Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - I Was Assaulted as a Child. Do My Kids Need to Know?
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show
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4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 22 June 2023
⏱️ 30 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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Podcast produced by Rosemary Belson, Maura Currie, and Tori Dominguez.
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| 0:30.4 | As a content warning, we'll be answering a listener letter that contains discussion |
| 0:34.7 | of sexual abuse. Listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:41.2 | Welcome to Mom and Dad are fighting, Slate's Parenting Podcast. For Thursday, June 22, |
| 0:46.4 | the Tutel or Natsutel Edition. I'm Jamila Lemue, a writer, contributor to Slate's |
| 0:52.7 | Care and Beating Parenting column, 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 In Vice Show, and I am Dad Noah, |
| 1:03.9 | who's five, and Ami, who's two. We live in Detroit, Michigan. I'm Elizabeth Newcamp, |
| 1:08.4 | I write the homeschool and family travel blog Dutch Dutch Goose. I'm the mom of three |
| 1:12.2 | little, Henry, who's 11, Oliver, who's nine, and Teddy, who's six. We live in Colorado Springs, |
| 1:17.2 | Colorado. Today on the show, we have a serious but important question. |
| 1:22.3 | Our letter writer experienced sexual abuse as a child. Now, her daughter is the same age she |
| 1:27.1 | was when the abuse started, and it's been hard to handle. She's wondering if she should tell her |
| 1:31.6 | kids why she's been struggling. We're also going to touch base on our week in parenting, |
| 1:36.4 | and if you're sticking around for Slate Plus, we'll be discussing The New York Times, |
| 1:40.6 | Dad Cannon. Here's what you'll hear if you have Slate Plus. |
| 1:44.8 | Zach, did you feel like you were looking at a, you know, make your Amazon wish list right now? |
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