The Hyphenation Headache Edition

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🗓️ 27 February 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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On this week’s episode: Dan is joined by Elizabeth Newcamp and Gabriel Roth to answer a question from a mom debating whether her son should take her last name or her husband’s last name. Or they could hyphenate, but will that burden her son later in life? We also have a question from a dad whose son plays travel hockey, even though he sucks at hockey. For Slate Plus, Elizabeth tells us the truth about homeschooling. Sign up for Slate Plus. Recommendations: Dan recommends the graphic novel Snapdragon by Kat Leyh, which is about a girl in a small town who finds a witch in her neighborhood. Elizabeth recommends “Paint by Sticker” books, a great on-the-go activity. Gabriel recommends Music Is My Life: Soundtrack Your Mood With 80 Artists for Every Occasion by Myles Tanzer and Ali Mac. A book that introduces kids to different musical artists. Join us on Facebook and email us at momanddad@slate.com to tell us what you thought of today’s show and give us ideas for what we should talk about in future episodes. Got questions that you’d like us to answer? Call and leave us a message at 424-255-7833. Podcast produced by Rosemary Belson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Hyphenation Nation Headache
0:02.3	Explicit Language.
0:03.2	Welcome to Mom and Dad are Fighting.
0:07.5	Slate's Parenting Podcast for Thursday, February 27th,
0:10.7	The Hyphenation Headache Initiative.
0:13.0	I'm Dan Coise.
0:14.0	I'm a writer at Slate.
0:15.3	I'm the author of the book How to Be a Family.
0:17.2	And I'm the dad of Lyra, who's 14, and Harper,
0:20.0	who's 12, we live in Arlington, Virginia.
0:22.4	I'm Elizabeth Newcamp.
0:23.6	I write the family travel and homeschool blog Dutch Dutch Goose.
0:27.6	I'm mom to three boys, Henry 7, Oliver 5 and Teddy 3. My husband's in the Air Force, so we're currently calling Navar, Florida home.
0:36.2	And I'm Gabriel Roth.
0:38.0	I'm the editorial director of Slate Podcast.
0:40.5	I'm the father to Eliza, who's nine years old and Leo who is now five and I'm coming to you from
0:47.0	Slate's studio in Brooklyn, New York
0:49.4	Welcome back, Gabe. It's good to be here.
0:53.0	Today on the show, we have a question from a mom who just doesn't know what to do about picking
0:57.1	her baby's last name.
0:58.6	Is it sexist to default to the dad's last name?
1:01.9	And we have a question from a dad who's wondering if he should keep paying for travel hockey when his kid sucks at hockey. Plus, triumphs and fails and recommendations. Let's start with the great Gabriel Roth. Do you have a triumph for us this week?
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