Dear Prudence | My Stepson is a Liar and Attention Seeker. Help!

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🗓️ 6 December 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Guest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by Zak Rosen, who co-hosts Slate’s Care & Feeding parenting podcast – and doles out his own advice on The Best Advice Show. Together, they answer letters from a listener concerned their step son is turning into an attention seeking drama queen, a cancer patient whose husband is turning resentful after taking on primary caretaking duties, and a couple concerned with making new friends post-retirement. 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 podcast is produced by Maura Currie, Daisy Rosario, Vic Whitley-Berry, and Anuli Ononye. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.0	Welcome to Dear Prudence. I'm your guest Prudence, Kristen Mineser. Today we'll be answering questions from a listener concerned their stepson is turning into an attention-seeking drama
1:05.7	queen, a cancer patient whose husband is turning resentful after taking on primary caretaking duties,
1:12.9	and a couple concerned with making new friends post-retirement.
1:17.4	Here to help me out is Zach Rosen, co-host of Slate's Parenting Advice Podcast, Care and Feeding.
1:24.1	In addition to his work with Slate, Zach hosts the Best Advice Show podcast,
1:28.7	where his guests offer tiny morsels of advice to make life slightly or sometimes profoundly
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