Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - Please Stop Shrieking!
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🗓️ 24 May 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
On this episode, the hosts give advice to a mom whose daughter is having a hard time processing big emotions, which has been leading to frequent meltdowns. They’ve tried pretty much everything she can think of but the shrieking still persists. She’s worried about her daughter being in these prolonged states and, furthermore, they’re concerned that if the screaming continues, a neighbor will call the authorities. It’s a really tricky situation and Jamilah, Zak, and Elizabeth have some suggestions.
Then on Slate Plus, they discuss setting boundaries with grandparents.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Mom and Dad Our Fighting. |
| 0:04.4 | Slates Parenting Podcast for Thursday, December 1st, the Stop the Shreaking Edition. |
| 0:10.4 | I'm Zach Rosen, I make a different show called The Best Advice Show, and I live in Detroit |
| 0:14.5 | with my family. |
| 0:15.5 | My daughter Noah is five, and my son Ami is two. |
| 0:19.0 | I'm Elizabeth Newcamp, I write the Homeschool and Family Travel Blog Dutch Dutch Goose. |
| 0:23.0 | I'm the mom of three littles Henry Huss 10, Oliver Huss 8, and Teddy Huss 6. |
| 0:27.5 | We live in Colorado Springs, Colorado. |
| 0:29.8 | I'm Jamil Lemieux, I'm a writer, contributor to Slates Care and Feeding Parenting column, |
| 0:36.1 | and Mom Tanayima, who's nine and a half, and we live in Los Angeles. |
| 0:41.1 | Today on the show, we have a question about a five-year-old who constantly throws tantrums, |
| 0:45.8 | screaming, no, don't, stop, to relatively minor requests. |
| 0:50.4 | For parents are concerned, someone will call child services due to all the yelling. |
| 0:54.8 | Is there a way to stop the Shreaking? |
| 0:56.9 | Then on Slate Plus, we're going to talk about how to set healthy boundaries with grandparents. |
| 1:01.5 | Here's what you'll hear if you have Slate Plus. |
| 1:03.8 | You know, you want to give your kids that experience of being around them, but perhaps it's toxic |
| 1:08.3 | to you, right? |
| 1:09.6 | And you don't want that toxic city passed on. |
| 1:13.3 | And the problem with being empathetic is that sometimes you feel so beat down that it |
| 1:18.4 | feels like you're giving up a piece of yourself to be empathetic. |
| 1:22.6 | If you want to support our show, the best way to do that is by signing up for Slate Plus. |
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