My Toddler’s a Hitter. Should His Brother Hit Back?

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🗓️ 27 November 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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On this episode: Zak, Jamilah and Elizabeth help a listener who’s actually written in to us before — but this time, he needs help with his brawling toddler. How can parents help their littler kids simmer down – and older kids defend themselves – before anyone gets hurt? We’ll also share some of the letters and voicemails that listeners have sent in recently. And we’re doing a round of recommendations, with a twist: in the spirit of Giving Tuesday, we’re sharing charities that we love to support. Zak recommends: Standing Together Elizabeth recommends: Conservation Fund (or, sign up for a beach/river/creek clean up) Jamilah recommends: Girls for Gender Equity 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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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by ITVX.
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0:21.2	My mum, your dad, hosted by Davina McCall.
0:24.8	Stream free with ITVX, the UK's freshest streaming service.
0:30.1	This episode may contain explicit language.
0:35.9	Welcome to Mom and Dad are Fighting, Slays Parenting Podcast.
0:39.2	For Monday, November 27th, the toddler takedown edition.
0:43.8	I'm Jamil O'Neill, a writer, a contributor to Slays Parenting Parenting column,
0:48.5	and Mom Tanayima, who's 10, and we live in Los Angeles.
0:52.4	I'm Zach Rosen, I make another podcast that's called The Best Advice Show,
0:56.0	and I'm dad to Noah, who's six, and Ami, who's three.
0:59.0	We live in Detroit.
1:00.4	I'm Elizabeth Newkamp, I write the home, school, and family travel blog, Dutch Dutch Goose.
1:04.5	I'm the mom of three little's, Henry, his 11, Oliver, his 9, and Teddy, who's 7.
1:09.2	We live in Tokyo, Japan.
1:11.5	On today's show, we have a very interesting question about a three-year-old who is a brawler.
1:17.3	He hits his older brother, he hits his mom, he hits his dad.
1:21.5	They're trying to get him to hang up his love, so to speak, before someone gets hurt,
1:25.7	but so far, no dice.
1:28.0	We've got some suggestions to help curb the behavior.
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