Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - My Son’s Getting Ready to Walk Home Alone
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🗓️ 28 March 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
On this episode: Elizabeth, Jamilah and Zak help a member of the Slate Parenting Facebook group who’s getting ready to have their 10-year-old walk home from school. Communication without a phone is one thing… but what about tracking and other bells and whistles?
We’ll also debrief with a round of triumphs and fails — including a hotly-anticipated update about Red Lobster.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode may contain explicit language. |
| 0:06.0 | Welcome to Karen Feeding, the show where we raise the next generation together. |
| 0:10.0 | I'm Elizabeth New Camp, I write the family travel blog Dutch blog Dutch Dutch Goose I'm the mom of three |
| 0:14.6 | little Henry who's 11 Oliver who's 9 and Teddy who 7 we live in Tokyo Japan I'm |
| 0:20.2 | Zach Rosen I make another podcast it's called the Best Advice show and I'm dad to Noah who's six and |
| 0:27.0 | Ami who's home sick today he's three. |
| 0:30.0 | I'm Jemila Lemieu a writer contributor Slates Karen Feeding Parents in Column, and mom to Naima. |
| 0:37.0 | We live in Los Angeles. |
| 0:38.0 | Oh, and she'll be 11 on Friday. |
| 0:40.0 | Mm-hmm. |
| 0:41.0 | Yay, happy birthday Naima! |
| 0:45.0 | Well, today on the show we're answering a question from a parent who's getting ready to let |
| 0:50.0 | their 10-year-old trek home from school alone. He's a responsible kid, but there are |
| 0:54.7 | some lingering questions, namely how to get around the dreaded cell phone. And then, of |
| 1:00.1 | course, we'll debrief our week with a round of triumphs and fails. So let's get going. |
| 1:05.0 | We're going to take a quick break and then we'll see you back. Here's our question. It comes from Stacy, a member of the slate parenting |
| 1:21.3 | Facebook Group. |
| 1:22.8 | We are getting ready to let our 10-year-old walk home from school by himself. |
| 1:27.4 | It's about a mile. |
| 1:28.3 | He is very responsible and mature, |
| 1:30.0 | and we've been practicing a lot gearing up |
| 1:31.8 | for the spring milestone. |
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