Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - My Kid Refuses Therapy. I Think She Needs It.
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show
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4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 July 2023
⏱️ 29 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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| 0:33.2 | Welcome to Mamadette Our Fighting Slates Parenting Podcast for Thursday, July 20th. |
| 0:37.6 | That is my daughter-to-press edition. I'm Zach Rosen. I make another podcast that's called |
| 0:42.1 | The Best in Vice Show and I'm Dad Tanowa, who is five and Ami, who's two. We live in Detroit. |
| 0:48.1 | I'm Jamila Mew, a writer, contributor to Slates, Karen Feeding Parents in Column, |
| 0:53.3 | and mom Tanayima, who is ten and we live in Los Angeles. |
| 0:58.0 | I'm Leslie Cohen-Rubary. I am a therapist and I have a private practice and a podcast called |
| 1:04.4 | Is My Child A Monster. It's a parenting therapy podcast. I have three adult children, Travis, |
| 1:11.1 | who is 36 and twin girls who are 33, Dale, and Carrie. And I live in Western Connecticut. |
| 1:18.9 | Leslie, we are so thrilled to have you with us today, especially because we've got a question |
| 1:22.9 | that could definitely use your expertise. Our listener is worried that her nine-year-old |
| 1:26.7 | daughter is depressed and she's not really sure what to do. We'll have some advice for her. |
| 1:31.2 | We'll also be sharing a round of parenting triumphs and fails, and if you're sticking around for |
| 1:34.9 | Slate Plus, we'll be talking about the middle school, slow dance, oh my god, oh god. |
| 1:39.9 | Is it an important right of passage and awkward encounter better left in the past? |
| 1:43.6 | Is it still even a thing? Here's what you're here if you have Slate Plus. |
| 1:47.6 | I remember slow dancing exactly once. I can't remember if this was maybe ninth grade. |
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