If you’ve ever been a child, had a child, or seen a child face down in a supermarket aisle screaming, you know that parenting can be tough. But humans aren’t the only ones raising their young, so how do animals deal with toddlers that won’t follow directions or little ones that are constantly begging for snacks?
Parent and science journalist Elizabeth Preston, who wrote the book “The Creatures' Guide to Caring,” joins Host Flora Lichtman to tackle some <a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/parenting-tips-from-the-animal-kingdom/?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">SciFri listeners’ parenting problems</a>, from dawdling to the bedtime pop-out.
Read an excerpt from <a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/creatures-guide-to-caring-book-excerpt/?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">“The Creatures' Guide to Caring: How Animal Parents Teach Us That Humans Were Born to Care.”</a>
Guest: Elizabeth Preston is a science journalist and the author of “The Creatures' Guide to Caring.”
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