No More Sidewalks: Parenting Today

On this episode of No More Sidewalks, host Abby McCloskey leads a discussion with her guests about how the expectations and responsibilities of motherhood and fatherhood have evolved in this generation. Richard Reeves, president of the American Institute for Boys and Men, and Anne-Marie Slaughter, former CEO of New America, join her to explore balancing work and care, changes in family structure, and emerging scripts for parenting ranging from tradwives to the manosphere. Together they discuss what can be done at the household and government levels to support parents.

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No More Sidewalks: Parenting Today is part of the Brookings Podcast Network. Subscribe and listen wherever you listen to podcasts. Send feedback to [email protected].

On this episode of No More Sidewalks, host Abby McCloskey speaks with Margaret Spellings, president of the Bipartisan Policy Center and former secretary of education during the George W. Bush administration, about changes to public education, including dropping student achievement scores and growing distrust in public schools. In the conversation, they explore the role of standardized testing, screens, reading lists, curriculum, and culture wars— alongside other potential factors for these changes—while discussing solutions to contribute to children's education.

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There have been massive changes in children's health—both physical and mental—over the last generation. In this episode of No More Sidewalks: Parenting Today, CEO of ParentData and Brown University economist Emily Oster joins host Abby McCloskey to discuss what new factors could be driving these shifts, as well as what can be done at the household and government levels to improve the health of children.

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No More Sidewalks: Parenting Today is part of the Brookings Podcast Network. Subscribe and listen wherever you listen to podcasts. Send feedback to [email protected].

In No More Sidewalks: Parenting Today, a new podcast from the Brookings Institution, host Abby McCloskey and her guests catalog major structural changes that have impacted childrearing in America in the 21st century: family structure, children's health, technology, public schools, fertility, neighborhoods, and more. Things that most people took for granted in previous generations can no longer be counted on, but it isn't yet clear what will emerge in their place. McCloskey, a nonresident fellow with the Center for Economic Security and Opportunity at Brookings and columnist for Bloomberg Opinion and the Dallas Morning News, explores these issues and offers fresh policy ideas to address the challenges.

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