This Detroit Forest School Gets Kids Outside

Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show

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Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

On this episode: Zak Rosen interviews Erin Johnson of the Detroit Urban Forest School about how her work brings kids from different backgrounds together – all in the name of appreciating the great outdoors. Then, Jamilah Lemieux and Elizabeth Newcamp share some tips for wrangling some of the trickier treats that come with parenting during Halloween. And, as always, we end with a round of recommendations. Elizabeth recommends: LectroFan Portable Sound Machine Jamilah recommends: The Golden Bachelor 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 Mom and Dad are Fighting. Sign up now at slate.com/momanddadplus to help support our work. Podcast produced by Rosemary Belson and Maura Currie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Spark your creativity with the Sims.
0:04.0	Sometimes you might feel like you're not creative
0:07.0	and you have to go in search of your creative spark again.
0:10.0	Maybe this is catching up with creative friends,
0:13.0	experimenting with a new look or trying out a new recipe
0:16.0	and thanks to the Sims, inspiration is just one game
0:19.0	and one spark away.
0:21.0	Ready to spark something?
0:23.0	Download the Sims 4 and play for free.
0:27.0	This episode may contain explicit language.
0:33.0	Welcome to Mom and Dad are fighting Slate's parenting
0:36.0	podcasts for Monday, October 30th, the Eclipse and Tips edition.
0:41.0	I'm Elizabeth Newcamp. I write the family travel blog
0:44.0	Dutch Dutch Goose and the mom of three littles,
0:46.0	Henry, who's 11, Oliver, who's 9, and Teddy, who's 7.
0:49.0	We live in Tokyo, Japan.
0:51.0	I'm Jamil Lemieux. I'm a writer, contributor to Slate's
0:54.0	Karen Feeding Parenting column, and mom to Naima,
0:57.0	who's 10, and we live in Los Angeles.
1:00.0	Well, it's almost Halloween and lots of parents are torn
1:03.0	about what to do this time of year.
1:05.0	So first, you'll hear an interview with an outdoor school
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