Parents Have Taken Over My Kid’s Sport. Yikes.

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4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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On this episode: a listener writes in from the bench. Their kid is in a sports class that’s been overrun by grown-ups and siblings — on the court, doing the drills, and taking up equipment. What’s going on in this class for 3-6 year olds, and is it time to give up? We also go over our week in triumphs and fails, and then, if you’re sticking around for Slate Plus: how can we purge the stuffie plague, and what other toys are collecting dust? 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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0:30.0	This episode may contain explicit language.
0:36.0	Welcome to Mom & Dad Our Fighting Slates Parenting Podcast for Thursday, December 7th.
0:41.0	The Call of Time Out Edition. I'm Elizabeth Newcamp. I write the family travel blog,
0:46.0	Dutch Dutch Goose. I'm the mom of three little's Henry, who's 11, all of our
0:49.7	his nine and Teddy, who's seven. We live in Tokyo, Japan. I'm Chimele New, a writer,
0:55.8	contributor to Slates Parent, feeding parents in column, and mom's Naima, who's 10,
1:01.0	and we live in Los Angeles. I'm Zach Rosen. I host another podcast. It's called The Best
1:05.9	and Fights Show, and I'm dad to Noah, who's six, and Ami, who's three. We live in Detroit.
1:10.9	Well, today on the show, we are going to help a listener who wants help dealing with other parents
1:16.0	who are taking little kids' sports way too seriously. Should the parents be banched?
1:21.3	We're also going to catch up on our weekend parenting, and then if you're in the Slate Plus Club,
1:25.6	how the heck do you purge stuffies? Can you do it without the kids noticing? Do you need to
1:30.0	concoct an elaborate disappearing scheme? Do you just live with the ever-growing pile? Here's
1:36.0	what you'll hear if you have Slate Plus. That's one of the great experiences in parenting,
1:42.0	I think, is dropping crap off at Goodwill, knowing that someone might use it. I'm not throwing
1:47.2	it in the garbage and having a slightly lighter load in your basement and knowing that the kids
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