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3.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

On this episode: Zak Rosen interviews Erin Johnson of the Detroit Urban Forest School about how her work brings kids from different backgrounds together – all in the name of appreciating the great outdoors.


Then, Jamilah Lemieux and Elizabeth Newcamp share some tips for wrangling some of the trickier treats that come with parenting during Halloween. And, as always, we end with a round of recommendations.


Elizabeth recommends: LectroFan Portable Sound Machine 

Jamilah recommends: The Golden Bachelor


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Podcast produced by Rosemary Belson and Maura Currie.


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0:00.0

A new energy-efficient boiler from British gas can save you up to 22% on gas bills.

0:04.9

That's a 22% saving on wall nights in.

0:08.7

Cozy cats.

0:13.1

And shower discos.

0:16.2

Save money with a new energy-efficient boiler from British gas.

0:19.4

And you can even spread the cost with up to 4 years interest-free credit.

0:23.0

Such British gas, new boiler.

0:25.1

Credit Subjects are status.

0:26.4

Credit broken utter lender using panel of lenders for saving sea website.

0:30.4

This episode may contain explicit language.

0:36.0

Welcome to Mom-a-Datter fighting sleets parenting podcast for Monday, October 30th,

0:41.0

the Eclipse and TIPS edition.

0:43.8

I'm Elizabeth Newcamp, I write the family travel blog, Dutch Dutch Goose,

0:47.2

and the mom of three littles, Henry, who's 11, all of her, who's 9, and Teddy, who's 7.

0:51.5

We live in Tokyo, Japan.

0:53.4

I'm Jamil Lemieux, I'm a writer, contributor to Slate's Karen Feeding Parenting column,

0:58.3

and mom Tenaima, who's 10, and we live in Los Angeles.

1:02.2

Well, it's almost Halloween, and lots of parents are torn about what to do this time of year.

1:07.6

So first, you'll hear an interview with an outdoor school in Detroit

1:11.1

about how to get your kids engaged with the natural world as the leads are changing.

1:15.8

And then, Jamil and I are going to talk about our own Halloween traditions and our ideas

1:20.1

for working around some of the trickier parts of trick-or-treating.

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