How Do I Build My Village?

Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show

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Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

On this episode: Elizabeth and Jamilah talk about building a village. Our listener wants to create a community of parents and kids who hang out and trust each other. The question is: how intentional do you have to be, here? And after that discussion, we’ll of course circle up for a round of triumphs and fails. Join us on Facebook and email us at [email protected] 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. You can also call our phone line: (646) 357-9318. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get to hang out with us on the Plus Playground every week for a whole additional grab-bag of content — and you’ll get an ad-free experience across the network. And you’ll also be supporting the work we do here on Care and Feeding. Sign up now at slate.com/careplus – or try it out on Apple Podcasts. Podcast produced by Maura Currie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.9	Welcome to Karen Feeding, the show where we raised the next generation together. I'm Jamila Lemieux,
1:09.3	a writer, contributor to Slate's Karen feeding parenting column,
1:13.2	and mom to Naima, who's just about 12, and we live in Los Angeles. I'm Elizabeth Newkamp. I write
1:19.4	the family travel blog Dutch Dutch Goose. I'm the mom to Henry who's 12, Oliver who's 10, and Teddy
1:24.3	who's 8. We live in Tokyo, Japan. Today on the show, we're talking about
1:29.1	building a village. This listener wants to create a community of parents and kids who hang out
1:34.5	and trust each other. The question is, how do you ask people to join your village? And is it even
1:40.5	something you can build on purpose? Hmm. We'll discuss.
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