Classic Debate: Parenting Doesn’t Matter (Or Not As Much As You Think)
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Welcome to Intelligence Squared. I'm Connor Boyle. It's the Sunday debate and we're revisiting a conversation from 2018, in which we got to the heart of nature versus nurture. How much do our parents influence the people we turn out to be? It might feel like the most natural thing in the world, but parenting, how to do it well, and the tools to do it with is a multi-billion dollar industry. Books such as Raising Happy Kids and The Conscious Parent tell us that we're very much in control of the situation. But is it really that simple? Back in twenty eighteen, we brought together a panel of experts to explore just how important parenting is. We were joined by Professor of Behavioral Genetics Robert Ploman. Susan Polby, the developmental clinical psychologist. Therapist, parenting counsellor, and broadcaster, and Plaste Murphy, and Stuart Richie, who you may have heard on the podcast previously with his book Science Fictions, and he's a lecturer in social genetics and developmental psychiatry.
Our host for the debate was Doctor and TV presenter Zand van Tolliken. Just hit that subscribe button and you'll be directly supporting us in continuing what we do, bringing you deep discussions, smart debates, and asking the big questions. Now back to today. Here's Doctor Zan van Tolligen with more. Thank you all for coming. This is very exciting. The motion is parenting doesn't matter or Not as much as you think.
We have four Amazing speakers. Let me talk you through our first speaker who is in favour of the motion. Robert Pluman. believes that parenting doesn't matter.
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