John Donvan

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

I'm John Donvan.

I stand between two teams of two who are truly experts in this topic.

They will be arguing for and against this resolution.

As always, our debate will go in three rounds, and then our live audience here at the K Playhouse at Hunter College in New York City will vote to choose the winner.

And as always, if all goes well, civil discourse will also win.

Our resolution again, parenting is overrated.

Let's meet the debater starting with the team arguing for the resolution.

Please welcome Robert Ploman.

Robert, you are a professor of behavioral genetics at King's College in London.

You're a leading scholar in this field, truly a leading scholar.

You are the author of a recent book, Blueprint, How DNA Makes Us Who We Are.

Robert, it's so great to have you with us here tonight.

And ladies and gentlemen, your debating partner, let's welcome Nancy Siegel.

You are a professor of psychology and a director of the Twin Study Center at California State University in Fullerton.

You are the author of six books on twins.

You're working on yet another book.

Thanks so much for being with us tonight.

Thanks so much, Nancy.

And we have two debaters arguing against the resolution.

Parenting is overrated.

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