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Nanny State Parenting

Parental decisions are often made not out of a sense of what’s best for the child, but instead out of fear of making a choice others will see as wrong. Kim Brooks has experiences that parental blowback, and she joins us to talk about raising kids in a judgmental world. Her new book is called “Small Animals: Parenthood in the Age of Fear” (Flatiron Books).