Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - Separation Anxiety in Overdrive
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🗓️ 11 August 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Elizabeth, Zak, and Lucy respond to a parent whose 7-year-old has developed intense separation anxiety—panicking anytime they’re apart, even with another parent nearby. The fears center around monsters the kid hasn’t seen, but hears about at school. So what do you do when reassurance stops working and fear takes over the routine?
But first, we’ll circle up for a round of check-ins: Elizabeth recounts a fireworks fiasco, Lucy faces down her daughter’s back-to-school worries, and Zak’s planning a very special birthday.
And on Slate Plus recommendations for parents and kids alike, everything we turn to when anxiety hits.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode contains explicit language. |
| 0:03.8 | Welcome to Karen Feeding, the show where we raise the next generation together. |
| 0:07.9 | I'm Elizabeth Newkamp. I write the homeschool and family travel blog, Dutch Dutch Goose. |
| 0:11.7 | I'm the mom to Henry who's 13, Oliver who's 11, and Teddy who's 8. We live in Tokyo, Japan. |
| 0:17.8 | Hey, I'm Lucy Lopez. I host another podcast, The Mamasita Ricca. |
| 0:21.6 | I'm Mother to Amelia, who's 15, Avery, who's 12, and we live in Miami, Florida. |
| 0:28.6 | I'm Zach Rosen. |
| 0:29.6 | I live in Amsterdam for a little while longer. |
| 0:31.6 | My kids are Noah, who's seven, and Ami, who's four. |
| 0:35.6 | Today on the show, how to deal with your kids' separation anxiety. |
| 0:39.6 | But first, we'll check in with each other and share what's on our minds this week. |
| 0:43.1 | So let's get going. |
| 0:44.2 | We're going to take a quick break and meet you back here for our catch-up. |
| 0:58.5 | Why are businesses like HelloVet choosing Apple products and services? |
| 1:06.3 | One of the great things about Apple products is that it's really easy for us to handle the security, the updates, the pre-installed applications. |
| 1:09.8 | We've been able to do that without a dedicated IT support team. |
| 1:17.3 | Find out how Apple products and services can help you run your business at Apple.com forward slash hello vet. |
| 1:23.0 | If I get my kid a phone, I'll be able to keep in touch with them all the time. |
| 1:24.3 | They'll be on it all the time. |
| 1:25.8 | Could walk to school by himself. |
| 1:27.4 | She could see something she shouldn't. |
| 1:28.3 | He could chat with grandma. Friends. Trolls? They can access anything on the time. He could walk to school by himself. She could see something she shouldn't. You could chat with grandma. Friends, trolls. |
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