How to Talk Divorce With Kids

Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show

Slate Podcasts

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

tell kids about divorce. Zak, Elizabeth, and Lucy share advice on language that reassures, pitfalls to avoid, and ways to keep the focus on love and stability. Plus, triumphs and fails: Friday night plans go awry, shoe shopping mishaps, and a school drop-off turns into a win. Puppy Dogs and Ice Cream Books Join us on Facebook and email us at [email protected] to ask questions, share feedback, and suggest future topics. 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 an extra weekly grab-bag of content on the Plus Playground, an ad-free experience across the network, and support the work we do here on Care and Feeding. Sign up now at slate.com/careplus — or try it out on Apple Podcasts. Listen to Opportunity Gap wherever you get your podcasts: ⁠⁠https://lnk.to/opportunitygapPS!careandfeeding⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode may contain explicit language.
0:04.0	Hey, welcome to Karen Feeding.
0:05.9	We're here to talk about the ups, the downs, and everything in between when it comes to parenting.
0:10.8	I'm Lucy Lopez.
0:11.9	I host another podcast, The Mamasita Rica.
0:14.3	I'm mother to Amelia who's 15, Avery, who is 12, and we live in Miami.
0:19.7	I'm Zach Rosen.
0:20.9	I also make another show.
0:22.1	It's called The Best Advice Show.
0:23.5	And I am Dad Tanoa, who's 8, and Ami, who is very close to 5.
0:28.1	We live in Detroit.
0:29.1	I'm Elizabeth New Camp.
0:30.2	I write the homeschool and family travel blog, Dutch Dutch Goose.
0:32.9	I'm the mom to Henry who's 13, Oliver, who's 11, and Teddy who's 8.
0:37.2	We are currently in Atlanta, Georgia.
0:39.4	Every week we answer your questions.
0:41.1	We share our own parenting triumphs and fails
0:43.5	and try to make this feel like the kind of conversation
0:46.0	you'd have with your parent friends.
0:48.5	Today, we've got a question from a parent
0:50.3	about how to break the news of separation
0:52.3	and big changes to younger kids.
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