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🗓️ 20 July 2023
⏱️ 26 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? Together, they help a listener who’s worried that her daughter’s meltdowns might be a sign of depression.
They also discuss their week of triumphs and fails — and then, if you’re sticking around for Slate Plus, we muse on the awkward institution that is the middle school slow dance.
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Podcast produced by Rosemary Belson and Maura Currie.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up guys, I am Ashley Gavin, and I am your father. |
| 0:03.1 | I'm Elena Joy, I am Mommy, and I'm Mackin from your hot teenage brother. |
| 0:08.4 | Baby, Mack is baby. |
| 0:09.7 | We are your chosen family, because you don't have a gay family, and you need a gay family. |
| 0:14.3 | Every week, we bring a topic to the family dinner table from gender dysphoria, |
| 0:17.9 | to monogamy, to how to figure out if someone is into you. |
| 0:20.5 | Listen to Chosen Family every Wednesday on your favorite podcast app, |
| 0:24.0 | or watch full episodes on YouTube to get the full family experience. |
| 0:27.7 | Chosen Family is a part of the Forever Dog podcast network. |
| 0:34.3 | Welcome to mom and dad are fighting Slate's parenting podcast for Thursday, July 20th. |
| 0:38.7 | That is my daughter depressed edition. |
| 0:40.8 | I'm Zach Rosen, I make another podcast that's called The Best in Fight Show, |
| 0:44.4 | and I'm dad Tanowa, who is five, and Ami, who's two. |
| 0:47.5 | We live in Detroit. |
| 0:49.4 | I'm Jamila Mew, a writer, contributor to Slate's parent feeding parents in column, |
| 0:54.6 | and mom Tanayima, who is ten, and we live in Los Angeles. |
| 0:59.2 | I'm Leslie Cohen-Rubary. |
| 1:01.0 | I am a therapist, and I have a private practice, and a podcast called Is My Child a Monster. |
| 1:07.6 | It's a parenting therapy podcast. |
| 1:09.6 | I have three adult children, Travis, who is 36, and Twin Girls, |
| 1:15.2 | who are 33, Dale, and Carrie. |
| 1:18.2 | And I live in Western Connecticut. |
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