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How To Build a Happy Life: The Right Choices in Parenting

How To Build a Happy Life: The Right Choices in Parenting

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When parents avoid the complexities of independent decision making, they may fail to understand where analysis remains crucial.

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The mandates of modern parenting can be dizzying. But in the effort
to optimize our parenting, we may lose sight of the values we hope
to impart to our children—and the skills necessary for individual
decision making. A conversation with economist Emily Oster
helps with understanding the nuances of choice-making in
parenthood. This episode was produced by Rebecca Rashid and is
hosted by Arthur Brooks. Editing by A.C. Valdez and Claudine Ebeid.
Fact-check by Ena Alvarado. Engineering by Matthew Simonson. Be
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