Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - The Secret to Becoming the Hangout House
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show
Slate Audio
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 25 August 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
On this episode: Elizabeth shares stories from her big moving trip, Zak talks through the chaos of his own move, and Lucy navigates some surprising crush talk with her teen. Then, a listener asks how to make their home the go-to hangout spot for kids and friends. The hosts get real about why it’s less about beanbags and ping pong tables, and more about food, trust, and creating the right vibe.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode contains explicit language. |
| 0:03.6 | Welcome to Karen Feeding, the show where we raise the next generation together. |
| 0:07.9 | I'm Elizabeth Newkamp. I write the homeschool and family travel blog, Dutch Dutch goose. |
| 0:11.9 | I'm the mom to Henry who's 13, Oliver who's 11, and Teddy who's 8. |
| 0:16.3 | And for one more week, we live in Tokyo, Japan. |
| 0:18.9 | Hi, I'm Lucy Lopez. I host another podcast as well, |
| 0:21.9 | the Mamasita Rica. I'm mother to Amelia, who's 15, Avery, who's 12, and we live in Miami. |
| 0:29.0 | I'm Zach Rosen. I host the podcast. It's about The Best the Vice Show. And I am dad to Noah, |
| 0:34.8 | who just turned eight, and Ami, who is just about to turn five. |
| 0:38.1 | We live at Amsterdam for less than one more week. |
| 0:40.9 | And then we'll be back in Detroit next time you hear from me. |
| 0:44.9 | Well, today on the show, how to make a dream teen hangout, and of course, our weekly check-ins. |
| 0:52.5 | We're going to take a quick break. |
| 1:05.0 | Welcome back. |
| 1:07.4 | My favorite time of the day. |
| 1:09.3 | It's time to check in with each other. |
| 1:12.1 | Lucy, what's going on in your world? We've got a couple of weeks of back to the day, it's time to check in with each other. Lucy, what's going on in your world? |
| 1:18.4 | We've got a couple of weeks of back to school under our belt right now. And as you know, |
| 1:26.0 | Amelia's 15. She's a sophomore in high school. And I've now entered the, what do I text back territory? has a crush she's asking you what what she should text |
| 1:32.7 | back yes oh wow and you were talking about last week that she doesn't need you anymore please lucy please |
| 1:38.4 | she so she oh my god but this is like so different because I have to be like oh I have to be so cool |
| 1:44.1 | you have no idea there's so much cool like I have to be like, oh, I have to be so cool. You have no idea. There's so much cool. Like I have to be like, oh, let me see. Oh. And it's like a little bit about advice, right? But a little bit also just about like being there. I find that difficult with the with the teens. It's so hard. I always refer back to Tina Faye. |
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