John Donvan

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2,077 appearances 13 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 18 Sep

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Open to Debate · Is Parenting Overrated? (Encore) · 9 Sep 2026 podcast

They will be six minutes each.

And here to argue first in support of the resolution, parenting is overrated is Professor of Behavioral Genetics at King's College London, Robert Pluman.

And that is our resolution parenting is overrated.

And here to make her opening statement against the resolution, psychology professor at University of Texas, Paige Harden.

you, Paige Harden.

And a reminder of where we are.

We are halfway through the opening round.

I'm John Don van.

We have four debaters arguing it out over this resolution.

Parenting is overrated.

You've heard from the first two opening statements and now on to the third to debate for the resolution.

Here is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Twin Studies Center at California State University Fullerton, Nancy Siegel.

Ladies and gentlemen, Nancy Siegel.

Thank you, Nancy Siegel.

And that resolution again, parenting is overrated and here to make her closing statement against this resolution, author and parenting expert Annie Pleshit Murphy.

of our listeners say it's well more than half the audience.

Thank you, Annie Flichette Murphy, and that concludes round one of this debate, where our resolution is parenting is overrated.

Now we move on to round two, and round two is where the debaters address one another directly.

They also take questions from me and from you, uh members of our live audience here at the K Playhouse in New York City.

The resolution is parenting is overrated.

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