Turning Kids Into Grown-Ups

TED Radio Hour

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Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.4 • 21.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Parenting is fraught with uncertainty, changing with each generation. This hour, TED speakers share ideas about raising kids and how — despite our best efforts — we're probably still doing it wrong. Guests include former Stanford dean Julie Lythcott-Haims, former firefighter Caroline Paul, author Peggy Orenstein, psychologist Dr. Aala El-Khani, and poet Sarah Kay.

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0:00.0	This is the Ted Radio Hour.
0:07.0	Each week, groundbreaking Ted Talks.
0:10.0	Ted.
0:11.0	Ted.
0:12.0	Technology.
0:13.0	Entertainment. Design.
0:14.0	Is that really what's 10 for us?
0:15.0	I've never known the...
0:16.0	Delivered at Ted Conferences around the world.
0:18.0	It's the gift of the human imagination.
0:19.0	We've had to believe in impossible things.
0:22.0	The true nature of reality beckons from just beyond.
0:26.0	Those talks?
0:27.0	Those ideas?
0:29.0	Adapted for radio?
0:31.0	From NPR.
0:33.0	I'm Guy Ross.
0:37.0	So, what do you think it takes to get into a top tier university?
0:41.0	Like a Harvard or a Stanford?
0:43.0	Okay, you know, were they the top in their high school class?
0:45.0	Or were they not?
0:46.0	What SATs did they get?
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