Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - The "Taking a Toddler to a Funeral" Edition
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🗓️ 3 February 2022
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s episode: Elizabeth, Zak, and Aymann aren’t shying away from the difficult conversations. First, they answer a listener question about how to handle death with a toddler. Should you take a toddler to their grandparent’s funeral? Should you explain death? Should you let them see you cry? Then, Zak is talking with comedian Chris Gethard about his new essay Dad on Pills, available on Scribd. They get candid about parenting, mental health, and a rather upsetting joke. On Slate Plus, Elizabeth is panicking about school valentines. Are you too? Luckily, Zak and Aymann give us a reality check.
Recommendations:
Zak recommends finding bridge songs to sneakily swap out kid music.
Aymann recommends Halal Hot Dogs by Susannah Aziz and A Moon for Moe and Mo by Jane Breskin Zalben.
Elizabeth recommends Don’t Forget to Write.
If you, or anyone you know, are in crisis, having thoughts of suicide, or need help immediately, you can contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, anytime, at 1-800-273-8255, or you can find help at suicidepreventionlifeline.org.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of mom and daughter fighting contains explicit language and discussion of mental health, |
| 0:04.4 | including mention of suicidal tendencies. |
| 0:06.8 | If you want to avoid this content, you can skip forward after our first listener question. |
| 0:13.0 | Welcome to Mom and Daughter Fiting, Slate's Parenting Podcasts for Thursday, February 3rd, |
| 0:18.4 | the Taking Your Toddler to a Funeral Edition. |
| 0:38.2 | I'm Elizabeth New Camp. I write the homeschool and family travel blog, Dutch, Dutch, Goose. I'm the mom to three littles, Henry, who's nine, Oliver who's seven, and Teddy who's five. And we live in Colorado Springs, Colorado. I'm Zach Rosen. I host a very short podcast featuring Your Best Advice. It's called The Best Advice Show. |
| 0:44.8 | I live in Detroit with my family. Noah is four and Ami is one. And I'm back. I'm Eamon. |
| 0:56.0 | I have a baby. His name is Musa. He is seven months old, which sometimes makes me feel like I'm the baby. But yeah, it's good. It's good. We live in Newark, New Jersey. Staff writer at Slate. That's my job. Amon, we're so excited that |
| 1:01.3 | you're back and we can't wait to get all the baby updates. My heart is pumping. Why am I |
| 1:06.7 | nervous? It's like a first date. |
| 1:13.6 | We feel like the baby has grown up with us. |
| 1:15.6 | He's a mom and daughter fighting baby, really. |
| 1:16.6 | He really is. |
| 1:20.0 | He's a musa is fighting with Baba thing right now. |
| 1:26.4 | Well, on today's show, we have a question about preparing your two-year-old for the death of a family member. |
| 1:28.3 | Then, Zach will talk to comedian, writer, and actor Chris Getherd. He just published a short memoir called Dad on Pills, |
| 1:34.1 | fatherhood and mental illness. And on Slate Plus, the headaches of exchanging Valentine's |
| 1:40.6 | at school, y'all, I'm deep and I'm looking for some advice on how to calm the fuck down. |
| 1:47.6 | That's where I am. But first, we have a very fun listener update. |
| 1:53.1 | Hi, Mom and Dad. I wrote in almost two years ago asking advice on how to know when and if we should add a second child to our family. |
| 2:01.6 | Life continued with our boisterous little girl until my husband and I both knew we really did want |
| 2:07.7 | another. After a very difficult loss of three months, we are now excitedly awaiting the arrival |
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