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Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - My Husband Isn’t Helping Out With Childcare. I’m Overwhelmed.

Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show

Slate Audio

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.41K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

On this episode: Jamilah, Zak, and Elizabeth answer a question from an overwhelmed listener who is doing most of the childcare and housework for her family. Her husband isn’t helping out and is citing his ADHD as the reason why. What can they do to make the workload more manageable for everyone? 


Recommendations: 

Zak recommends letting kids take the lead in the museum.

Elizabeth recommends Exit: The Game

Jamilah recommends Wellmania on Netflix


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Podcast produced by Rosemary Belson and Maura Currie.


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0:00.0

Spark your creativity with the Sims.

0:04.0

Sometimes you might feel like you're not creative

0:07.0

and you have to go and search of your creative spark again.

0:10.0

Maybe this is catching up with creative friends,

0:13.0

experimenting with a new look or trying out a new recipe

0:16.0

and thanks to the Sims, inspiration is just one game and one spark away.

0:21.0

Ready to spark something?

0:23.0

Download the Sims 4 and play for free.

0:30.0

Welcome to Mom & Data Fighting,

0:32.0

Slates Parenting Podcast for Monday, April 10th.

0:35.0

I'm Jamila Mew, a writer,

0:37.0

contributor to Slates' Karen Feeding Parenting column,

0:40.0

and Mom's Naima, who is 10, and we live in Los Angeles.

0:43.0

I'm Elizabeth Newkamp. I write the homeschool

0:45.0

and family travel blog, Dutch Dutch Goose.

0:47.0

I'm the mom to three littles.

0:49.0

Henry, you just turned 11.

0:51.0

Oliver, who's eight, and Teddy, who's six.

0:54.0

We live in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

0:58.0

I'm Zach Rosen. I make the Best Advice Show podcast,

1:01.0

and I am dad to Noah, who's five,

1:04.0

and Ami, who's two.

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