Hello, I'm Rory Stewart, and I'd like to tell you about an intelligent squared event

I'm doing with the classicist author and broadcaster Mary Beard. Together we'll be discussing

politics and power from the Caesars to Sunack, who gets to Winpar, who is excluded,

does power always corrupt, or other examples of leaders who've maintained their integrity while

an authority. And how does the nature of power vary across different times and cultures?

These are just some of the questions that Mary and I will be trying to answer.

In person tickets are now sold out, but you can still watch online on the 13th of November

at 7pm BST. Put your questions first live as we discuss power and politics down the edges.

Raising happy kids, the conscious parent, how to talk, so kids will listen. Books like these,

along with magazines, TV shows and childcare experts, are all part of a multi-billion dollar

parenting industry. But how much of an impact does parenting really have on a child's development?

Well, in this week's episode of the Sunday debate, we're going back to 2018. When we

stage the motion, parenting doesn't matter, we're not as much as you think. It's a fascinating

debate between psychology experts delving deep into the nature versus nurture arguments,

and we hope you enjoy it. Now let's go to the episode.

Thank you all for coming. This is very exciting. The motion is,

parenting doesn't matter, or not as much as you think. We have four amazing speakers.

Let me talk you through our first speaker who is in favour of the motion.

Robert Ploman believes that parenting doesn't matter, or not nearly as much as you might think.

He is a psychologist and a professor of behavioral genetics at the Institute of Psychiatry,

Psychology and Neuroscience at King's College, London, and his new book,

Blue Print, How DNA Makes Us Who We Are, argues that the most important thing

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