Parenting is all about balancing your desire for control with your child's desire for autonomy. Economist, author, and fellow dad Russ Roberts learned to strike the right balance by realizing that, in general, he should accept his children's goals and preferences for the same reason that he accepts his own.

Russ is currently the president of Shalem College in Jerusalem. He hosts the popular ‘EconTalk’ podcast and he, along with host John Papola, co-created the viral "Keynes vs. Hayek" rap videos.