Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - The "I Actually Have a Favorite Kid…" Edition
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🗓️ 21 April 2022
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
On this episode: Elizabeth, Jamilah, and Zak take on a really difficult question from a mother who realized she has a favorite child. She loves her baby but doesn’t actually like her that much and she’s worried that her feelings toward her child are calcifying. What can she do to bond with her baby?
On Slate Plus, how to deal with picky eaters. Is it okay to eat the same meal day after day? What can you do to make new scary foods more palatable? What are your favorite ‘Trojan horse’ meals that allow you to sneak in nutrients without your kid knowing?
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| 0:00.0 | This episode contains explicit language. |
| 0:05.5 | Welcome to Mom & Dad are fighting Slate's parenting podcast for Thursday, April 21st. |
| 0:11.0 | The, I actually have a favorite kid, addition. |
| 0:15.0 | I'm Elizabeth Newcamp, I write the homeschool and family travel blog Dutch Dutch Goose. |
| 0:19.0 | I'm the mom to three little, Henry Huss 10, Oliver Huss 7 and Teddy Huss 5, |
| 0:23.5 | and we live in Colorado Springs, Colorado. |
| 0:26.5 | My name is Jameela Lemieux, I'm a writer, contributed to Slate's care and feeding parenting column, |
| 0:31.5 | and mom to Naima who was nine and we live in Los Angeles, California. |
| 0:35.5 | I'm Zach Rosen, I make the best advice show podcast. |
| 0:38.5 | I live in Detroit with my family, my daughter Noah is four, and my son Ami is one. |
| 0:44.5 | Today on the show, if there's one universal rule of parenting, it's that you can't love one kid more, |
| 0:50.5 | or at least can't admit it. |
| 0:52.5 | Well, we have an interesting letter from a mom who just realized she likes one kid over the other. |
| 0:58.5 | She's worried that this will continue and she's wondering what she should do. |
| 1:02.5 | Then on Slate Plus, picky eaters. |
| 1:04.5 | We're gonna give ourselves a few moments to vent and then talk about what strategies have worked to make meal time less of a battle. |
| 1:10.5 | Here's a sneak peek of what you'll hear if you have Slate Plus. |
| 1:14.5 | What are your favorite Trojan horse meals? |
| 1:17.5 | The meals that are healthy but they don't know that they're healthy because they're so delicious? |
| 1:21.5 | I mean, I'm just eating straight up kale. |
| 1:23.5 | Yeah, like the fact that she eats grains as well to me because I didn't like greens until I was an adult. |
| 1:28.5 | If you want a weekly bonus segment from us and your other Slate favorites, consider signing up for Slate Plus. |
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