Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - Desperately Missing Work
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show
Slate Audio
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
On this episode: Zak Rosen, Elizabeth Newcamp and Jamilah Lemieux tackle a heartbreaking listener letter from a mom who longs for her career. But it’s currently being overshadowed by her kids' needs and a system that isn’t built for working parents.
Recommendations:
Jamilah: Baby J on Netflix.
Elizabeth: Animal erasers
Zak: Osmo
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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 and one spark away. |
| 0:21.0 | Ready to spark something? |
| 0:23.0 | Download the Sims 4 and play for free. |
| 0:27.0 | This episode contains explicit language. |
| 0:33.0 | Welcome to Mom & Dadr Fighting Slates Parenting Podcast for Monday May 15th. |
| 0:37.0 | The Missing Work Edition. |
| 0:39.0 | I'm Zach Rosen. I make another podcast that's called The Best Advice Show. |
| 0:42.0 | And I am Dad Tanowa, who is nearly six, an army who's nearly free. |
| 0:47.0 | If you live in Detroit. |
| 0:49.0 | I'm Jamila Lemieux. I'm a writer, contributor to Slates' care and feeding parenting column. |
| 0:54.0 | And Mom Tanayima, who is ten, and we live in Los Angeles. |
| 0:58.0 | I'm Elizabeth Newkamp. I write the homeschool and family travel blog Dutch Dutch Goose. |
| 1:02.0 | I'm the mom of three littles, Henry, who's eleven. |
| 1:05.0 | Oliver, who turned nine on Wednesday. |
| 1:09.0 | Yay! |
| 1:10.0 | And Teddy, who's six, and we live in Colorado Springs, Colorado. |
| 1:14.0 | Today on the show, how to balance children with a fulfilling career. |
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