Episode 9.8: An open mind in raising kids — and democracies

Question: When you were growing up, did your parents ever let you do anything without their supervision that many parents today would be alarmed by? David Pimentel (go.uidaho.edu/448DQDo) is a professor in University of Idaho’s College of Law (go.uidaho.edu/3E4HZh8). His work explores the intersections of law, history and culture, and in the final episode of this season of “The Vandal Theory,” he discusses lessons from his work in international justice reform, the balance between risk and autonomy in parenting and the power of music in changing the world. Music “Young Republicans” by Steve Combs (uidaho.edu/3U3MNHs) via freemusicarchive.org, not modified (go.uidaho.edu/3Q6LeY5). “Bad Bourbon” (go.uidaho.edu/3YbdPj0) by Michael J. Dowdle, via Amphibious Zoo. Chapters (00:00) Introduction (00:53) Kids these days (02:46) Getting to know David (03:45) Truth vs. justice (11:26) Free-range parenting (19:26) Societal attitudes and the Blues (24:12) Stay humble (26:22) More than one way to do things