160: Wanting What’s Best with Sarah Jaffe

<span style="font-weight: 400">There are lots of books available now on how to talk with children about issues related to race, but Sarah W. Jaffe noticed a gap: there weren't any books geared toward non-academic audiences talking about how the choices that predominantly well-off, predominantly White parents make impact other people. From childcare choices to school to college, at every step of the way we make decisions that reflect Wanting What's Best for our own child, but very often these decisions are rooted in the fear of our child falling behind in some way, and when we try to elevate our own child we often do it at the expense of others.</span> &nbsp; <span style="font-weight: 400">Sarah's book uncovers the ideas that underlie the seemingly innocuous decisions we make so we can ensure that our choices are really aligned with our values. It also provides a great counterpoint to the book that I'm in the process of writing, which will be on the ways we either pass on or disrupt the tools of White supremacy, patriarchy, and capitalism to our own children through the daily interactions we have with them that don't seem to be about anything related to these topics. Publication date September 2023: stay tuned!</span> &nbsp; <span style="font-weight: 400">Click here to order Sarah W. Jaffe's book </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Wanting-Whats-Best-Parenting-Privilege/dp/164160767X?crid=15ZVQXNCBK0HL&amp;keywords=wanting+what%27s+best&amp;qid=1656710123&amp;sprefix=wanting+what%27s+best,aps,122&amp;sr=8-1&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=yourparent0e9-20&amp;linkId=3f09296002c357a6b949e20d0afee823&amp;language=en_US&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl"><span style="font-weight: 400">Wanting What's Best: Parenting, Privilege, and Building a Just World</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> (affiliate link). </span> &nbsp; <strong>Shownotes:</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400">(02:37) How our child should engage in the world.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400">(03:57) Learn why our fears affects how