Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - Is My Child a Monster?
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🗓️ 24 July 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
On this episode: Zak and Jamilah are joined by Leslie Cohen-Rubury — therapist and host of the podcast Is My Child a Monster? They start by talking about lessons from therapy and how Leslie’s show is helping to make therapy advice and resources more accessible. They also help a listener whose kid pulled a disappearing act after a fight during family vacation.
Recommendations:
Jamilah: Suits
Leslie: All That Breathes, An Immense World by Ed Yong and an ‘awe walk.’
Zak: Hunting seashells and making jewelry.
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Podcast produced by Rosemary Belson and Maura Currie.
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| 0:00.0 | If you're looking for a new podcast, might I recommend our podcast? |
| 0:09.0 | Hi, I'm Gabe Dunn, and I'm Allison Raskin. |
| 0:12.5 | We have a weekly show called Just Between Us where we explore every kind of topic out |
| 0:17.4 | there, from mental health to sexuality, to animal behavior, to science. |
| 0:24.7 | We love to interview fascinating people about their various expertise. |
| 0:29.0 | We also answer listener questions and play a very silly game called hypotheticals. |
| 0:34.4 | You're not going to want to miss it, it's unhinged. |
| 0:37.2 | And if you don't want to trust our word for it because it's our show, you should know |
| 0:40.7 | that the IHAR podcast awards nominated us for Best Ensemble for 2023. |
| 0:47.0 | That means that we are good at our jobs. |
| 0:49.6 | Or we have good chemistry? |
| 0:51.6 | Oh, so check out Just Between Us every Wednesday. |
| 1:00.0 | Welcome to Mom and Dad are fighting Slates Parenting Podcast for Monday, July 24th. |
| 1:04.8 | It's my child, a monster addition. |
| 1:07.5 | I'm Zach Rosen. |
| 1:08.5 | I host another podcast. |
| 1:09.5 | It's called The Best Advice Show. |
| 1:11.5 | I'm the dad to know who's five, and Ami, who is two, we live in Detroit. |
| 1:16.5 | I'm Jamila Mew. |
| 1:17.5 | I'm a writer, contributor to Slates Care and Fading Parenting column, and Mom, |
| 1:22.3 | tonight Ami, who is ten, and we live in Los Angeles. |
| 1:26.8 | I'm Leslie Cohen-Rubari. |
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