Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - Middle School Magic
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3.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
On this episode: Elizabeth talks with Chris Balme, author of Finding the Magic In Middle School. He explains what drives tweens, why this period is fundamentally different than high school, and how to guide them through this transition. Jamilah, Zak, and Elizabeth also open up the mailbag and give some recommendations.
Recommendations:
Zak: Watch David Byrne sing When Doves Cry at a karaoke bar
Elizabeth: Professor Noggin Cards, Binder Rings
Jamilah: Florida Man on Netflix
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, it's Tim Heidecker, you know me, Tim and Eric Bridesmaids, and Fantastic Four. |
| 0:05.0 | I'd like to personally invite you to listen to Office Hours Live with me and my co-hosts DJ Doug Pound. |
| 0:11.0 | Hello. |
| 0:12.0 | And Vic Berger. |
| 0:13.0 | Howdy. |
| 0:14.0 | Every week we bring you laugh fun games and lots of other surprises. |
| 0:16.0 | It's live. |
| 0:17.0 | We take your Zoom calls. |
| 0:18.0 | We love having fun. |
| 0:19.0 | Excuse me? |
| 0:20.0 | That song. |
| 0:21.0 | Vic said something. |
| 0:22.0 | It's a song. |
| 0:23.0 | I like having fun. |
| 0:24.0 | I like to laugh. |
| 0:26.0 | I like to meet people who can make me laugh. |
| 0:29.0 | Please subscribe. |
| 0:31.0 | No. |
| 0:59.0 | I'm Elizabeth Newkamp. |
| 1:00.0 | I write the home school and family travel blog, Dutch Dutch Goose. |
| 1:03.0 | I'm the mom of three littles, Henry, his 11, Oliver, his 8, and Teddy, his 6. |
| 1:08.0 | We live in Colorado Springs, Colorado. |
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