Ten Percent Happier Presents: Childproof with Yasmeen Khan

Published: Dec. 17, 2021, 8 a.m.

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Being a parent is really freakin\\u2019 hard. Of course, it can also be incredibly rewarding and delightful. Either way, it consumes us. 


Childproof is a show about us, the parents, and how we can raise kids without losing track of ourselves in the process. Each week host Yasmeen Khan, a journalist and mom, brings us conversations and stories with fellow parents and experts on how to navigate this whole parenting thing \\u2014 especially the shifts that happen within ourselves. Because parents are growing too.


About Yasmeen Khan:


Yasmeen Khan is the host and managing editor of Childproof, Ten Percent Happier\\u2019s podcast focused on parenting. She was a public radio journalist for nearly 15 years, at WNYC Radio in New York and before that at North Carolina Public Radio.


While at WNYC, her award-winning work included coverage of the New York City schools; youth and family life; and policing. She produced in-depth stories on the city\\u2019s segregated school system, and dove into the municipal archives to tell the story of a massive 1964 school boycott. Yasmeen\\u2019s 2019 investigation into New York City\\u2019s child welfare system showed how the city increasingly used its authority to remove children from their parents without a court order.


Yasmeen has also held jobs as a bartender, toll collector, and dishwasher. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two daughters.

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