Just to give you a heads up, one of us is bound to say something not suitable for little ears.

It is, after all, the one hour a day I spend away from my children.

Welcome to Mom & Dad Our Fighting's late parenting podcasts for Thursday, May 20th,

the Silent Treatment Edition. I'm Elizabeth Newcant. I write the Home School and Family

Travel Blog Dutch Dutch Goose. I'm the mom to three little's, Henry Hughes nine, all of her who

recently turned seven, and Teddy Hughes four, and we are finally in Colorado Springs,

although not in our house, I'm borrowing a friend's house for today, but hopefully soon we will

be settled into our own home. I'm Jimmy Little Mew, a writer, contributor to Slate's

Karen Feeding Parenting Column, and mom to Naima, who is eight and in charge, and we are in

Los Angeles, California. My name is Emily Flake. I'm a cartoonist and writer. My daughter's name

is Augustine. She is eight going on 30, and we are in Brooklyn, New York.

Emily, we're so excited that you joined us today. Thanks for spending some time giving some

parenting advice. Thank you so much for having me. And welcome back, Elizabeth. We missed you.

Oh, thank you. I missed you so much. You're my, you have been my, my constant. So I am so glad to

see both of your smiling faces today and hear your wonderful voices. Well, we have some fun

questions to answer today. We have a question about a dad whose temperament matches one of a moody

teen to the point where he is completely unengaged in his own teen's life. Then we're advising a mom

who really needs some space from her kid who will not play independently during quiet time.

And on Slate Plus, we're pulling out our parental crystal balls to predict the funny or perhaps a

bit terrifying things that our kids will be up to in five years time. But first, we have triumphs

and fails. Jamila, why don't you lead us off? Okay. So my mother said to me, um, so could you go grab

us lunch? And I was like, okay, and I go get lunch for my mother and Naima who are now my bosses

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