Enjoy the Ball With Abby Wambach

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🗓️ 8 October 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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On this week’s episode: Elizabeth, Jamilah and Dan are joined by two-time Olympic gold medalist and FIFA World Cup champion, Abby Wambach. She has some advice for raising a leader, on and off the field. She also talks about inspiring the next generation of leaders in her new book, Wolfpack (Young Readers Edition). Then Elizabeth, Jamilah and Dan debate how to deal with parents who shout at their kids from the sidelines. In Slate Plus: We have a bonus round of classic sports ‘Triumphs and Fails.’ Slate Plus members get a bonus segment on MADAF each week, and no ads. Sign up now to listen and support our work. Recommendations: Dan recommends Cribbage, a game with the perfect combo of skill and luck. Jamilah recommends Schitt's Creek. If you need a place to start watching. Slate’s Marissa Martinelli has you covered. Read her Gateway Episodes piece here. Elizabeth recommends the Squatchi Children's Shoe Sizer. Additional Recommendations: Catch our LIVE Mom and Dad are Fighting show Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 8:00 p.m. ET. The Kids Are Asleep, the hilarious Slate Live show. Catch it via Slate’s Facebook or YouTube on Thursdays at 10:00 p.m. ET / 7:00 p.m. PT. US Youth Soccer’s sideline etiquette. Join us on Facebook and email us at momanddad@slate.com 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. Podcast produced by Rosemary Belson. On this week’s episode: Elizabeth, Jamilah and Dan are joined by two-time Olympic gold medalist and FIFA World Cup champion, Abby Wambach. She has some advice for raising a leader, on and off the field. She also talks about inspiring the next generation of leaders in her new book, Wolfpack (Young Readers Edition). Then Elizabeth, Jamilah and Dan debate how to deal with parents who shout at their kids from the sidelines. In Slate Plus: We have a bonus round of classic sports ‘Triumphs and Fails.’ Sign up for Slate Plus. Recommendations: Dan recommends Cribbage, a game with the perfect combo of skill and luck. Jamilah recommends Schitt's Creek. If you need a place to start watching. Slate’s Marissa Martinelli has you covered. Read her Gateway Episodes piece here. Elizabeth recommends the Squatchi Children's Shoe Sizer. Additional Recommendations: Catch our LIVE Mom and Dad are Fighting show Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 8:00 p.m. ET. The Kids Are Asleep, the hilarious Slate Live show. Catch it via Slate’s Facebook or YouTube on Thursdays at 10:00 p.m. ET / 7:00 p.m. PT. US Youth Soccer’s sideline etiquette. Finally, here’s the delightful, if not quasi-terrifying, screenshot of Elizabeth showing off their Teddy Ruxpin. Enjoy! Join us on Facebook and email us at momanddad@slate.com 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. Podcast produced by Rosemary Belson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:06.0	Welcome to Mom and Dad are fighting Slate's parenting podcast for Thursday, October 8th.
0:10.0	We enjoy the ball edition with Abby Wombach.
0:13.0	I'm Elizabeth Newcamp. I write the homeschool and family travel blog, Dutch Dutch Goose.
0:17.0	I'm the mom to three littles, Henry 8, Oliver 6, and Teddy who is now four.
0:23.0	I am located right now into our Florida, but we have another hurricane headed out of us.
0:28.0	So we'll see where I am next week.
0:31.0	I'm Jamila Lemieux. I am a writer, contributor to Slate's parent-feeding parenting column.
0:37.0	In host of Slates, the kids are Slate and mom, Sue Naima, who is seven, and we live in Los Angeles, California.
0:45.0	I'm Dan Coise. I'm a writer at Slate. I'm the author of the book, How to Be a Family.
0:49.0	I'm the dad of Lyra, who's 15 and Harper, who's 13.
0:52.0	We live in Arlington, Virginia, and I'm excited to talk about sports.
0:57.0	Yes, well, we have a special sports show for you listeners today.
1:01.0	We'll be joined by the one and only Abby Wombach.
1:04.0	For those of you that don't know, Abby has won two Olympic gold medals with Team USA.
1:08.0	She's a FIFA Women's World Cup champion, and is in the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
1:13.0	And she'll be here with us today to answer questions about helping an athletic kid harness his potential.
1:19.0	Then we'll be answering a question about dealing with those parents yelling from the sidelines.
1:24.0	You know the ones. The ones who are so intense about the game that you think they were either the coach of a college team or had money on the line.
1:31.0	And as always, we'll have triumphs and fails and recommendations.
1:34.0	Usually we'd save this for the business, but we're so excited we want to let you know now.
1:38.0	If you've ever listened to us and wondered, hmm, I wonder what their faces look like.
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