Home Alone

Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show

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Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s episode: Dan, Jamilah, and guest host Katherine Goldstein answer listener questions from a parent looking for ways to enjoy family visits and a neighbor who is worried for the kids next door who were left behind. For Slate Plus, what should you NOT say to someone expecting twins. Sign up for Slate Plus here. Recommendations: Jamilah recommends matching outfits with your kid. Katherine recommends Shrinky Dinks as a creative way to pass a few hours. Dan recommends That Was Awkward: The Art and Etiquette of the Awkward Hug from Emily Flake. Join us on Facebook and email us at momanddad@slate.com to tell us what you thought of today’s show and give us ideas for what we should talk about in future episodes. Got questions that you’d like us to answer? Call and leave us a message at 424-255-7833. Podcast produced by Rosemary Belson. Hosts Jamilah Lemieux is a writer, cultural critic, and communications strategist based in California. Dan Kois is an editor and writer at Slate. He’s the author of How to Be a Family and the co-author of The World Only Spins Forward. Katherine Goldstein is a journalist as well as the creator and host of The Double Shift, a reported, narrative podcast about a new generation of working mothers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Samsung Galaxy Buds FE are the perfect partner for your smartphone.
0:05.6	Stay immersed thanks to active noise cancellation with AI technology that filters out
0:11.0	unwanted background noise.
0:12.6	Listen to your audio in comfort hour after hour with the new wingtip design
0:17.5	and easy touch controls that make changing settings a breeze.
0:21.4	That's a lot to love for just 99 pounds RRP. The
0:25.5	New Galaxy Bud Zefee by now at Samsung.com. The following podcast contains
0:31.9	explicit language. The Home Alone Edition. I'm Jamila Lemieux, a writer, contributor to Slate's
0:45.9	Karen Feeding Parenting Column and Mom to Naima who's six and we live in
0:49.8	Los Angeles, California. I'm Dan Coise. I'm a writer and editor at Slate and the author
0:54.0	of How to Be a Family. I'm the dad of Lyra who's 14 and Harper who's 12 and we
0:58.6	live in Arlington, Virginia. And I'm Catherine Goldstein. I am the creator and host of the Double Shift Podcast, which is a show about a new generation of working mothers.
1:08.0	And I live in Durham, North Carolina. I am the mom to Asher, who is almost four and a half and I am expecting twins in February.
1:16.0	Thank you so much for joining us Catherine and congratulations on the two new babies on the way.
1:21.0	Thank you very much.
1:22.0	The third new baby if you on the new
1:23.7	if you count the new season of the two which is extremely good
1:26.1	yes did twins run in your family twins do not run in my family I like to call it the plot twist of a lifetime here in our
1:36.1	home in Durham, North Carolina, but yeah I will definitely be talking a little
1:40.3	bit more about my new role in identity as a twin mom in our
1:45.3	Triumph and Fales and in our Sleep Plus segment so you're going to get some good
1:48.8	twin talk for me. I cannot wait. Cannot wait to hear that.
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