Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - Why Can’t I Find (Or Keep) A Babysitter?
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3.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2024
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
On this episode: Zak, Jamilah and Elizabeth help a listener who’s having trouble securing a babysitter for their toddler… and starting to resign themselves to just not going anywhere. We’ll talk about what might be causing the end of the teenage babysitter, and some childcare solutions that might be worth trying instead.
We’ll also share a round of recommendations — and then, for Slate Plus, we’ll share some memories of what it was like to be babysat, all those years ago.
Elizabeth recommends: Solar Eclipse Glasses; NASA Solar Eclipse Resources
Zak recommends: Ninja Classes
Jamilah recommends: Quiet On Set on MAX
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| 0:33.0 | Welcome to Karen Feeding, the show where we parent together. |
| 0:40.0 | I'm Jamila Lemieux, a writer, contributor to Slate's Camp Feeding Parenting |
| 0:45.3 | Parenting Column, and mom to Naima, who's 11 and we live in Los Angeles. |
| 0:49.5 | I'm Elizabeth New Camp. I write the family travel blog Dutch |
| 0:53.0 | Dutch Goose. I'm the mom of three little's Henry who's 11, Oliver |
| 0:56.0 | his 9, and Teddy who's 7. We live in Tokyo Japan. |
| 0:59.0 | I'm Zach Rosen. I make another podcast. It's called The Best Advice Show and I am Dad to Noah who's six and Ami who's three we live in Detroit |
| 1:07.0 | Today on the show we're talking about all things babysitting |
| 1:12.0 | Starting with a listener question about finding a consistent sitter. |
| 1:16.2 | We'll also share a round of recommendations. And then, if you're in the Slate Plus Club, |
| 1:21.5 | we'll continue our babysitting conversation by sharing our own memories of being babysat. |
| 1:28.0 | Here's what you'll hear if you have Sleep Plus. |
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