My Kid’s Friend Has Zero Supervision

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Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

On this episode: Zak, Lucy and Jamilah help a member of the Slate Parenting Facebook Group who’s torn about her kid’s new bestie. This girl is mostly unsupervised and tends toward naughtiness — ding-dong ditching, messy play, and watching adult YouTube — and that tendency is trickling down to our group member’s son. How can this parent make sure her home is a safe space, but still keep order? We also dole out a round of recommendations. Then, for Slate Plus listeners – we’re weighing when it’s okay to leave your kid home alone. Zak recommends: See what happens if your kid’s in charge of packing lunch Jamilah recommends: Jersey Mike’s Lucy recommends: Pick Your Poison 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 Care and Feeding. Sign up now at slate.com/careplus to help support our work. Podcast produced by Maura Currie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode may contain explicit language.
0:02.8	Welcome to Karen Feeding, the show where we parent together.
0:09.6	I'm Jemila Lemieux, a writer,
0:11.9	contributor to this place Karen Feeding Parenting Column, and mom. Shema
0:15.0	Lameu, a writer, contributed his place care and feeding parenting column, and mom to Naima, who's 11, and we live in Los Angeles.
0:18.0	Hey, I'm Lucy Lopez.
0:20.0	I host the Mama Cita Rica Podcast.
0:22.0	I'm mother to Amelia who's 14, Avery who's 11,
0:26.0	and we live in Miami.
0:28.2	I'm Zach Rosen.
0:29.1	I host the Best Advice Show Podcast,
0:31.3	and I am dad to six-year-old Noah and Three-year-old Ami. We live in Detroit.
0:35.4	Today on the show we're answering a question about what to do when your kid
0:39.7	be friends a wild child. This member of the Slate Parenting Facebook group is worried
0:44.4	about alienating her son's new friend who seems like she's on her own a lot, but
0:49.4	who also seems to be influencing some naughty behavior. We'll talk about how to set
0:54.3	boundaries but remain a safe space. We'll also share a round of recommendations.
0:58.9	Then if you're on the Slate Plus Club we'll'll continue our question writers line of thinking and talk
1:04.6	about when it's okay to start leaving your kids at home alone.
1:09.5	Here's what you'll hear if you have Slate Plus. She said I leave him home alone but the only
1:15.8	rule is that they can't eat anything. And I'm like what? You tell it
1:20.4	cannot to eat. She goes the reason is because she's scared if they eat something they might choke.
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