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The following podcast contains explicit language. Hello and welcome to mom and dad are fighting slate's parenting

podcast for Thursday April 14th the Positive Oppos Edition. I'm Allison Benedict and editor at

Slate and the mom of Harry 7, Sam 5, and Wally 3. I'm Dan Coise. I'm also an

editor at Slate and I am the dad of Harper who is 8 and Lyra who is 10.

Hi Dan.

Hey Allison.

On today's show we'll talk to the owner and chef of a vegan preschool about how that works exactly. Then Dan and I will debate the latest

child psychology trend in parenting discipline, which is basically do not

punish your kids for bad behavior. Also parenting triumphs and fails, a listener email about whether or not to tell

another parent that their kid is difficult, and for a Slate Plus segment, Slate Features

Editor Jessica Winter will join us to reveal parenting triumph or a fail. But first

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