Mom & Dad: The “Russian Roots Conundrum” Edition

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🗓️ 10 March 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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On this week’s episode: Zak, Jamilah, and Elizabeth answer a complicated question about a listener with family ties to Russia who is seeking advice on how to explain to her young children the invasion of Ukraine and how to help them handle the schoolyard teasing. Then, how to keep your toddler entertained in the stroller on the way to school. This family is looking to up their game on the 25 min walk to school. And on Slate Plus, what's one silly, or serious thing that we should implement to make parents' lives better. The hosts weigh in with our ideas. Recommendations: Elizabeth recommends Melon’s House Party Jamilah recommends The new Saved By The Bell Zak recommends Better Things Listener-recommended Resources: How To Hug a Porcupine Join us on Facebook and email us at momanddad@slate.com 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 Zak Rosen. 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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0:00.0	Just to give you a heads up, one of us is bound to say something not suitable for little
0:04.3	ears.
0:05.3	It is, after all, the one hour a day I spend away from my children.
0:12.1	Welcome to Mom & Dadder Fighting Slates Parenting Podcasts for Thursday, March 10, the Russian
0:17.3	Roots Conundrum.
0:18.3	I'm Elizabeth Nukia, I write the homeschool and family travel blog Dutch Dutch Goose.
0:23.3	I'm the mom to three little's, Henry Hus9, Oliver Hus7 and Teddy Hus5, and we live in Colorado
0:29.0	Springs, Colorado.
0:30.0	I'm Jamila Lemue, a writer, contributor to Slates Care and Feeding Parenting column,
0:35.4	and mom to Naima, who's just about nine.
0:38.1	No really, I've been saying it forever, but she is, and we live in Los Angeles, California.
0:43.5	I'm Zach Rosen, I live in Detroit with my family, I host the Best Advice Show Podcast,
0:49.2	my daughter Noah is four, and my son Ami is one.
0:53.8	So we have a very exciting announcement for you all.
0:56.8	If you tuned into last week's show, you heard our longtime host Dan Hoa, Rest in Peace,
1:02.8	announced that he's formerly stepping back from Mom & Dadder Fighting.
1:06.8	His daughters are getting a little bit too old, and it was time for him to move on.
1:10.8	But the good news is that we're going to keep our beloved Zach permanently as our third
1:16.2	host.
1:17.2	Woohoo!
1:18.2	Something that we're really excited about, and we've gotten a lot of messages from listeners
1:22.0	asking for this, so we know that a lot of you all will be excited to, and hopefully you're
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