Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - My Son Wears Skirts. My Mom Doesn’t Like It.
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show
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4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 July 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
On this episode: Elizabeth, Zak and Jamilah help a listener decide how to support her skirt-loving eight-year-old-son — and how to get his hesitant grandmother to come around.
We also go over some ‘triumphs and fails’ from the past week — and then, if you’re sticking around for Slate Plus, we explore the history of the comic strip Goofus and Gallant… and what 80 years can tell us about the evolution of parenthood.
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| 0:35.2 | Welcome to Mom & Dadr fighting sleets parenting podcasts for Thursday, July 13th. |
| 0:40.2 | The fashion has no gender addition. I'm Elizabeth Newcamp, I ride the homeschool and family |
| 0:45.5 | travel blog, Dutch Dutch Goose. I'm the mom of three littles, Henry who's 11, Oliver who's |
| 0:50.1 | nine and Teddy who's six. We are in transition, so currently in Atlanta, Georgia. |
| 0:56.0 | I'm Jamil Lemieux, I'm a writer, contributor to Slate's care and feeding parenting column, |
| 1:00.8 | and mom to Naima who is 10 and we live in Los Angeles. |
| 1:04.8 | I'm Zach Rosen, I make another podcast that's called The Best Advice Show and I'm |
| 1:08.7 | dad to Noah who is nearly six and Ami who is nearly three. We live in Detroit, Michigan. |
| 1:14.6 | Well, today on the show we have a little boy who loves skirts, a grandma who isn't sure what |
| 1:19.4 | to make of it, and a parent who's worried that a very special bond will be broken over clothing |
| 1:24.0 | choices. How can she bridge the gap and make sure everyone feels heard? We're also going to |
| 1:29.4 | touch base on our weekend parenting and if you're sticking around for Slate Plus, we're discussing |
| 1:34.5 | some decades old comic strips and what they say about the evolution of parenting. Here's what |
| 1:40.2 | you'll hear if you have Slate Plus. I've always in my hair said goofus and galant, but is it gallant? |
| 1:48.2 | I think it's gallant. |
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