Should We Have a Fourth Baby?

Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show

Slate Podcasts

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

On this episode: Zak, Elizabeth and Lucy help a listener decide whether she’s done having kids. No pressure, right? But seriously: this listener has three little boys and is weighing the possibility of a fourth kid. There’s more love for her and her husband to give… but they’re also feeling burnt out. So how do you decide what to do? After that, of course, we’ll circle up for a round of triumphs and fails. 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 to hang out with us on the Plus Playground every week for a whole additional grab-bag of content — and you’ll get an ad-free experience across the network. And you’ll also be supporting the work we do here on Care and Feeding. Sign up now at slate.com/careplus – or try it out on Apple Podcasts. Podcast produced by Maura Currie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Get ready for a game changer.
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0:27.7	forward slash express. This episode contains explicit language.
0:36.2	Welcome to Karen Feeding, the show where we raise the next generation together.
0:40.3	I'm Zach Rosen.
0:41.3	I host another show.
0:43.3	It's called The Best Advice Show, and I am Dad to Noah, who's seven, and Ami, who's four.
0:48.3	At the moment, we live in Amsterdam.
0:50.3	I'm Elizabeth New Camp.
0:51.3	I write the family travel blog, Dutch Dutch Goose.
0:53.3	I'm the mom to Henry
0:54.8	who's 13, Oliver who's 10, and Teddy who's 8. We live in Tokyo Japan.
1:00.6	Hey, I'm Lucy Lopez. I host another podcast as well, the Mamasita Rica. I'm mother to
1:05.9	Amelia, who is still 14, Avery who's 12. Not know, and we live in Miami. Today on the show, we're
1:15.7	helping a listener decide whether she's done having kids. No pressure, right? But seriously,
1:21.2	this listener has three little boys and is weighing the possibility of a fourth. There's more
1:26.0	love for her and her husband to give,
	...

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