Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - My Son Can’t Read The Room
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🗓️ 24 October 2024
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
On this episode: Jamilah, Zak, and Elizabeth tackle a letter from a Care and Feeding reader who is trying to explain code-switching to a six-year-old. This kid doesn’t seem to understand how or why to speak differently to his peers than to adults… but how can you convey that without giving him the wrong message?
We’ll also, of course, circle up for a round of triumphs and fails.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Care and Feeding Column, |
| 0:14.2 | and mom Tinaema, who's 11, and we live in Los Angeles. |
| 0:18.0 | I'm Elizabeth New Camp. |
| 0:19.6 | I write the Family Travel blog, Dutch Guose, |
| 0:21.9 | and I'm the mom to Henry, who's 12, Oliver who's 10, and |
| 0:24.8 | Teddy who's 8. |
| 0:26.2 | We live in Tokyo, Japan. |
| 0:28.8 | I'm Zach Rosen. |
| 0:29.8 | I host another show. |
| 0:30.8 | It's called The Best Advice Show, and I am Dad to 7-year-old |
| 0:33.4 | Noah and 4-year-old Ami we live in Amsterdam. |
| 0:36.3 | All right today on the show we're answering a question about raiding the |
| 0:40.7 | room. Our letter writer's kid is struggling to understand how to speak |
| 0:44.8 | differently to his parents versus his peers. We'll offer some tips for explaining social settings |
| 0:51.6 | and not giving kids the wrong idea about what they can say to. |
| 0:55.0 | And then, of course, we'll meet up back here for a round of triumphs and fails. |
| 1:00.0 | So let's get going. |
| 1:02.0 | We're going to take a quick break and then we'll see you back here for our question. After a night with drinks it's tough to bounce back the next day but with |
| 1:17.8 | pre-alcohol probiotics by Z-biotics there's a sure-fire way to wake up feeling fresh right after a night of drinking. |
| 1:25.4 | Their prebiotic was invented by a PhD scientist to tackle through mornings after drinking. |
| 1:30.3 | Here's how it works. |
| 1:31.2 | When you drink, alcohol gets converted into a toxic byproduct in the gut. |
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