Episode · The Megyn Kelly Show · 2023-08-30

Books mentioned on Raising "Outdoor" Kids, and Overcoming Toxic Achievement Culture, with Steven Rinella and Jennifer Wallace | Ep. 618

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Today's show is a deep dive on the challenges of parenting in our society today.

Megyn Kelly recommended Catch a Crayfish, Count the Stars by Steven Rinella and Never Enough by Jennifer Breheny Wallace, and discussed Outdoor Kids in an Inside World by Steven Rinella. Jennifer Wallace discussed Where you go is not who you'll be by Frank Bruni.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Outdoor Kids in an Inside World

    Steven Rinella · at 2:35 · mentioned 3 times

    Outdoor Kids in an Inside World by Steven Rinella is a practical parenting and nature guide designed to help families combat digital addiction by engaging children deeply with the natural world.

    Discussed
    “he is the New York Times best-selling author of count them 10 books including outdoor kids in an inside World getting your family out of the house and radically engaged with nature”
    Where to get it
  2. Catch a Crayfish, Count the Stars

    Steven Rinella · at 2:48 · mentioned 2 times

    Catch a Crayfish, Count the Stars by Steven Rinella is an outdoor guide offering fun projects, skills, and adventures designed specifically for kids.

    Recommended
    “and his latest which is called cat a crayfish count the Stars fun projects skills and Adventures for outdoor kids”
    Where to get it
  3. Never Enough

    Jennifer Breheny Wallace · at 53:04 · mentioned 2 times

    Never Enough by Jennifer Breheny Wallace is a nonfiction book that investigates toxic achievement culture and offers actionable guidance on what parents and society can do to combat it.

    Recommended
    “she's an award-winning journalist and she details all of this in her new book Never Enough when achievement culture becomes toxic and what we can do about it”
    Where to get it
  4. Where you go is not who you'll be

    Frank Bruni · at 1:00:08

    Where you go is not who you'll be by Frank Bruni is a critical examination of the high-stress American college admissions process and the unhealthy obsession with elite universities.

    Discussed
    “also the idea as Frank Bruni wrote in his book where you go is not who you'll be so I think having those conversations with our kids”
    Where to get it