Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - The Best of 2021 Edition
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3.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 December 2021
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s episode: Our favorite Plus segments of 2021. We revisit one of the funniest—yet most horrifying—bathroom discoveries. We uncover the soundtracks to our parenting and brainstorm the School House Rock songs we need right now. We also gripe about Yes Day and hide from our kids.
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| 0:00.0 | Just to give you a heads up, one of us is bound to say something not suitable for little ears. |
| 0:06.8 | Welcome to Mom and Daughter Fighting, Slate's parenting podcast for Thursday, December 30th, |
| 0:12.0 | the best of 2021 edition. It's become a mom and daughter fighting tradition to wrap up the year |
| 0:17.4 | by listening back on some of our very favorite plus segments. |
| 0:23.7 | It's the part of the show where we essentially get to talk about whatever we want, |
| 0:25.2 | and it's always a lot of fun. |
| 0:27.6 | We get into arguments, we play games, |
| 0:31.6 | and occasionally we're regaled with fails by other parents in the Slate's Fear. |
| 0:35.0 | If you're already a plus listener, first of all, thank you. |
| 0:39.0 | Your support truly does make the show possible. Consider the show a reminder of all the stuff you love best during 2021. And hey, if you're not a plus listener |
| 0:44.2 | and you like what you hear, you should consider signing up for Slate Plus. I'm going to be |
| 0:48.8 | absolutely shameless and say, you maybe just bought a bunch of gifts for your kid during December. |
| 0:53.9 | Why not give yourself a reward? |
| 0:55.8 | A kid-free audio oasis. |
| 0:58.1 | Slate Plus is only $1 for the first month, |
| 1:00.6 | and members will never hear another ad on our podcast or any other Slate podcast. |
| 1:05.0 | You'll also get free and total access to Slate's website. |
| 1:08.7 | To sign up now, go to slate.com slash mom and dad plus. Again, that's |
| 1:12.6 | slate.com slash mom and dad plus. Okay, shameless plug done. I hope you enjoy the show. |
| 1:20.1 | We are joined by Holly Allen. Anyone who has visited Slate's site has seen Holly's work. She's a designer |
| 1:27.1 | extraordinaire. And unfortunately, |
| 1:30.0 | recently saw something she'd probably like to wipe from her visual memory. So Holly, |
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