Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - I'm Ashamed Of My Son
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3.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 November 2022
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
On this episode: Zak, Jamilah, and Elizabeth advise a mom who is ashamed of her teenager’s behavior. Her son and a friend were using the word ‘gay’ as an insult when talking about her son’s best friend behind his back. She’s already talked with him but she doesn’t know where to go from there.
Recommendations:
Jamilah recommends Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
Elizabeth recommends the books Fatty Legs and When I Was Eight.
Zak recommends the Arthur podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Mom and Dad Our Fighting. |
| 0:05.1 | Slate's parenting podcast from Monday, November 28th, the ashamed of my son edition. |
| 0:10.9 | I'm Zach Rosen. |
| 0:11.9 | I make the best advice show podcast. |
| 0:13.4 | I'm the dad of Noah, who's five, and Ami, who's two. |
| 0:16.8 | We live in Detroit. |
| 0:17.8 | I'm Elizabeth Newcamp. |
| 0:19.2 | I write the homeschool and family travel blog Dutch Dutch Goose. |
| 0:22.0 | I'm the mom to three littles, Henry, who's ten, Oliver, who's eight, and Teddy, who's |
| 0:26.0 | six. |
| 0:27.0 | We live in Colorado Springs, Colorado. |
| 0:29.5 | I'm Janela Mew. |
| 0:30.5 | I'm a writer, contributor to Slate's parent-feeding parenting column, and mom's Naima, who's nine and |
| 0:36.3 | a half, and we live in LA. |
| 0:39.3 | Today on the show, we have a parent who is angry and ashamed that their son and his friend |
| 0:43.3 | were using the word gay as an insult. |
| 0:45.8 | Not only that, but they were texting about her son's best friend. |
| 0:49.0 | She talked with her son, but she has no idea how to handle the situation further, so |
| 0:53.0 | we're going to give some advice. |
| 0:54.4 | But first, we wanted to jump into our Monday mail bag. |
| 0:57.0 | There are two recent letters from listeners. |
| 0:59.7 | Hi, mom and dad. |
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