Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - Welcoming Everyone Into the School Community
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🗓️ 24 August 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
On this episode: Elizabeth, Zak and Jamilah help a listener who’s realized their community at school is super tight knit… to the point that new families feel left out and lonely. How can this listener and the PTA help bring newbies into the fold?
We also go over our week in triumphs and fails — including potty training breakthroughs, overrated board games, and a mishap involving a glass wall. Then, on Slate Plus: handling little kids’ big feelings about going back to school.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to mom and dad are fighting Slate's parenting podcast for Thursday, August 24th. |
| 0:09.4 | We were all new once. |
| 0:10.6 | In addition, I'm Elizabeth Newcamp, I write the homeschool and family travel blog Dutch Dutch |
| 0:15.1 | Goose. |
| 0:16.1 | I'm the mom of three little, Henry, who's 11, Oliver, who's nine, and Teddy, who's six, |
| 0:20.1 | and we live in Tokyo, Japan. |
| 0:22.6 | I'm Zach Rosen. |
| 0:23.6 | I make another podcast. |
| 0:24.6 | It's called The Best Advice Show, and I am dad to Noah, who is going to be six |
| 0:29.9 | this week, and I'm me, who's going to be three very soon. |
| 0:33.5 | We live in Detroit. |
| 0:34.5 | I'm Jamila Mew. |
| 0:35.5 | I'm a writer, contributing to Slate's care and feeding parenting column, and mom to |
| 0:40.5 | Naima, who's 10, and we live in Los Angeles. |
| 0:43.8 | Well, today, in honor of the start of school, we have a question about making new families |
| 0:49.2 | feel welcome in the community. |
| 0:50.8 | Our letter writer loves their school, but feels it can be very close to outsiders. |
| 0:55.6 | They want to do better, but aren't sure where to start. |
| 0:58.0 | Then, if you're in the Slate Plus Club, we're going to talk about some big back-to-school |
| 1:02.1 | feelings based on a piece we found in Romper. |
| 1:05.1 | Here's what you'll hear if you have Slate Plus. |
| 1:08.0 | Comparing kids, like, oh, look at Justin. |
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