Care & Feeding | Teen Hangouts? Under My Roof?

Slate Culture

Slate Podcasts

Arts, Tv & Film, Music

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

On this episode: Zak, Elizabeth and Jamilah are talking about being the place to be. This member of the Slate Parenting Facebook Group takes pride in being the place where their tween and teen girls hang out with their friends… but being the “cool parent” does come with some serious responsibility, and that’s what our writer is worried about. And then, we’ll circle up for a round of checkins… and on Slate Plus, Elizabeth has a philosophical dilemma. If you’re not part of the Slate Plus community, we hope you’ll consider joining! Keep reading to learn how. Zak’s check-in: a tiny close talker Elizabeth’s check-in: The Brothers Council Jamilah’s check-in: …maybe it’s Jersey? 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

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Ready to launch your business? Get started with the commerce platform made for entrepreneurs.
0:04.8	Shopify is specially designed to help you start, run and grow your business with easy customizable themes that let you build your brand.
0:12.4	Marketing tools that get your products out there. Integrated shipping solutions that actually save you time.
0:17.4	From startups to scaleups, online, in person and on the go Shopify is made for
0:22.8	entrepreneurs like you sign up for your one dollar a month trial at shopify.com
0:27.7	slash setup this episode contains explicit language welcome to Karen Feeding the show where we raise the next generation together.
0:39.5	I'm Zach Rosen. I make another show. It's called The Best Advice Show. And I am dad to 7-year-old Noah and 4-year-old Ami.
0:46.4	We live in Amsterdam. I'm Elizabeth New Camp. I write the homeschool and family travel blog Dutch Dutch Goose.
0:52.0	I'm the mom to three littles, Henry who's 13, Oliver who's 11, and Teddy who's 7.
0:57.0	We live in Tokyo, Japan.
0:59.0	I'm Jamele Lemieux.
1:00.0	I'm a writer, contributor to Slate's Karen Feeding Parenting Column, and mom to Naima, who's 12, and we live in Los Angeles.
1:08.0	Well, today on the show we're talking about being the place to be.
1:12.3	This member of this late parenting Facebook group takes pride in being the place where their
1:16.4	tween and teen girls hang out with their friends.
1:18.9	But being the cool parent does come with some serious responsibility.
1:22.2	And that's what our writer is worried about.
1:24.2	We'll discuss.
1:25.1	Then after that, we'll check in with each other and share what's on our minds this week. So let's get going. We're going to take a quick break and
1:31.1	meet you back here for our question.
1:38.4	Modern parenting is tough. But to raise happier and healthier kids, parents need to focus on
1:43.4	their well-being, too.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 9 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Slate Podcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Slate Podcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.