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Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show

Quitting the Olympics Edition

Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show

Slate Audio

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.41K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s episode: Elizabeth, Dan, and Jamilah discuss how we should be talking to our kids about Simone Biles’ decision to withdraw from the Olympics.  Then, they answer a question from a listener who is wondering how to deal with their bad babysitter. The problem is, the babysitter is grandma.   In Slate Plus: Is it a faux pas to request no gifts at a child’s birthday party? Or is it OK?  Recommendations: Elizabeth recommends Draw Your World, a sketch book for kids (or adults!) that helps familiarize you with world maps.  Dan recommends the Cat Video Festival, now playing in theaters around the country. Jamilah recommends quarantine, whether you’re sick or not.  Join us on Facebook and email us at momanddad@slate.com 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.  Podcast produced by Morgan Flannery.  Hosts  Elizabeth Newcamp is a co-host of Mom and Dad Are Fighting. She's a traveling mother of three boys who chronicles her misadventures at Dutch, Dutch, Goose. Dan Kois is an editor and writer at Slate. He’s the author of How to Be a Family and the co-author of The World Only Spins Forward. Jamilah Lemieux is a writer, cultural critic, and communications strategist based in Brooklyn, New York. Social @JamilahLemieux on Twitter https://twitter.com/JamilahLemieux @dankois on Twitter https://twitter.com/DanKois @dutchdutchgoose on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/dutchdutchgoose/ Slate Plus members get a bonus segment on MADAF each week, and no ads. Sign up now at slate.com/momanddadplus to listen and support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Spark your creativity with the Sims.

0:04.0

Sometimes you might feel like you're not creative

0:07.0

and you have to go and search of your creative spark again.

0:10.0

Maybe this is catching up with creative friends,

0:13.0

experimenting with a new look or trying out a new recipe

0:16.0

and thanks to the Sims, inspiration is just one game

0:19.0

and one spark away.

0:21.0

Ready to spark something?

0:23.0

Download the Sims 4 and play for free.

0:27.0

The following podcast is for parents.

0:30.0

Maybe not for kids.

0:33.0

Welcome to Mom and Dad are fighting.

0:35.0

Slate's Parenting Podcast for Thursday, July 29th.

0:38.0

But quitting the Olympics edition.

0:40.0

I'm Dan Coice.

0:41.0

I'm a writer at Slate.

0:42.0

I'm the author of the book How to Be a Family.

0:44.0

I'm the dad of Lyra, who's 16 and Harper, who's 13.

0:47.0

We live in Arlington, Virginia.

0:49.0

I'm Elizabeth Newkamp.

0:50.0

I write the homeschool and family travel blog Dutch Dutch Goose.

0:53.0

And I'm the mom to three little Henry, who's nine,

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