Care & Feeding | Comebacks For “I’m Bored”

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🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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On this episode: Zak, Elizabeth and Jamilah talk about summer boredom. We get questions about this every year — so we’re coming in early this year with some ideas for how to handle that classic, but dreaded, complaint… that no, really, there’s nothing to do. And after that, of course, we’re sharing a round of triumphs and fails. Join us on Facebook and email us at [email protected] to ask us new questions, tell us what you thought of today’s show, and give us ideas about what we should talk about in future episodes. You can also call our phone line: (646) 357-9318. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get to hang out with us on the Plus Playground every week for a whole additional grab-bag of content — and you’ll get an ad-free experience across the network. And you’ll also be supporting the work we do here on Care and Feeding. Sign up now at slate.com/careplus – or try it out on Apple Podcasts. Podcast produced by Maura Currie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	There are days when you're hungry for McDonald's.
0:03.0	Then there are days when you're Big Arch hungry for McDonald's.
0:08.0	You'll get to know the difference.
0:10.0	New Big Arch for Big McDonald's hunger.
0:14.0	Until 9th of September, from 11 a.m., participating restaurants only, subject to availability.
0:20.0	This episode contains explicit language.
0:26.1	Welcome to Karen Feeding, the show where we raise the next generation together.
0:29.9	I'm Zach Rosen. I make another podcast. It's called The Best Advice Show.
0:33.5	And I am Dad to Noah, who's seven, and Ami, who's four. We live in Amsterdam.
0:38.6	I'm Jamila Lemieux, a writer, contributor to Slate's Care feeding Karen Tancala.
0:44.1	And moms from Naima, who is 12, and we live in Los Angeles.
0:48.6	I'm Elizabeth Newcamp.
0:49.8	I write the family travel blog Dutch Dutch Goose.
0:51.8	I'm the mom to Henry,'s 13, Oliver who's 11,
0:54.7	and Teddy who's 8. We live in Tokyo, Japan. Today on the show, we're talking about
1:00.6	summer boredom. We get questions about this every year. So we're coming in early this year with
1:05.8	some ideas for how to handle that classic but dreaded complaint. no no really there's nothing to do and after
1:14.2	that of course we're going to circle up for a round of primes and fails let's do this but first we're
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