New Driver, Who Dis?

Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show

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Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

On this episode: Lucy Lopez, Elizabeth Newcamp, and Zak Rosen help the dad of a new driver. His son just got his driver’s license and has been driving super carefully. Good right? Well, he’s not keeping up with the flow of traffic. Should he be encouraged to speed?

They also share a round of triumphs and fails. Including an amazing Power Rangers-inspired trick to kill time, kids stepping up to help a sick parent, and a big bravo!

Original episode from our listener update: My Co-Parent Is Dying. What Now?

Podcast production by Cheyna Roth and Rosemary Belson. Video production by Micah Phillips.

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0:00.0	This episode may contain explicit language.
0:05.3	This is Karen Feeding. We're three friends with kids who get together every week to talk
0:10.0	life, swap advice, and keep each other sane while we muddle through this weird and wonderful
0:15.4	thing we call parenting. I'm Elizabeth Newcamp. I write the homeschool and family travel blog,
0:21.3	Dutch Dutch, Dutch goose. I'm the mom to Henry who's 13, Oliver who's 11, and Teddy who's 9, and we live in Honolulu,
0:28.2	Hawaii. Hey, I'm Lucy Lopez. I host another podcast, the Mamasita Rica, and I'm mother to
0:34.5	Amelia who's 15, Avery who's 12, and we live in Miami. I'm Zach Rosen. I make another show. It's called Weirdly Helpful. And I am Dad to Noah, who's 8, and Ami, who's 5. We live in Detroit. And we are here to talk about the upsdowns and everything in between when it comes to parenting. Every week we answer your questions, share our own parenting triumphs and fails,
0:56.3	and try to make this feel like the kind of conversation you'd have with your pals.
1:00.0	Yeah, and then like today we're, we're hopping in the car.
1:03.2	Well, metaphorically, to help the dad of a new driver.
1:07.1	Oh my gosh.
1:08.3	Thoughts and prayers.
1:09.6	His son just got his license and has been driving super, super carefully. A parent's dream, am I right? Probably not. Because it turns out the caution is causing a jam. But first, we're going to share our triumphs and fails.
1:32.1	Zach, do you want to give us a preview of what we're hearing from you today?
1:33.9	Well, we went to the mall.
1:35.8	We went to the mall.
1:39.5	It's kind of a crazy psychic energy suck, isn't it?
1:43.1	And so I'm going to report back on what happened.
1:44.4	Oh, my gosh, I can't wait.
1:45.0	Can't wait to hear.
1:46.4	Stick around.
1:47.2	We'll be right back.
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