Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - Flying With Kids Is Like Pulling Off a Heist
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🗓️ 23 October 2023
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
On this episode: Zak Rosen, Jamilah Lemieux, and guest host Duarte Geraldino share all their tips for flying with young kids. They talk about navigating security, in flight entertainment, and energy management throughout the trip. They also tackle a question about making sure your kid’s things come back from the lost and found. (Shout out: The Best Labels for Kids School Gear and Clothing by Lauren Sullivan.)
Recommendations:
Duarte: Alphabet Learning Locks
Jamilah: Patti Labelle’s Macaroni and Cheese recipe
Zak: Mario Lopez dancing with his daughter on IG
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Mama Dad at Fighting, Slates Parenting Podcast for Monday, October 23rd. |
| 0:07.0 | The I Can't Do This Alone Edition. |
| 0:10.0 | I'm Zach Rosen, I make another show called The Best Advice Advice Show and I'm Dad to Noah who's six and Army who's three we live in Detroit |
| 0:17.6 | I'm Jean-Lameu I'm a writer |
| 0:20.3 | Contributor's late care feeding parenting column and Mom to Naima, who's 10, and we live in Los Angeles. |
| 0:27.0 | I'm Duarte Geraldino. I'm an editor, journalist, dad to Oya and Olu, we live just outside New York City. |
| 0:35.0 | So nice to have you back on the show today. |
| 0:37.0 | Well, my pleasure. |
| 0:39.0 | The holiday season is crazy. |
| 0:41.0 | I can't believe it's great around the corner and with that we've got a |
| 0:45.2 | listener question from a parent who's about to take a big trip with their three kids |
| 0:49.6 | and they're feeling overwhelmed with the prospect of doing it all on their own. |
| 0:54.0 | Then we've got a quick but extremely useful question, |
| 0:57.0 | how to make sure your kids don't lose all their stuff at the playground. |
| 1:00.0 | We'll talk all about it after this quick break. |
| 1:06.0 | All right, let's go to our first listener question. |
| 1:08.0 | Dear mom and dad, I'm in need of your expert advice for an upcoming adventure I'm about to embark on. |
| 1:13.9 | Air travel with my three boys all by myself. |
| 1:17.7 | We're flying solo to visit my parents with a short one hour flight within Canada and a six hour overnight flight to Switzerland. |
| 1:24.3 | Well I'm not a nervous flyer and consider myself quite organized I would love to hear your |
| 1:29.6 | best tips to ensure a smooth and enjoyable journey for all of us. |
| 1:33.0 | I'm sure you have insights that may cover aspects I haven't even thought about yet. |
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