Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - The “Kids Are Philosophers” Edition
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🗓️ 2 June 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
On this episode: Zak and Elizabeth are joined by Scott Hershovitz, author of the book Nasty, Brutish and Short: Adventures in Philosophy with My Kids and the director of the Law and Ethics Program and professor of law and philosophy at the University of Michigan. They discuss why you shouldn’t shy away from big questions, how to foster open mindedness in teens, and perhaps the biggest question of all—what’s a “floofer doofer.”
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Recommendations:
Elizabeth recommends the Sipsey Wilder hip pack
Scott recommends Teaching Children Philosophy
Zak recommends Julie’s Library.
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| 0:28.6 | This episode contains explicit language. Welcome to Mom and Dad are fighting. Slates parenting |
| 0:36.2 | podcasts for Thursday June 2nd. The Kids are Philosophers edition. I'm Zach Rosen, I |
| 0:41.9 | make a podcast called The Best Advice Show, and I live in Detroit with my family. My daughter |
| 0:46.6 | Noah is four, and my son Ami is one. I'm Elizabeth Newkamp, I write the homeschool |
| 0:51.2 | and family travel blog, Dutch Dutch Goose. I'm the mom to three littles, Henry who's 10, Oliver |
| 0:56.9 | who's eight, and Teddy who's five and a half. I live in Colorado Springs, Colorado, but |
| 1:01.9 | this week I am coming to you from Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. Scott Hershivitz, |
| 1:08.4 | I'm the author of nasty British and short adventures in philosophy with my kids. I teach |
| 1:13.7 | law and philosophy at the University of Michigan. I've got two boys, Rex who's now 12, and Hank |
| 1:19.2 | who's nine, and we live in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Today on the show we're going to be talking |
| 1:23.9 | about, well, the meaning of life and maybe death too, and the meaning of meaning. And if |
| 1:31.1 | the number six actually exists, oh, and the nature of truth too, and why your kids, as |
| 1:36.9 | they are now, are very good philosophers, probably better than you and I. And who better to |
| 1:42.1 | reckon with these heady topics than an actual philosopher? And full disclosure, his brother |
| 1:48.0 | happens to be Elizabeth's dad's former law partner, but that is not why we booked him. |
| 1:52.8 | He was a total coincidence. We swear a happy accident. I'm not sure what that makes |
| 1:57.3 | us. My brother is your dad's former. So I think we're like third cousins twice removed |
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