Backseat Combat Edition

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Parenting, Society & Culture, Kids & Family

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🗓️ 11 February 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s episode: Dan, Elizabeth, and Jamilah debate how to negotiate a ceasefire in the backseat of the minivan. They also counsel a mom whose daughter will not quit it with the fake cough.

In Slate Plus: They send platonic Valentines to friends who have made these trying times a little easier. Slate Plus members get a bonus segment on MADAF each week, and no ads. Sign up now to listen and support our work.

Recommendations:

Elizabeth recommends Tea Time Around the World by Denyse Waissbluth.

Jamilah recommends supporting small, local pharmacies.

Dan recommends Whirley Pop, Amish Country Blue Popcorn, and Trader Joe’s Everything But Elote for the perfect popcorn experience.

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Podcast produced by Rosemary Belson.

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0:00.0	The following podcast is for grownups. Maybe not for kids. Welcome to Mom and Dad are Fighting, Slate's Parenting Podcast for Thursday, February 11th, the Backseat Combat Edition. I'm Dan Coice. I'm a writer at Slate. I'm the author of the book How to Be a Family. And I'm the bad to Lyra, who's 15, and Harper, who's 13. We live in Arlington, Virginia.
0:22.0	I'm Elizabeth Newkamp. I write the homeschool and family travel blog, Dutch Dutch,
0:26.1	Goose. I'm the mom to three littles, Henry, who's eight, Oliver, who's six, and Teddy,
0:31.4	who's four. And we live in Navar, Florida. I'm Jamila Lemieux. I'm a writer,
0:36.7	contributor to Slate's Karen Feeding parenting column, and Mom to Naima, who is seven, and we live in Los Angeles, California. Hey, everyone. Happy February. On today's show, Valentine's Day is coming up, so we are going to do some classic Valentine's Day at Triumph and Fails. We've also got two letters from listeners today. We'll be
0:54.8	discussing how to negotiate a ceasefire when your kids are constantly bickering in the backseat of
0:59.4	the minivan, and we'll counsel a mom whose daughter will not quit it with the fake cough,
1:05.5	which is not ideal in COVID times. On our Slate Plus bonus segment, we are giving some
1:09.7	platonic valentines to important people
1:12.3	in our lives. But let's start with Triumphs and Fails, Cupid Edition. Elizabeth, you first. You have
1:18.8	a classic Valentine's Day triumph or a classic Valentine's Day fail. Okay, well, of course,
1:24.1	I could regale us all with a series of Jeff's terrible gift-giving, like the time he gave me two kissing animals from an ex-girlfriend as like a gift for us.
1:35.9	I think we all would agree that that would be an excellent one to spend our time.
1:40.1	Or I could let you know that this year he will be giving me a card that he pulled from our stash of cards that a girlfriend gave to me, but she gives me cards that are already sealed so that I can use them again.
1:53.4	It's like a double gift.
1:54.8	He pulled it from there.
1:56.1	He thinks I don't know that it's missing and he'll be giving that to me this Valentine's Day.
2:02.0	Surprise. When he's listening to this Valentine's Day. Surprise.
2:02.7	When he's listening to this, I know.
2:05.1	I don't know what's the more surprising part that he did it or that you're such a great
2:09.8	archivist of your card stash that you've already noticed it missing on February 9th when we record it.
2:16.3	I'm just enjoying the smash cut to Jeff with his headphones on on Friday,
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