Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - The Science of Friendship
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show
Slate Audio
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2022
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
On this episode: Part one of ‘Friendship Week!’ Zak talks with Dr. Marisa Franco on her book Platonic: How the Science Of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends. She explains why we’re in a friendship crisis and what we can do about it. They also talk about sharing shame and the importance of durable friendships.
Recommendations:
Elizabeth recommends going to a great bookstore.
Zak recommends Petite Maman by Celine Sciamma
Jamilah recommends Girls5eva
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| 0:00.0 | Spark your creativity with the Sims. |
| 0:04.0 | Sometimes you might feel like you're not creative |
| 0:07.0 | and you have to go and search of your creative spark again. |
| 0:10.0 | Maybe this is catching up with creative friends, |
| 0:13.0 | experimenting with a new look or trying out a new recipe |
| 0:16.0 | and thanks to the Sims, inspiration is just one game and one spark away. |
| 0:21.0 | Ready to spark something? |
| 0:23.0 | Download the Sims 4 and play for free. |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome to Mom & Dad or Fighting. |
| 0:32.0 | Slaced Parenting Podcast. |
| 0:34.0 | For Monday, November 7th, the Science of Friendship Edition. |
| 0:37.0 | I'm Jamila Lemieux, a writer, contributor to Slaced Care |
| 0:41.0 | Feeding Parenting Column and Mom's Naima, |
| 0:43.0 | who's nine and a half, and we live in LA. |
| 0:46.0 | I'm Elizabeth Newcamp, I write the homeschool |
| 0:48.0 | and family travel blog Dutch Dutch Goose. |
| 0:50.0 | I'm the mom of three littles, Henry, who's ten, |
| 0:52.0 | Oliver, who's eight, and Teddy, who's five. |
| 0:54.0 | We live in Colorado Springs, Colorado. |
| 0:56.0 | I'm Zach Rosen, I make the best advice show podcast. |
| 1:00.0 | And I live in Detroit with my family. |
| 1:02.0 | My oldest Noah is five, and my youngest Ami is two. |
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