Bullying Help and Failure to Launch Syndrome

Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show

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Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

On this episode: Lucy Lopez, Elizabeth Newcamp, and Zak Rosen are diving DEEP into the mailbag. They answer all your end of the year questions, like, is it too late to talk to your kid’s teacher about ongoing bullying; what do you do with a teen who won’t get off the couch and is at risk of losing his job; and more!

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0:00.0	This episode may contain explicit language.
0:07.1	This is Karen Feeding. We're three friends with kids who get together every week to talk
0:11.7	life, swap advice, and keep each other sane while we muddled through this weird and wonderful
0:16.8	thing called parenting. I'm Lucy Lopez. I have a substack with Elizabeth. It's called
0:22.1	Best Mom Friends Forever. You should check it out. I'm Mother to Amelia who's 16 and Avery
0:27.2	who's 13 and we live in Miami. I'm Zach Rosen. I am Dad to Noah who's eight and Ami who's five.
0:35.1	We live in Detroit. And I make another podcast. It's called Weirdly
0:38.5	Helpful. I'm Elizabeth Newkamp. I write the homeschool and family travel blog, Dutch Dutch
0:43.3	goose. I'm the mom to Henry who's 14, Oliver who's 12, and Teddy who's nine. And we live in
0:49.3	Honolulu, Hawaii. We're here to talk about the ups, the downs, and everything in between when it comes
0:55.8	to parenting. Every week, we commiserate, we check in with listeners, and we try to make this
1:01.5	feel like the kind of conversation you'd have with your friends. And today, our mailbag is
1:07.1	bursting with your questions, and we're totally here for it. We're going to answer everything from getting your kid to like school to misbehaving in class to a teen who is just way too chill.
1:18.6	Chill mom.
1:20.1	Stick around.
1:21.1	We'll be right back.
1:26.2	Welcome back. It's time to dive into our first listener question. Elizabeth, please give it a read.
1:37.5	Hi, Lucy, Elizabeth, and Zach. I'm writing with a question about liking school. But first, let me say thanks for all your
1:45.0	raw honesty and humor about parenting. It's really a joy to listen to you and learn not only
1:50.5	about kids, but also different cultures and ways of doing. I'm currently living in Paris with my
1:57.0	partner and our three-year-old. We moved here about two years ago from my partner's
2:01.5	home country, Denmark. Our son has been going to Montessori preschool for about eight months now.
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