Dear Prudence | My Stepdaughter Is Ruining My House. Help!

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🗓️ 17 January 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Guest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by culture critic and writer Anne Helen Petersen. Together, they answer letters about secretly contributing to a kid’s college fund, asking a friend to apologize for their internalized fatphobia, and resolving a massive fight with a stepchild. Want more Dear Prudence? Subscribe to Slate Plus to immediately unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Or, visit slate.com/prudie-plus to get access wherever you listen. This week’s podcast is produced by Maura Currie, Vic Whitley-Berry, Daisy Rosario, and Anuli Ononye. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:04.7	Welcome to Dear Prudence. I'm your guest Prudence, Kristen Mineser. I host a couple of other
1:09.8	podcasts, including Buy the Book and
1:12.0	How to Be Fine. Be sure to check those out if you love self-help books, hate self-help books,
1:17.0	or want advice on how to be okay-ish rather than perfect. Today, we'll be answering your questions
1:23.7	about secretly contributing to kids college funds, asking a friend to apologize for
1:30.6	their internalized fat phobia, and resolving a massive fight with a stepchild. Here to help me out
1:38.0	today is the great Anne Helen Peterson. Oh my gosh, Anne Helen Peterson. I am so excited to have
1:43.9	you here today. You are a
1:45.5	culture writer and author of several books, the latest called Out of Office, the Big Problem and
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