This episode may contain explicit language.

Welcome to Karen Feeding, the show where we parent together.

I'm Lucy Lopez, the host of the Mama Sita Rica podcast,

Mama to Amelia 13 and Avery 11, and we're from Miami.

I'm Zach Rosen. I host the Best Advice Show. That's another podcast.

And I am Dad to Noah, who's six and Ami who's three. We live in Detroit.

I'm Elizabeth New Camp. I write the Family Travel blog Dutch Dutch Goose. I'm the mom of Three Littles, Henry

who's 11, Oliver who's 9, and Teddy who's 7. We live in Tokyo, Japan.

Today on the show, we've got a preschooler who's suddenly having some big scary feelings at school.

Her dad is deployed right now so is this normal or the start of a more

serious anxiety issue and either way how can this parent help? Later on we're

also going to recommend some things we're loving right now and think you might too.

And then, if you're in the Slate Plus Club, we'll play a round of parenting, would you rather?

Here's what you'll hear if you have Slate Plus.

Would you rather be in front of a crying baby on a plane without any ear plugs or headphones?

Or would you rather be that baby's parent?

I would rather be in front of the crying baby

because I see the glares that parents get

on the airplane when their baby is crying. I feel so bad

for them because we've all been in that position and so I have nothing but sympathy and

empathy for that. I would assure them that they've got nothing to worry about even other babies screaming in my ear.

Am I traveling with Jeff?

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