C&F After Dark: Sex and Parenting

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Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

On this episode: Elizabeth Newcamp, Zak Rosen, and Jamilah Lemieux talk about the birds and the bees. Parents don’t often get to talk about their sex lives out in the open… So this Valentine’s week, we thought we’d open the door to all things romance. First up: we answer a listener question about managing different sex drives and all the normal parenting stuff. Then you’ll hear from resident single mom Jamilah about the logistics of swiping and dating with a kid in the house. We’ll also share a round of recommendations — and then, if you’re in the Slate Plus club, we’ll basically have a “hating Valentine’s Day” support circle. Recommendations: Elizabeth recommends: Super Simple Biology Jamilah recommends: Grilling your PB&J Zak recommends: Recording your kids' laughter and dating it. Care & Feeding is sponsored by Betterhelp. Visit BetterHelp.com/CAREANDFEEDING today to get 10% off your first month. 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 an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you’ll also be supporting the work we do here on Care and Feeding. Sign up now at slate.com/careplus to help support our work. Podcast produced by Maura Currie, with special thanks to Rosemary Belson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode may contain explicit language, and we remember that parents deserve a little romance too.
0:20.0	I'm Zach Rosen, I make another podcast, it's called The Best Advice Show, and I'm Dad to I make another podcast it's called the Best Advice Show and I'm dad to
0:24.3	Noah who's six, Ami who's three and I'm husband to Shera who's 37.
0:31.2	We live in Detroit. I'm Jamil Amu, a writer, contributor to Sla's Karen Feeding Parenting Column, and mom to Naima, who's 10, and I live in Los Angeles.
0:41.0	I'm Elizabeth New Camp. I write the family travel blog Dutch
0:44.0	Dutch Goose and I'm the mom of three little's Henry who's 11, Oliver who's 9,
0:48.0	Teddy who's 7, and the wife to one big, who is Jeff, who is 42 we live in Tokyo Japan for this Valentine's
0:57.4	week we're so excited to bring you two very special episodes where we focus
1:01.9	on ourselves instead of the kids. Whether you're
1:04.9	co-parenting with a spouse or you're a single parent navigating the dating scene,
1:08.2	sex and love are a big part of being alive and that doesn't stop when you have kids. So today we're diving
1:14.4	into the world of sex and romance while parenting. Two of us are married and
1:18.1	Dromila is a single mom but regardless of your relationship status these
1:21.9	topics are important and parents don't get to talk about them a lot. So now is our time.
1:26.0	Later on, we're also going to recommend some things we're loving right now and think you might too.
1:30.0	Then if you're sticking around for a slate Plus, we're channeling Cupid and shooting
1:34.4	down the idea that Valentine's Day is really all that. Bah-Humb-love-bug.
1:41.5	Anyways, here's what you'll hear if you have Slate Plus.
1:44.0	Elizabeth, do you and Jeff do Valentine's Day?
1:47.0	We do not.
1:49.0	No.
1:51.0	We do not. I think it's stupid. Everything is more expensive. You know, like to just make
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