The following podcast contains explicit language. Welcome to Mom and Dad are fighting Slate's parenting podcast for Thursday, March 21st,

to Make the Chicken Dance Edition.

I'm Gabriel Roth.

I'm the editorial director of Slate Podcast and I'm the father of Elizaiza who's eight years old and Leo who is four.

I'm Rebecca Lervoy I'm a journalist and podcaster from New Hampshire but today I'm coming to

you from Slate's Washington DC studio which is exciting. I am mom to Henry who is 17,

Teddy who is 16, and my stepdaughter Lily, who is 18.

And I'm Carvo Wallace, a writer in podcast. We're in open California, and

I'm the father to Georgia, was 13 and Ezra who was 15.

Today on our show we have a question about how you explain death to a little kid and another about whether your 10 year old daughter is old enough for the rather adult cultural materials that you've been introducing or two.

Plus, as always, we will have triumphs and fails.

We will make recommendations on Slate Plus.

We're going to talk a little bit more about Rebecca's husband illness

in the situation in her family. Let's do triumphs and fails.

You want to go for us.

Let's do triumphs and fails. you want to go first triumph fail what do you got I've got a

triumph and it's not mine and it has nothing to do with parenting but it's more of like a

shout-out situation you know the format of the show?

I do.

Once you hear this, you're going to feel so guilty

for giving me a hard time.

You're going to feel so guilty in about 20 seconds.

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