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Dear Prudence: My Co-Worker Repeatedly Ignores My Boundaries. Help!

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41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, award-winning actor, director, and educator LeVar Burton joins Prudie (Jenée Desmond-Harris) to answer your letters from readers about stealing from abusive parents, sharing snacks with children, and how to cope as an actor when you don’t land a role you really wanted. If you want more Dear Prudence, you should join Slate Plus, Slate’s membership program. Jenée answers an extra question every week, just for members. Go to Slate.com/prudieplus to sign up. It’s just $15 for your first three months. Podcast production by Se’era Spragley Ricks and Daisy Rosario, with help from Brandon Nix. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This episode is brought to you by Nike.

0:04.1

It's packed to school season, and you and your child might be feeling a bit anxious.

0:08.9

As a parent, you're the best team mate for your mini-me, and together, you can use sport

0:13.2

to help overcome anxiety.

0:15.5

Try something new as a family and celebrate even the little wins you achieve on the journey.

0:19.8

Create long-lasting memories that will take your kids from class to court and beyond.

0:25.5

Go to Nike.com, forward slash kids to get school ready.

0:30.0

Welcome to Dear Prudence.

0:35.5

I'm your prudence, Janae Desmeteras.

0:38.4

Today, I'll be answering questions about stealing from abusive parents, sharing snacks

0:44.0

with children, and how to cope when you're an actor whose denied a role you really wanted.

0:50.0

Here to help me out today is Lebar Burton.

0:53.0

He's an award-winning actor, director, and educator.

0:56.1

He's taught multiple generations of children about the joys of reading through his work

0:59.9

on Reading Rainbow.

1:01.6

He is the award-winning author of The Rhino Who Swallowed a Storm, a kid's book about imagination,

1:07.8

and his Grammy-nominated book, Aftermath.

1:10.8

He's the host of the podcast, Lebar Burton Reads.

1:14.0

To help you get to know him a little better, I asked him to come prepared to talk about

1:17.5

three facts that you won't find in his bio.

1:19.6

Lebar, take it away with the first one.

1:23.6

I think the first thing that is not in my bio that comes most immediately to mind is

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