Care & Feeding | My House Feels Like Wrestlemania

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🗓️ 24 February 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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On this episode: Lucy, Zak and Elizabeth tackle a letter from a mom who feels like she’s living in Wrestlemania. This mom and dad love tickle fights and wrestling with their two boys — but the younger one isn’t so good at honoring a tap-out. So, we’ll talk about how to prevent, or at least pause, the wrestling match before anyone gets hurt. We’ll also check in and share what’s on our minds this week. Then, if you’re hanging out for the Slate Plus Playground, we’re talking about parenting burnout. Lucy’s check-in: don’t let the list run your life Elizabeth’s check-in: scheduling emails… waaaay out Zak’s check-in: Ami’s a real Beatles fan If you’re not part of the Slate Plus community, we hope you’ll consider joining! Keep reading to learn how. 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	This episode contains explicit language.
0:06.1	Welcome to Karen Feeding, the show where we raise the next generation together.
0:10.5	I'm Elizabeth Newkamp. I write the family travel blog Dutch Dutch goose. I'm the mom to Henry
0:14.8	who's 12, Oliver who's 10, and Teddy who's 8. We live in Tokyo Japan.
0:19.9	Hey, I'm Lucy Lopez, and I host another podcast to
0:23.3	the Mamasita Rica. I'm mother to Amelia, who is 14, Avery who's 12, and we live in Miami.
0:30.4	I'm Zach Rosen. I host another show. It's called The Vested Place Show, and I am Dad, Noah,
0:35.4	who's seven, and Ami, who's four. We live in Amsterdam.
0:40.2	Well today on the show we have a letter that speaks to me. It's from a mom who feels like
0:45.7	she's living in WrestleMania. That's where I am too. My official address, WrestleMania.
0:51.9	This mom and dad love tickle fights and wrestling with their two boys, but the younger one
0:56.4	isn't so good at honoring a tap out.
0:59.0	So we'll talk about how to prevent, or at least pause, the wrestling match before anyone
1:03.6	gets hurt.
1:04.6	And after that, we're going to check in with each other and share what's on our minds this
1:08.1	week, too.
1:09.1	So let's get going.
1:10.3	We're going to take a quick break
1:11.6	and meet you back here for our listener question. This show is sponsored by BetterHelp.
1:19.7	Is there a part of your personal story you've been wanting to revise in 2025? Maybe you're just
1:24.6	ready for the plot twist, right? Every January brings 365 blank pages waiting to be filled
1:30.9	life isn't about resolutions that fade by February it's about picking up the pen and becoming the
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