.4 | become. |
| 0:22.4 | In her 2019 Ted at CU Talk, developmental psychologist Yuko Munakata, explains the mixed |
| 0:28.8 | messages parents receive about their role in a child's development. |
| 0:33.4 | Turns out, science can't explain everything there is to know about child rearing. |
| 0:38.5 | And maybe there's comfort in letting go of the notion that your child's future is completely |
| 0:42.4 | within your control. |
| 0:46.4 | There's another podcast you might enjoy. |
| 0:48.1 | It's called Am I Normal from the Ted Audio Collective. |
| 0:51.4 | It's back with a new mini-series all about the stories behind the statistics. |
| 0:56.8 | What does adulthood mean in a place where more than three-quarters of people between |
| 1:00.4 | ages 18 and 35 live with their parents? |
| 1:03.8 | What defines joy when you live in one of the top-ranked countries for happiness? |
| 1:07.8 | Here from the people that make up every interesting data point, listen to Am I Normal, wherever |
| 1:12.1 | you get your podcasts? |
| 1:14.9 | A few years ago, a student came up to me after the second day of my class on parenting and |
| 1:20.2 | child development. |
| 1:22.2 | She hesitated for a second, and then she confessed. |
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