Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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In No More Sidewalks: Parenting Today, a new podcast from the Brookings Institution, host Abby McCloskey and her guests catalog major structural changes that have impacted childrearing in America in the 21st century: family structure, children’s health, technology, public schools, fertility, neighborhoods, and more. Things that most people took for granted in previous generations can no longer be counted on, but it isn’t yet clear what will emerge in their place. McCloskey, a nonresident fellow with the Center for Economic Security and Opportunity at Brookings and columnist for Bloomberg Opinion and the Dallas Morning News, explores these issues and offers fresh policy ideas to address the challenges.

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