The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Leonard Sax joins in to discuss his new book, The Collapse of Parenting: How We Hurt Our Kids When We Treat Them Like Grown-Ups.
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Intro music by Jack Bauerlein.
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