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Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show

"Mom Jeans, Dad Jokes" Edition

Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show

Slate Audio

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.41K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2014

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Listen to Slate's parenting podcast on teen sexual health and pop-cultural mockery of parents.

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0:00.0

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0:04.0

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0:09.2

smartphone or tablet. Shows like The Good Wife, Modern Family, The Mindy Project, and many more.

0:15.2

Right now you can try Hulu Plus free for two weeks when you go to Hulu Plus.com

0:20.0

slash fighting. That's Hulu Plus.

0:23.0

The following podcast contains explicit language.

0:28.0

Welcome to mom and dad are fighting, Slate Parenting Podcast for October 9, 2014, The Mom

0:37.8

Gene's Dad Jokes Edition.

0:40.1

I'm Dan Coise.

0:41.1

I'm the Dad of Harper who is 7 and Lyra who is nine. I'm

0:44.3

Allison Benedict the mother of Harry who is six Sam who is three and Wally who is one.

0:49.7

We are both editors at Slate. Hello, Allison. Hey Dan.

0:53.2

So on today's show, we will talk to Heather Karina,

0:55.3

the founder of the Sexside website,

0:56.6

Scarletine, about discussing contraception with your kids

1:00.0

and the American Academy of Pediatrics

1:01.5

recent recommendation of IUDs for teen girls.

1:04.2

And then Allison and I will discuss mom genes, dad jokes, and the ironic mockery of parenting

1:09.2

prevalent in society today.

1:11.0

Plus, triumphs and fails, recommendations, a listener call about babies and sleep, and we'll read some of the many, many, many emails we got in response to our discussion last episode on parenting ambivalence. But first, some pitches.

1:24.0

If you enjoy mom and dad are fighting,

1:26.0

please tell your friends.

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