How does being a Ph.D. impact our children's perceptions of who we are and how do we explain to our children what we actually do? In this episode, Judith and Erin discuss their children's understanding of their work and how their professional lives and scholarly journeys have, in turn,  impacted their parenting practices. The hosts discuss their experiences interacting with non-academic parents in playgroups and school events as well as whether or not their roles in academia lead them to set higher academic standards for their children.

 

This episode references the following studies:

 

Hancock KJ, Cunningham NK, Lawrence D, Zarb D, Zubrick SR. Playgroup Participation and Social Support Outcomes for Mothers of Young Children: A Longitudinal Cohort Study. PLoS One. 2015 Jul 16;10(7):e0133007. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0133007.

 

 

Ruhr-University Bochum. "Children of academics exhibit more stress." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 25 June 2020. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/06/200625144820.htm

 

 

The opening and closing song, "Vienna Beat"  by  Blue Dot Sessions  is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial License and shared through the Free Music Archive: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/RadioPink/Vienna_Beat