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Dan and Michael Raise Someone Else’s Kid: Communal Parenting, Gender Panic, and Imaginary Friends
Oct. 13, 2025

Dan and Michael Raise Someone Else’s Kid: Communal Parenting, Gender …

When is it okay to discipline someone else’s kid? Are gender roles actually “natural,” or are we just swimming in Disney IP? And what do you do when your child’s imaginary friend starts sounding less… imaginary? This week on People Stuff, anthropologists Dan Souleles and Michael Powell take on comm…

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