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🗓️ 28 August 2023
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
On this episode: Elizabeth, Zak and Jamilah help a listener who isn’t happy with her kid’s friend getting unrestricted phone access. Is there a way to enforce their family rules when they’re playing at the friend’s house? Then, Elizabeth has a back-to-school conundrum of her own and is seeking advice.
Recommendations:
Jamilah: Simply Light Lemonade with Raspberry.
Zak: Jazz Baby
Elizabeth: Caep phone strap
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Mom & Dutter Fighting Slates Parenting Podcast for Monday, August 28th, the |
| 0:07.9 | Phona Friend Edition. |
| 0:08.9 | I'm Elizabeth Newkamp. |
| 0:09.9 | I ride the homeschool and family travel blog Dutch Dutch Goose. |
| 0:13.5 | I'm the mom of three littles, Henry, who's 11, Oliver, who's 9, and Teddy, who's 6. |
| 0:18.2 | We live in Tokyo, Japan. |
| 0:20.2 | I'm Jamil Amu. |
| 0:21.2 | I'm a writer, contributed to Slates' care and feeding parenting column, and I am Mom |
| 0:27.1 | tonight, who's 10, and we live in Los Angeles. |
| 0:31.2 | I'm Zach Rosen. |
| 0:32.2 | I make another podcast. |
| 0:33.2 | It's called The Best Advice Show, and I'm dad to Noah, who's going to be 6 this week, |
| 0:38.4 | and Ami, who's nearly 3. |
| 0:40.3 | We live in Detroit. |
| 0:42.3 | On today's show, dealing with different phone roles among friends. |
| 0:45.9 | Every family has different roles about phones, so what should parents do when a group of kids |
| 0:50.5 | have to go by different roles? |
| 0:52.5 | Our letter writer is looking for some guidance as she wades into unfamiliar territory. |
| 0:57.1 | And I'm going to take the seat as the letter writer, because I've got a big back to school |
| 1:01.3 | conundrum, and I need some advice. |
| 1:03.7 | We will end today by recommending the things we can't get enough of. |
| 1:07.5 | That's all after this quick break. |
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