Dad Can Play Too Edition
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show
Slate Audio
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2020
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s episode: Dan, Jamilah, and Elizabeth advise a mom whose son’s “mommy-only” phase isn’t helped by the fact that her husband doesn’t like little-kid games. How can he engage while being entertained? Plus, Dan tells a story about theater, college decisions, and the importance—or unimportance—of due diligence. It’s our Everyone Is Fighting Now segment this week, and it’s best for teenagers. To listen to Everyone Is Fighting Now, zoom ahead to 33:30. Or if you are listening to the Plus episode, go to 27:37.
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Recommendations:
Elizabeth recommends creating a Covid-19 time capsule with your kids so, years from now, they can reflect on this period.
Jamilah recommends EasyWash Mobile Washer to help remove dirt when you are hand washing your clothes.
Dan recommends hanging a hammock, perfect for when you want to be alone.
Extra reading recommendations: The Way I Feel and The Way I Act by Janan Cain.
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Podcast produced by Rosemary Belson. Special appearance by Johanna Morrison.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Slate listeners. It's Dan Cois with an important message for you. By now, you probably |
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| 0:57.2 | Thanks. |
| 0:58.2 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 1:04.4 | Hello and welcome to mom and dad are fighting. |
| 1:06.6 | Slate's parenting podcast for Thursday, April 16th. |
| 1:09.7 | The Dad Can Play 2 edition. I'm Dan |
| 1:12.6 | Coice. I'm a writer at Slate. I'm the dad of Lyra, who's 14, and Harper, who's 12, and I'm |
| 1:18.0 | currently quarantining in Arlington, Virginia. I'm Jimmy Lillamue, a contributor to Slate's |
| 1:23.3 | Karen Feeding column and a freelance writer, and Mom to Naima, who is six and who reside in Los Angeles, California. |
| 1:29.8 | I'm Elizabeth Newkamp. I write the homeschool and family travel blog, Dutch Dutch goose. I'm a mom to |
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