Mom & Dad: The "Playdate Vaccination Card" Edition

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🗓️ 27 January 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s episode: Zak, Jamilah, and Elizabeth debate if there's proper etiquette when asking if a kid is vaccinated. Plus, they have some ideas for how to smoothly handle the interaction if the answer is no. Then, they take on the case of the annoying neighbor. Should you tell the kid to buzz off if he can’t play nice? On Slate Plus, secrets, secrets are no fun… but are they outright bad? Recommendations: Jamilah recommends Budsies. Elizabeth recommends the Buddha Board. Zak recommends creating photo albums. 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. Podcast produced by Rosemary Belson. Slate Plus members get a bonus segment on MADAF each week, and no ads. Sign up now at slate.com/momanddadplus to listen and support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.2	Just to give you a heads up, one of us is bound to say something not suitable for little
0:32.8	ears.
0:35.8	Welcome to Mom and Dad Art Fighting. Slates Parenting Podcast for Thursday, January 27th.
0:41.7	The Playdate Vaccination Card Edition. I'm Zach Rosen. I'm Post of the Best Device
0:46.4	Show. I live in Detroit with my family. My daughter Noah is four, and my son Ami is
0:51.9	one.
0:53.0	I'm Jamila Lemieux, a writer, contributor to Slates Parent Beating Parenting Calum, and
0:58.0	Mom Tanayima, who is eight, almost nine, and we live in Los Angeles.
1:03.0	I'm Elizabeth Newcamp. I write the homeschool and family travel blog, Dutch Dutch Goose. I'm
1:07.2	the mom to three little's, Henry Who's Nine, Oliver Who's Seven, and Teddy Who's Five. And
1:11.7	we live in Snowy Colorado Springs, Colorado.
1:15.3	On today's show, we have a question about neighborhood Playdate Drama. What's a parent
1:19.4	to do when their kid constantly complains about, gets still plays with the annoying neighbor?
1:25.0	Then what's the proper etiquette for asking about a child's vaccination status when setting
1:28.9	up a Playdate? And on Slate Plus, Secret Secrets are no fun, but are they outright bad?
1:34.5	Elizabeth's preschool thinks so. We all weigh in. But let's start the show with a round
1:38.7	of triumphs and fails. Elizabeth, what do you got?
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