Are Kids Worried About the News?

Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show

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Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

On this episode: Elizabeth, Jamilah and Zak circle up to talk about parenting in the current moment. The Slate Parenting Facebook group has been talking recently about how to explain current events to kids — even when we wish we were unplugged, and even when we’re scared and uncertain, too. So today? We’ll just talk. And after that discussion, we’ll of course circle up for a round of triumphs and fails. Join us on Facebook and email us at [email protected] to ask us new questions, tell us what you thought of today’s show, and give us ideas about what we should talk about in future episodes. You can also call our phone line: (646) 357-9318. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get to hang out with us on the Plus Playground every week for a whole additional grab-bag of content — and you’ll get an ad-free experience across the network. And you’ll also be supporting the work we do here on Care and Feeding. Sign up now at slate.com/careplus – or try it out on Apple Podcasts. Podcast produced by Maura Currie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.2	This episode may contain explicit language.
0:35.6	Welcome to Karen Feeding, the show where we parent together.
0:39.6	I'm Jamila Lemieux, a writer, contributor to Slate's Karen Feeding parenting column, and mom to Naima, who's nearly 12.
0:47.5	We live in Los Angeles.
0:49.4	I'm Zach Rosen.
0:50.5	I make another show.
0:51.8	It's called The Best Advice Show.
0:53.0	And I am dad to Noah, who's seven, and Ami, who's four. We currently live in Amsterdam.
0:58.0	I'm Elizabeth Newkamp. I write the family travel blog, Dutch Dutch Goose. I'm the mom to Henry who's 12, Oliver who's 10, and Teddy who's 8. We live in Tokyo Japan.
1:07.0	So today we're breaking from our normal format a little bit. Why? Well, because we're
1:13.5	hearing from all over the place that current events are making it really hard to parent right now.
1:19.1	So we're going to share some of your thoughts and we're going to open at the floor to just talk
1:23.5	about our fears, our kids' fears and how we're explaining the chaos of this current moment.
1:29.4	If you're feeling bottled up and lonely, we hope this helps.
1:33.0	And afterwards, we're going to circle up for a round triumph and fails.
1:37.5	So let's get going.
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