Sunday Night Blues Edition

Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show

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Parenting, Society & Culture, Kids & Family

4.4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s episode: Jamilah and Elizabeth are joined by Zenovia Stephens, founder and CEO of Black Kids Adventures. They strategize ways a mom can help her tween power through her Sunday night blues. Then they debate if large age gaps between kids really leads to emotional distance and weak bonds between siblings. In Slate Plus: Zenovia talks about the importance of getting yourself and your kids outside. Slate Plus members get a bonus segment on MADAF each week, and no ads. Sign up now to listen and support our work. Recommendations: Elizabeth recommends a wireless pocket microscope for outdoor adventures. Zenovia recommends Vanicream Moisturizing Cream. Jamilah recommends cooking with flavored butters, specifically truffle butter. 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 Rosemary Belson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:03.2	Welcome to Mom and Dad Our Fighting Slates Parenting Podcast. For Thursday, February 18th,
1:08.2	the Sunday Night Blues edition. I'm Jimmy Willemue, a writer,
1:13.2	contributor to Slates Parent Feeding Parenting Column, and the co-host of Slates New
1:18.9	Wednesday Night Live program, Wild or Wise, and most importantly, Mom Tuneima, who is seven,
1:26.2	and we live in Los Angeles, California. I'm Elizabeth Newcam, I write the homeschool and family
1:32.0	travel blog, Dutch Dutch Goose, and I'm the mom to three little, Henry, his eight, Oliver,
1:36.6	his six, and Teddy, his four, and we live in Navar, Florida. I'm Olivia Stevens, the CEO and
1:43.6	founder of Black Keys Adventures. I have three sons, eight, eight, five, and two, and we live in
1:51.3	Huntsville, Alabama. Olivia, it is so nice to have you here today. I should share that
1:58.2	Sonovia is my step-sister. Yes, my father, her mother, were in a very long-term loving relationship,
2:05.5	and even though they're no longer together, they're good friends, and so, you know, we are extended
2:10.8	family sisters, but Elizabeth and Sonovia had connected over Sonovia's work, and do you want
2:18.4	to tell the story, Elizabeth? We were taking a trip to Alabama, and I was, you know, going through
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