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The Most Powerful Thing You Can Do for Your Kids? Step Back

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Jul 09, 2025
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Esther Wojcicki raised three daughters who helped shape the world in ways that are hard to capture: one became the CEO of YouTube, another founded 23&me, and the third became a top professor at UCSF. You can ask how she did it on 17th when she joins us live at 10 am PST.

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The Most Powerful Thing You Can Do for Your Kids? Step Back

After Esther Wojcicki gave birth to her first daughter, the nurse swaddled the baby in a pink blanket and nestled a yellow knit cap on her tiny head. Sitting beside her husband, Wojcicki felt the wave of emotion every new parent knows—love, awe, and an overwhelming desire to protect. But unlike most new parents, she didn’t let that protective instinct harden into control. She let go.

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