Hikes for Whiners Edition
Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show
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4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 10 September 2015
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Slate's parenting podcast, Allison Benedikt and Dan Kois discuss how to get your kids to enjoy nature and the cost of summer for poor families. Mom and Dad are Fighting is sponsored by Frank Einstein and the BrainTurbo—the third installment in the hilarious New York Times bestselling children’s book series filled with inventions, science experiments, and baseball playing robots, by former National Ambassador for Young Peoples’ Literature Jon Scieszka and mad scientist illustrator Brian Biggs. That’s Frank Einstein and the BrainTurbo, on sale now from Amulet Books. And by Little Passports. Keep your kids busy this summer with Little Passports, the award-winning subscription for kids. Right now, Mom & Dad Are Fighting listeners can save 40% on their first month with promo code momanddad40. Learn more at littlepassports.com/momanddad. And by BollandBranch.com, the company that makes luxury bedding affordable. Get the nicest sheets you've ever owned for about half the price of what stores and boutiques are charging. Order right now and they'll give you $50 off a set of sheets plus free shipping. Go to bollandbranch.com and use the promo code momanddad.
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| 0:00.0 | Mom and Dad are Fighting is sponsored by Frank Einstein and the Brain Turbo, |
| 0:04.0 | the third installment in the hilarious New York Times best-selling children's book series |
| 0:08.6 | filled with inventions, science experiments, |
| 0:11.2 | and baseball playing robots by former national |
| 0:13.7 | ambassador for young people's literature |
| 0:15.8 | John Cheska and mad scientist illustrator Brian Biggs. That's Frank Einstein |
| 0:20.5 | and the Brain Turbo on sale now from Amullet Books. |
| 0:24.4 | And by Little Passports, keep your kids busy with Little Passports, the award-winning |
| 0:28.6 | subscription for kids. |
| 0:30.5 | Right now, mom and dad are fighting listeners can save 40% on their first month with promo code mom and dad 40. |
| 0:37.0 | Learn more at little passports.com slash mom and dad. |
| 0:41.0 | And by Bolandbranch.com, the company that makes luxury betting affordable. |
| 0:46.3 | Get the nicest sheets you've ever owned for about half the price of what stores and |
| 0:50.4 | boutiques are charging. Order right now and they'll give you $50 off a set of sheets plus free shipping. |
| 0:56.4 | Go to Bolandbranch.com. That's B-O-L-A-N-D-B-R-A-N-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C-C C. dot com and use the promo code mom and dad. |
| 1:07.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 1:17.0 | Hello and welcome to Mom and Dad are fighting slates parenting podcast for Thursday, September 10th, |
| 1:21.8 | The Hikes for Winers Edition. |
| 1:23.9 | I'm Allison Benedict, an editor at Slate, |
| 1:25.8 | and the mom of Harry Six, Sam Four, and Wally, too. |
| 1:30.0 | I'm Dan Coise. |
| 1:31.0 | I'm also an editor at Slate, and I'm the dad of Harper who is 8 and Lyra who's 10. |
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