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Raising Adults Not Kids

Long-form conversations with the researchers, authors, and parents rethinking what childhood is supposed to build.

6Parts

6Voices

The Future of Childhood Thread →

Voices in this series

Michaeleen Doucleff Author, Hunt, Gather, Parent · Former NPR correspondent

Kevin Stinehart Third-grade teacher · Play advocate

Lenore Skenazy Founder, Free-Range Kids · President, Let Grow

Nicki Petrossi Founder & Host, Scrolling 2 Death · Online child-safety advocate

Jared Cooney Horvath Educational neuroscientist · Director, LME Global

Linda Flanagan Journalist · Author, Take Back the Game

Start here — in order

E28

Raising Adults Not Kids S1 · E28 · 30:34

Michaeleen Doucleff: Hunt, Gather, Parent, Dopamine Kids, and What Modern Parenting Gets Wrong

Lessons from cultures that raise capable kids, and why the dopamine story you have heard is wrong.

With Michaeleen Doucleff

Jun 1, 2026

E31

Raising Adults Not Kids S1 · E31 · 38:02

Kevin Stinehart: Rebuilding Recess and Why Play Is a Developmental Need, Not a Want

What unstructured play actually builds, and how schools quietly engineered it out.

With Kevin Stinehart

Jun 15, 2026

E33

Raising Adults Not Kids S1 · E33 · 40:12

Lenore Skenazy: Free Range Kids and Why Overprotection Is the Real Danger

The subway ride that made her America's Worst Mom, and why the data was always on her side.

With Lenore Skenazy

Jun 22, 2026

E37

Raising Adults Not Kids S1 · E37 · 34:48

Nicki Petrossi: Scrolling 2 Death, AI Companion Bots, and the Fight to Keep Kids Safe Online

The former social media exec now fighting Big Tech, and why keeping your kid off these platforms is an act of love, not deprivation.

With Nicki Petrossi

Jul 6, 2026

E48

Raising Adults Not Kids S1 · E48 · 43:05

Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath: The Digital Delusion, AI in Schools, and Gen Z's Cognitive Decline

The first generation on record to score lower than its parents, and the neuroscientist who says the laptops did it.

With Jared Cooney Horvath

Aug 17, 2026

E50

Raising Adults Not Kids S1 · E50 · 46:11

Linda Flanagan: Take Back the Game, Private Equity, and the $40 Billion Youth Sports Machine

A $40 billion industry, a part-time job's worth of driving, and the childhood that got reorganized around it.

With Linda Flanagan

Aug 24, 2026

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