My Kid Is Copying His Black Classmates’ Vernacular

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Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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On this episode: Elizabeth, Jamilah, and Zak help a listener who’s in a quandary. Her young son started copying his Black classmates’ vernacular. She doesn’t know if or how she should correct him. Recommendations: Jamilah: Jiffy Cornbread Zak: Proper Noun Song (to the tune of September by Earth, Wind and Fire) Elizabeth: Car Sickness Glasses 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. 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 ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you’ll also be supporting the work we do here on Mom and Dad are Fighting. Sign up now at slate.com/momanddadplus to help support our work. Podcast produced by Maura Currie and Rosemary Belson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.9	Welcome to Mom and Dad are fighting sleets, parenting podcasts for Monday, November 20th.
0:41.6	The Grammar Police Edition. I'm Elizabeth Newkamp. I write the homeschool and family travel blog
0:46.4	Dutch Dutch Goose. I'm the mom of three little's, Henry, his 11, all of his nine, and Teddy,
0:51.0	his seven. We live in Tokyo, Japan. I'm Jamila Mew, a writer,
0:56.5	contributor to Slate's Care and Beating Parenting College, and mom to Naima, who is 10,
1:01.7	and we live in Los Angeles. I'm Zach Rosen. I make another podcast that's called The Best
1:07.4	It By Show, and I'm Dad Dinoa, who's six, and Ami, who's three. We live in Detroit, Michigan.
1:13.1	Well, on today's show, we have a letter from a parent who's not sure how to correct their child's
1:17.6	grammar. Kids at school may talk one way, but does it need to be corrected at home?
1:23.2	Then we will have recommendations and some advice from you as we dive into the mailbag.
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