Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - How Many Activities Are Too Many Activities?
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show
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4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2022
⏱️ 27 minutes
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On this episode: It’s a triple fail week! Jamilah, Zak, and Elizabeth commiserate over running out of patience and they revel in a school picture so unfortunate it could be a meme. Then they answer a question from a listener whose kid is interested in too many things and is having a hard time narrowing down the activity wish-list. Then on Slate Plus, they weigh in on a Slate Parenting Facebook group post about a 4th grade wedding that went down at school.
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| 0:35.2 | Welcome to Mom and Dad are fighting, so it's parenting podcast for Thursday, December 15th, |
| 0:40.6 | that juggling all the things addition. I'm Elizabeth Newcamp, |
| 0:44.6 | I write the Homeschool and Family travel blog, Dutch Dutch Goose. I'm the mom of three little |
| 0:48.5 | 10 reasons 10 already saved in 2016. We live in Colorado Springs, Colorado. I'm Jamila Mew, |
| 0:55.6 | a writer, contributor to slaves, care and feeding parenting column, and mom to Naima, |
| 1:00.0 | who's nine and a half, and we live in Los Angeles. I'm Zach Rosen, I am a podcast maker, |
| 1:05.9 | I host another show called The Best Advice Show, and I live in Detroit with my family. My oldest |
| 1:11.1 | Noah is five, and my youngest Ami is two. Well, today we have a very relatable question, |
| 1:17.1 | about an eight-year-old who wants to do everything all at once. We're talking karate, |
| 1:22.0 | piano, soccer, theater, gymnastics, you get the picture. We're going to help our listener |
| 1:26.4 | get their schedule under control while also keeping their passionate eight-year-old happy. |
| 1:30.9 | Then on Slate Plus, we cannot help but weigh in on a juicy question first posted on the |
| 1:35.7 | Slate Parenting Facebook page, all about a pretend wedding that took place at school. |
| 1:40.6 | Here's a sneak peek of what you'll hear if you have Slate Plus. |
| 1:43.9 | If these were first graders, you know, I think this would just play, you know, but like for |
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