Parenting insights from Rob and 8 past guests

Parenting insights from Rob and 8 past guests

With kids very much on the team's mind we thought it would be fun to review some comments about parenting featured on the show over the years, then have hosts Luisa Rodriguez and Rob Wiblin react to them.

Links to learn more and full transcript.

After hearing 8 former guests’ insights, Luisa and Rob chat about:

  • Which of these resonate the most with Rob, now that he’s been a dad for six months (plus an update at nine months).
  • What have been the biggest surprises for Rob in becoming a parent.
  • How Rob's dealt with work and parenting tradeoffs, and his advice for other would-be parents.
  • Rob's list of recommended purchases for new or upcoming parents.

This bonus episode includes excerpts from:

  • Ezra Klein on parenting yourself as well as your children (from episode #157)
  • Holden Karnofsky on freezing embryos and being surprised by how fun it is to have a kid (#110 and #158)
  • Parenting expert Emily Oster on how having kids affect relationships, careers and kids, and what actually makes a difference in young kids’ lives (#178)
  • Russ Roberts on empirical research when deciding whether to have kids (#87)
  • Spencer Greenberg on his surveys of parents (#183)
  • Elie Hassenfeld on how having children reframes his relationship to solving pressing global problems (#153)
  • Bryan Caplan on homeschooling (#172)
  • Nita Farahany on thinking about life and the world differently with kids (#174)

Chapters:

  • Cold open (00:00:00)
  • Rob & Luisa’s intro (00:00:19)
  • Ezra Klein on parenting yourself as well as your children (00:03:34)
  • Holden Karnofsky on preparing for a kid and freezing embryos (00:07:41)
  • Emily Oster on the impact of kids on relationships (00:09:22)
  • Russ Roberts on empirical research when deciding whether to have kids (00:14:44)
  • Spencer Greenberg on parent surveys (00:23:58)
  • Elie Hassenfeld on how having children reframes his relationship to solving pressing problems (00:27:40)
  • Emily Oster on careers and kids (00:31:44)
  • Holden Karnofsky on the experience of having kids (00:38:44)
  • Bryan Caplan on homeschooling (00:40:30)
  • Emily Oster on what actually makes a difference in young kids' lives (00:46:02)
  • Nita Farahany on thinking about life and the world differently (00:51:16)
  • Rob’s first impressions of parenthood (00:52:59)
  • How Rob has changed his views about parenthood (00:58:04)
  • Can the pros and cons of parenthood be studied? (01:01:49)
  • Do people have skewed impressions of what parenthood is like? (01:09:24)
  • Work and parenting tradeoffs (01:15:26)
  • Tough decisions about screen time (01:25:11)
  • Rob’s advice to future parents (01:30:04)
  • Coda: Rob’s updated experience at nine months (01:32:09)
  • Emily Oster on her amazing nanny (01:35:01)

Producer: Keiran Harris
Audio engineering: Ben Cordell, Milo McGuire, Simon Monsour, and Dominic Armstrong
Content editing: Luisa Rodriguez, Katy Moore, and Keiran Harris
Transcriptions: Katy Moore

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