Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - Don't Want to Be the Awkward Aunt
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🗓️ 18 August 2022
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
On this episode: Jamilah, Zak, and Elizabeth dish about a baking disaster, being the non-fun mom while setting up camp, and why cool big kids make summer camp so magical. They then answer a question from an aunt who would love to be more of a presence in her nieces and nephews’ lives and support their kids at games and concerts. The catch? They don’t know how to get invited.
Then on Slate Plus, they’re discussing their favorite baby gear—a conversation inspired by Kevin Roose’s column in the New York Times called I Was Skeptical of Baby Gear. Then I Became a Dad. Slate Plus members get a bonus segment on MADAF each week, and no ads. Sign up now at slate.com/momanddadplus to listen and support our work.
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Podcast produced by Rosemary Belson and Kristie Taiwo-Makanjuola.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Mom & Dadr Fighting, Slates Parenting Podcast. |
| 0:05.8 | For Thursday, August 18th, the don't want to be the awkward on edition. |
| 0:10.6 | I'm Jamila Lemue, a writer, contributor to Slates Parent Feeding Parenting column, and |
| 0:15.6 | Mom to Naima, who is nine and we live in Los Angeles. |
| 0:19.4 | I'm Elizabeth Newkamp. |
| 0:20.4 | I write the home school and family travel blog Dutch Dutch Goose. |
| 0:23.4 | I'm the mom to three little, Henry Huss 10, Oliver Huss 8, and Teddy Huss 5. |
| 0:27.9 | We live in Colorado Springs, Colorado. |
| 0:30.6 | I'm Zach Rosen. |
| 0:31.6 | I make the very short, best advice show podcast, and I live in Detroit with my family. |
| 0:36.2 | My oldest Noah is about to be five, and my youngest Ami is nearly two. |
| 0:40.5 | We've got an interesting question today from an aunt who really wants to be closer to her |
| 0:44.3 | niece's and nephews and support them at their activities, but she's afraid that she's |
| 0:50.1 | going to come off as being creepy. |
| 0:52.9 | So today we're going to brainstorm some ideas to help her strengthen those bonds. |
| 0:57.6 | Then on Slate Plus, if you're at the beginning of your parenting journey, these ads are |
| 1:02.7 | probably inescapable. |
| 1:04.9 | And if you're a little ways into your parenting journey, then you're probably scrambling |
| 1:08.9 | to give them away. |
| 1:11.1 | That's right. |
| 1:12.1 | We're talking about baby gear. |
| 1:14.9 | Here's a sneak peek of what you'll hear if you have Slate Plus. |
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