Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - Stepmom In the Middle
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show
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4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 4 August 2022
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
On this episode: Jamilah and Elizabeth are joined by Courtney Martin, author of the book Learning in Public. If you want to hear more about Courtney’s book check out this MADAF episode. Today they’re helping a step-mom who has found herself in the middle of a complicated housing change. Her stepson wants to live with his mom full time, which is a change that has deeply hurt his dad. Now our letter writer finds herself exactly where she doesn’t want to be—in the middle.
Then on Slate Plus, they are going to be talking about kids fighting and finding resolutions, inspired by a wonderful piece Courtney wrote for her newsletter. Slate Plus members get a bonus segment on MADAF each week, and no ads. Sign up now at slate.com/momanddadplus to listen and support our work.
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Podcast produced by Rosemary Belson and Kristie Taiwo-Makanjuola.
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| 0:32.4 | Welcome to Mom and Dad are fighting. Slate's parenting podcasts for Thursday, |
| 0:36.3 | August 4th, the stepmom in the middle edition. Anjumila Lemieux, a writer, |
| 0:41.6 | contributor to Slate's care and beating parents in column and mom tonight, Ema, who was 90 |
| 0:46.5 | and relive in Los Angeles, California. I'm Elizabeth Newkamp. I write the homeschool and family |
| 0:51.2 | travel blog Dutch Dutch Goose. I'm the mom to three little, Henry who's 10, Oliver who's eight, |
| 0:55.6 | and Teddy who's five. And we live in Colorado Springs, Colorado. And I'm Courtney Martin, |
| 1:00.9 | born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, but currently live in Oakland, California with my two kids, |
| 1:06.3 | Maya and Stella, ages eight and six. I'm the author of a book called Learning and Public, |
| 1:11.3 | and I write a sub-sac newsletter called Examined Family. Welcome back, Courtney. We're glad to |
| 1:17.5 | have you. Thank you so much. I'm really happy to be back. And the last time you were here, |
| 1:21.3 | you were talking about your book Learning and Public. We will link to that episode in the show |
| 1:25.5 | notes. And Learning and Public is coming out in paperback soon, right? Yes, August 22nd, |
| 1:31.2 | and I'm so grateful that it will be more affordable and accessible. There's kind of nothing better |
| 1:36.6 | than an absorbing paperback. I feel like I just left a novel out in the rain and I insisted |
| 1:41.5 | on reading it anyway. So it's like, I love a paperback. Everyone loves a good paperback. So |
| 1:47.5 | congratulations to you on that. Courtney, we're super happy to have you here. We have a listener |
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