Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - I Was Assaulted as a Child. Do My Kids Need to Know?
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🗓️ 22 June 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
On this episode: a listener writes in wanting advice for a difficult situation: she was sexually assaulted as a child, and now her daughter is the same age. The PTSD is affecting her ability to parent… so should she tell her children what happened?
The hosts also go over their week in triumphs and fails. Then, if you’re sticking around for Slate Plus, they dissect the New Dad Canon proposed by the New York Times.
If you or someone you know needs help, the National Sexual Assault Hotline is reachable 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can call 1-800-656-4673 to talk to someone — or chat online, and access other resources, at rainn.org.
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| 0:30.0 | As a content warning, we'll be answering a listener letter that contains discussion of sexual abuse. |
| 0:36.0 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:41.0 | Welcome to Mom & Dadr Fighting, Slates Parenting Podcast. |
| 0:44.0 | For Thursday, June 22, the Tutel or Not to Tell Edition. |
| 0:49.0 | I'm Jamila Lemue, a writer, contributor to Slates' care and feeding parenting column, |
| 0:54.0 | and Mom Tanayima, who's 10, and we live in Los Angeles. |
| 0:58.0 | I'm Zach Rosen. I make another show. It's called The Best Advice Show. |
| 1:02.0 | And I am Dad Noah, who's 5, and Ami, who's 2. |
| 1:06.0 | We live in Detroit, Michigan. |
| 1:07.0 | I'm Elizabeth Newcamp. I write the homeschool and family travel blog Dutch Dutch Goose. |
| 1:11.0 | I'm the mom of 3 littles, Henry, who's 11, all of her who's 9, and Teddy, who's 6. |
| 1:15.0 | We live in Colorado Springs, Colorado. |
| 1:18.0 | Today on the show, we have a serious but important question. |
| 1:22.0 | Our letter writer experienced sexual abuse as a child. |
| 1:26.0 | Now, her daughter is the same age she was when the abuse started, and it's been hard to handle. |
| 1:30.0 | She's wondering if she should tell her kids why she's been struggling. |
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