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🗓️ 19 December 2022
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
On this episode: We’re diving into our overflowing mailbag! Then we’re advising a parent who is hoping to break an eight-year-old out of the screentime cycle—without making TV or games a forbidden fruit.
Recommendations:
Zak recommends Homeward Bound
Jamilah recommends Wednesday
Elizabeth recommends the MÅLA portable drawing case from Ikea
Episodes mentioned:
Surviving the Holidays With Picky Eaters
Supporting Gender Expression and Exploration
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Podcast produced by Rosemary Belson and Kristie Taiwo-Makanjuola.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by Tinder. |
| 0:04.0 | Life is full of possibilities. |
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| 0:24.0 | no matter what, all matches lead to self-discovery. |
| 0:27.0 | Download Tinder now. |
| 0:31.0 | Welcome to Mom & Daughter Fighting. |
| 0:33.0 | Slates Parenting Podcast for Monday, December 19th. |
| 0:36.0 | The Screen Time Struggles Edition. |
| 0:38.0 | I'm Elizabeth Newkamp. |
| 0:40.0 | I write the homeschool and family travel blog Dutch Dutch Goose |
| 0:42.0 | and the mom of three little senators is 10 all over his 8th and 8th and 6th. |
| 0:46.0 | We live in Colorado Springs, Colorado. |
| 0:48.0 | I'm Jamila Mew, a writer, contributor to Slates Care and Peating Parenting column |
| 0:53.0 | and Mom Tanayima, who's nine and a half and we live in Los Angeles. |
| 0:57.0 | I'm Zach Rosen. |
| 0:59.0 | I host the Best Advice Show Podcast and I live in Detroit with my family. |
| 1:03.0 | My oldest Noah is five and my youngest Ami is two. |
| 1:07.0 | Today as we head into winter break, we wanted to answer a question |
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