The Glass Castle

An Exploration of Easy Child Privilege EP 478

Best of Both Worlds Podcast, 29 September 2026. The book comes up at 10 min 27 sec in.

One of the hosts mentions having just finished reading The Glass Castle, using it as a segue in the discussion of easy child privilege and parenting outcomes. She notes that Jeanette Walls grew up in squalor and abuse yet turned out remarkable and read early, as an illustration that people's outcomes may owe more to who they are than to how they were raised—while clarifying she is not endorsing those childhood conditions.

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