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b'Do worries about your kids\\u2019 safety dominate your parenting choices? How often do you feel pressured to make parenting choices as a result of judgment from others? We are parenting in an age of overwhelming fear and constant judgment. Understanding how we got here, what the dangers really are (and are not), and how we can parent more courageously and wisely, can help us to better navigate parenting in the modern age.\\n\\n\\n\\nIn this episode, Kim Brooks, author of Small Animals: Parenthood in the Age of Fear, joins Yael and offers deep wisdom in parenting well in the current cultural climate.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nListen and Learn:\\n\\n\\n\\nWhy parenting culture has devolved into fearWhat some of the important dangers are, and which common worries are not worthy of the attention we give themWhy we judge parents, particularly mothers, so harshlyHow to become a more brave and effective parent in this cultural milieu\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nAbout Kim Brooks\\n\\n\\n\\nKim Brooks is the author of Small Animals: Parenthood In the Age of Fear. Small Animals was an NPR Best Book of the Year and described by National Book Review as \\u201can impassioned, smart work of social criticism and a call for support and empathy.\\u201d Kim\\u2019s writing has appeared in NYT, NY Magazine, Salon, and Buzzfeed. Kim has appeared on CBS This Morning, GMA, NPR\\u2019s All Things Considered, 20/20, among others.\\n\\n\\n\\nResources\\n\\n\\n\\nSmall Animals: Parenthood in the Age of Fear, by Kim BrooksKim\\u2019s WebsiteFollow Kim on TwitterMotherhood in the Age of Fear, New York Times essay by Kim BrooksWhat a Horrible Mother, Salon essay by Kim Brooks\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'