Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - Should You Stay Together For the Kids?
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show
Slate Audio
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
On this episode: Elizabeth, Jamilah, and Zak help a parent who seems like she wants to split from her partner. But she’s worried that if she leaves and ends up splitting custody, their son isn’t going to be well cared for when he’s with his father.
Recommendations:
Zak recommends Family Chants!
Jamilah recommends That '90s Show
Elizabeth recommends The Mamas: What I Learned About Kids, Class, and Race from Moms Not Like Me by Helena Andrews-Dyer.
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| 0:00.0 | Spark your creativity with the Sims. |
| 0:04.0 | Sometimes you might feel like you're not creative |
| 0:07.0 | and you have to go and search of your creative spark again. |
| 0:10.0 | Maybe this is catching up with creative friends, |
| 0:13.0 | experimenting with a new look or trying out a new recipe |
| 0:16.0 | and thanks to the Sims, inspiration is just one game |
| 0:19.0 | and one spark away. |
| 0:21.0 | Ready to spark something? |
| 0:23.0 | Download the Sims 4 and play for free. |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome to Mom & Dadr Fighting Slates Parenting Podcast |
| 0:33.0 | for Monday, February 13th, the to stay or not to stay edition. |
| 0:38.0 | I'm Elizabeth Newcamp, I write the homeschool and family travel blog Dutch Dutch Goose. |
| 0:42.0 | I'm the mom of three littles Henry, who's 10 all over, who's 8 and Teddy, who's 6. |
| 0:46.0 | We live in Colorado Springs, Colorado. |
| 0:49.0 | I'm Zach Rosen, I make the best advice show podcast |
| 0:52.0 | and I'm the dad to Noah, who's 5 and Ami, who's 2. |
| 0:56.0 | We live in Detroit, Michigan. |
| 0:58.0 | I'm Jamil Lemieux, a writer and contributor to Slates Care and Beating Parenting Column. |
| 1:03.0 | I'm Mom Tanayima, who is 9 and 3 quarters and we live in Los Angeles. |
| 1:08.0 | Alright, well, today on the show we've got a really interesting question. |
| 1:12.0 | Should a couple stay together for the sake of a child, |
| 1:14.0 | but it's not in the way you might think. |
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