Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - Do My Kids Need Their Own Rooms?
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🗓️ 23 May 2024
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
On this episode: Lucy, Zak and Elizabeth answer a listener email about whether an 8 and 5 year old should still be sharing a room. The basement is a communal space, and it’s also home to some creepy crawlies… but is it worth making that work in the name of some separation?
We’ll also debrief on our week in parenting with a round of Triumphs & Fails — including a postcard from a spat with a sleepy toddler.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode may contain explicit language. |
| 0:03.3 | Welcome to Karen Feeding, the show where we raised the next generation together. |
| 0:10.7 | I'm Lucy Lopez. I host another podcast, The Mama Cita Rica. I have a 14 year old |
| 0:16.5 | named Amelia and 11 year old Avery. We live in Miami. I'm Zach Rosen. I make another podcast. It's called the Best Advice Show and I'm dad to Noah who's six and Army who's three we live in Detroit |
| 0:27.5 | I'm Elizabeth New Camp I write the family travel blog Dutch Dutch Goose I'm the mom of Three Littles, Henry who's 12, Oliver |
| 0:34.0 | his 10, and Teddy who's 7. We live in Tokyo, Japan. |
| 0:38.6 | Today we're answering a listener question about when and whether kids should share a bedroom with their siblings. |
| 0:44.0 | This listener is wondering whether it's worth sacrificing some communal space to |
| 0:49.0 | separate her eight and five-year-old. |
| 0:51.0 | And we have some ideas. |
| 0:54.1 | And then of course we'll debrief back here with a round of triumphs and fails, fails. |
| 0:59.6 | So let's get going. |
| 1:01.4 | We're going to take a quick break and then we'll see you back here for our |
| 1:04.2 | listener question. |
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| 1:32.6 | Plus, we've got a brand new season of story time |
| 1:35.2 | with Josh and Blue. |
| 1:36.6 | Search Nickelodeon on your favorite podcast app to listen. |
| 1:40.5 | Warm or son of your days are calling. Fuel up for them with factors, no prep, no mess meals. |
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