Elise Hu

Today, as we get started on week one of our virtual read-along, we're sharing this Archive TED membership conversation from 2021.

It's with TED curator Whitney Pennington-Rogers, who sits down with clinical psychologist Meg Jay to talk about how to close the empathy gap between you and your future self.

That was Meg Jay in conversation with Whitney Pennington Rogers at a TED membership event in 2021.

And for those of you who are interested in joining us for our last live book club conversation of the year on November 4th with author Oliver Berkman, visit TED.com slash join to sign up and RSVP.

If you're curious about TED's curation, find out more at TED.com slash curation guidelines.

And that's it for today.

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This episode was mixed by Lucy Little.

Additional support from Emma Taubner and Daniela Balarezo.

I'm Elise Hu.

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Thanks for listening.

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What happens when we let kids take risks and solve problems on their own?

This question led journalist and founder of the free-range kids movement, Lenore Skenazy, to embrace the title she had been given online of, quote, America's worst mom, after she shared the story of allowing her nine-year-old son to ride the New York City subway alone.

In a follow-up conversation to her 2025 talk released a few weeks ago, Lenore spoke with TED curator Whitney Pennington-Rogers to dig further into why it's so important to raise independent kids in today's tech-heavy, safety-obsessed age.

There are so many thorny topics that we parents have to confront as we parent kids these days.