On The Table Edition

Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show

Slate Audio

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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On this week’s episode: Ruth, Gabe, and Carvell answer listener questions on when to consider getting a vasectomy and how to make sure your kid doesn’t become obsessed with their looks. And as usual, we share our triumphs and fails and offer up some recommendations. On Slate Plus, Ruth talks about what it’s like to have a religious Easter with a three year-old. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The on the table
0:01.2	the table contains explicit language.
0:05.0	Welcome to mom and dad are fighting slates parenting
0:07.8	podcast for Thursday April 25th, the On the Table Edition.
0:12.7	I'm Gabriel Roth.
0:13.7	I'm the editorial director of Slate Podcasts, and I'm the father of Leo, who is 4 and 3 quarters,
0:18.1	and Eliza, who is 8.
0:19.8	And I'm Carvel Wallace, a writer and podcaster in Oakland, California, and I'm the father to Georgia who is 13 and Ezra who is 16.
0:27.0	Rebecca Lervoy can't be with us this week, but we have a special guest.
0:31.0	I'm Ruth Graham, and I'm a slate staff writer in New Hampshire and I'm the
0:35.6	mother of Mary who is three and a half. Today on our show we have a question about how to talk
0:42.1	to little girls about body image and another about
0:45.6	whether you, yes you should get a vasectomy.
0:48.8	You probably should.
0:49.8	Plus as always, we'll have triumphs and fails.
0:52.5	We will make recommendations and on Slate Plus,
0:55.6	we will hear about Ruth's Easter
0:58.2	and about how she's raising her daughter in the church.
1:01.6	Ruth, as the guest, would you like to go first?
1:04.6	Sure.
1:05.6	I have a triumph.
1:07.2	I was thinking about this.
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