Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - Am I Being Overprotective?
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show
Slate Audio
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 7 August 2023
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
On this episode: Zak is joined by Lucy Lopez, host of the Mamacita Rica podcast, and Doyin Richards, an author, founder of the Anti-Racism Fight Club, and Care and Feeding contributor. Together, they help a listener who thinks her husband is being too reckless with their toddler. (If you’re looking for an informative, yet entertaining, episode on car seat safety check out: Car Seat Safety, Explained!)
Recommendations:
Lucy: Song exploration through sampling.
Doyin: Naps!
Zak: This Be the Verse by Phillip Larkin
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| 0:00.0 | Spark your creativity with the Sims. |
| 0:04.0 | Sometimes you might feel like you're not creative |
| 0:07.0 | and you have to go and search of your creative spark again. |
| 0:10.0 | Maybe this is catching up with creative friends, |
| 0:13.0 | experimenting with a new look or trying out a new recipe |
| 0:16.0 | and thanks to the Sims, inspiration is just one game |
| 0:19.0 | and one spark away. |
| 0:21.0 | Ready to spark something? |
| 0:23.0 | Download the Sims 4 and play for free. |
| 0:30.0 | This episode contains explicit language. |
| 0:33.0 | Welcome to Mom and Dad Our Fighting Slates Parenting Podcast |
| 0:36.0 | for Monday, August 6th. |
| 0:38.0 | Am I being overprotective edition? |
| 0:40.0 | I'm Zach Rosen. I make another podcast. |
| 0:42.0 | It's called The Best Advice Show. |
| 0:44.0 | And I'm Dad Tenoa, who's five, |
| 0:46.0 | and Ami, who's two. |
| 0:47.0 | We live in Detroit. |
| 0:48.0 | And I'm Deween Richards. |
| 0:50.0 | Well, I'm so glad to be back on the podcast. |
| 0:53.0 | I have two daughters, Emiko, who's 12, |
| 0:56.0 | Reiko, who's 10, and we live in Los Angeles. |
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