On today’s episode, Ryan has a wide-ranging conversation with professor and economist Emily Oster. They talk about how to balance your life with children, how to communicate positive messaging, how the American government handled the pandemic, and more.Emily Oster is a professor of economics at Brown University, as well as the bestselling author of several b ... Show More
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This Is What They Love About Them
You don’t have to spoil your kids, but as we’ve said, you can and must take them seriously.👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign up for the Daily Dad email: DailyDad.co ... Show More
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Aug 1
The Family Vacation That Builds Character | Ryan and Sam Holiday
Long walks, travel delays, upset stomachs, public meltdowns, and at least one parent swearing they are never leaving the house again. In today’s episode, Ryan and Sam talk about why the hardest trips often build the most character and somehow become the memories everyone wants to ... Show More
10m 59s
Jul 31
It’s Well Before You Think
We all wrongly think of these milestones as points our kids will reach someday, as opposed to transitions that are already ongoing.👉 Give yourself the ultimate gift of parenting tools, structure, and community. Join The Daily Dad Society here: https://dailydad.com/society✉️ Sign ... Show More
2m 24s
Jun 2019
Data-driven parenting (that might even make your life easier!) with Prof. Emily Oster.
Laura and Sarah discuss their latest favorite podcasts and are then joined by Emily Oster, a Ph.D. in economics and a professor at Brown University. She is the author of recent release Crib Sheets: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, and she was inspired to di ... Show More
42m 35s
May 2024
The Economics of Parenting, with Emily Oster
<p>Emily Oster is a professor of economics at Brown University, but she is probably best known as the author of the bestsellers 'Expecting Better' and 'Cribsheet', which crunch the research about the often gut-driven practice of parenting. Today on the show we talk about research ... Show More
34m 7s
Aug 2021
Emily Oster, "The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years" (Penguin, 2021)
In The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years (Penguin, 2021), Brown University professor of economics and mom of two Emily Oster offers a classic business school framework for data-driven parents to think more deliberately about the ... Show More
49m 32s
Aug 2025
173. Prof Emily Oster on Good Data, Bad Data, and the Truth About Parenting in High-Stress Careers
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Wall Street Skinny, Kristen and Jen sit down with Professor Emily Oster, a Harvard-educated economist with a PhD and a faculty position at Brown University where her studies focus on approaches to finding causality in observational data, as ... Show More
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