Send us a text What happens when a proudly private Gen X attorney agrees to become a mom—not because she always wanted to, but because it mattered to her partner? In this episode, we sit down with L, aka @notactuallygolden, a civil rights attorney, TikTok legal explainer, and mom of a 13-year-old, who never planned on being a parent. L walks us through her winding road to motherhood—how she negotiated parenting terms like a lawyer, survived a brutal first year with a baby who projectile vomi...
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Send us a text What happens when a proudly private Gen X attorney agrees to become a mom—not because she always wanted to, but because it mattered to her partner? In this episode, we sit down with L, aka @notactuallygolden, a civil rights attorney, TikTok legal explainer, and mom of a 13-year-old, who never planned on being a parent. L walks us through her winding road to motherhood—how she negotiated parenting terms like a lawyer, survived a brutal first year with a baby who projectile vomi...
The Truth About: Breaking Down Parenting Data with Emily Oster
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The Truth About: Breaking Down Parenting Data with Emily Oster
Send us a text Economist Emily Oster transformed parenting literature by applying data analysis to decisions most books treated as black-and-white rules. After becoming pregnant in 2010, she found herself frustrated with pregnancy recommendations that came without explanations—why no sushi? Why limit coffee? As someone trained to evaluate research, she began investigating the evidence behind these directives, eventually writing "Expecting Better" and subsequent bestsellers that have sold over...
Do you want the truth?
Send us a text What happens when a proudly private Gen X attorney agrees to become a mom—not because she always wanted to, but because it mattered to her partner? In this episode, we sit down with L, aka @notactuallygolden, a civil rights attorney, TikTok legal explainer, and mom of a 13-year-old, who never planned on being a parent. L walks us through her winding road to motherhood—how she negotiated parenting terms like a lawyer, survived a brutal first year with a baby who projectile vomi...
