Care & Feeding | When Your Teen Thinks They're the Parent

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🗓️ 10 July 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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On this episode: Zak Rosen, Elizabeth Newcamp, and Lucy Lopez dive into a letter from a parent with three kids spanning college to preschool — and two of them are acting like they run the nursery. What do you do when your teens become self-appointed disciplinarians for your four-year-old? And how do you re-establish the line between “big sibling” and “co-parent” without sparking a family feud? After that, of course, we’ll circle up for 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 Palace Shaw. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The five pound meal deal from McDonald's. Get a cheeseburger or mayo chicken, medium fries, four
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0:27.2	We speak about the impact Y2K has had on women's body confidence and how Pamela has regained control.
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0:38.8	improve our relationship with our bodies. To find more body confidence building exercises,
0:43.4	go to dove.com forward slash Y2K. That's Y2K spelled WHY2K. This episode may contain explicit
0:52.3	language. Welcome to Karen Feeding, the show where we raise the next generation together.
0:57.0	I'm Zach Rosen.
0:58.0	I make another podcast.
0:59.4	It's called The Best Advice Show.
1:00.9	I am dad to Noah, who is seven, and Ami, who's four.
1:04.4	We live in Amsterdam for, like, another month.
1:07.5	I'm Elizabeth Newcamp.
1:08.4	All right, the family travel blog, Dutch, Dutch, goose. I'm the mom to Henry who's 13, Oliver, who's 11, and Teddy, who's 8. And we live in
1:16.1	Tokyo, Japan for about another month. Hey, I'm Lucy Lopez. I host another podcast as well,
1:22.9	the Mamasita Rica. I'm mother to Amelia, who's 15, Avery, who's 11, and we live in the 305 till the cat 5.
1:31.0	I did that for you, Zach.
1:32.8	Thank you.
1:33.7	Today on the show, what to do when your oldest tries to parent your youngest, stricter than you ever would.
1:41.7	And after that, of course, we'll circle up for triumphs and fails.
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