Should a 6-Year-Old Go on Solo Walks?

Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show

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Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

On this episode: Zak, Jamilah and Lucy answer a question about a very independent kindergartener. This member of our Slate Parenting Facebook group has a six year old who’s taking solo walks around the neighborhood… and while his parents are cool with it, the neighbors aren’t. How can this mom field questions about why her kid is out by himself – and should he be out, at all? We also dole out a round of recommendations — and then, for Slate Plus, we debrief on Lucy’s first prom mom experience… and reminisce on proms of yore. Lucy recommends: Having your kids interview older folks Zak recommends: Kids clothes shopping at Salvation Army Jamilah recommends: Doing It All: The Social Power of Single Motherhood by Ruby Russell 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 Care and Feeding. Sign up now at slate.com/careplus to help support our work. Podcast produced by Maura Currie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode may contain explicit language.
0:03.3	Welcome to Karen Feeding the show where we parent together.
0:09.3	I'm Lucy Lopez.
0:10.7	I host another podcast, The Mama Cita Rika.
0:13.7	I'm Mother to Emilia, who's 13, Avery 11,
0:16.4	and we live in Miami.
0:18.3	I'm Zach Rosen.
0:19.2	I host the Best Advice Show Podcast,
0:21.7	and I am Dad to Noah, who's six and Army who's three.
0:25.0	We live in Detroit.
0:26.0	I'm Jamil Lemieu, a writer, contributor to Slate's Care and Feeding Parenting Column,
0:31.2	and Mom to Naima, who who's 11 and we live in LA.
0:34.3	Today on the show will answer a question from a member of our slate parenting
0:38.8	Facebook community. This parent's six-year-old is taking solo walks around the neighborhood and freaking out neighbors in the process
0:46.6	Who if anyone is in the wrong here? We'll also share a round of recommendations and then if you're in the Slate Plus Club we're talking about Prom.
0:57.0	We're talking about Prom. Here's what you'll hear if you have Slate Plus.
1:02.0	I think I feel like Prom is kind of like if you have sleep plus.
1:03.6	I feel like prom is kind of like New Year's,
1:06.1	you know, like the expectations are so high for kids
1:10.5	that it's hard for it not to be disappointing to some degree and just where we've all been raised on you know
1:17.0	80s and 90s movies like built around prom being like the pinnacle of teenage
1:26.2	existence and it just can't live up to it and so I feel like
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