We Are All Homeschoolers Now Edition

Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show

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Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s episode: Dan and Jamilah are joined by official third host of Mom and Dad are Fighting… Elizabeth Newcamp! They discuss their new homeschool schedules and Elizabeth gives Dan and Jamilah tips on how to make their plans attainable, especially since they are also working from home. For Slate Plus: TV shows and movies for quarantine entertainment that will entertain kids and parents alike. 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 practicing gratitude within the home by writing notes to your partner or writing down a few moments at the end of the day with your kids. Dan recommends a label maker. Great for when your milk really needs to be labeled COW JUICE. Jamilah recommends reading “America Is a Sham” by Dan Kois. 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 for 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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0:00.0	Hello Slate
0:02.0	I'm here to remind you to take the Slate Survey.
0:05.0	It will be open through April 1st
0:07.0	and your answers help us make a better slate.
0:10.0	It'll only take a few minutes.
0:12.0	You can find it at slate.com slash survey.
0:15.7	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:18.8	Welcome to mom and dad are fighting, Slate Parenting Podcast for Thursday, March 19th,
0:26.4	the We are all homeschoolers Now, addition.
0:30.6	I'm Jemila Lemieux, a writer, homeschooler, a cultural critic, or am I? I don't know.
0:38.0	At this point, I'm a writer still, I'm a homeschooler, and I'm mom to Naima who is six and it's sitting to my left at this very moment because there's no more school.
0:48.0	Hey I'm Dan Coise. I'm a writer at Slate. I'm the author of the book How to Be a Family.
0:52.0	I'm the dad of Lyra who's 14 at
0:54.8	Harper who's 12 and I come to you live from my house in Arlington, Virginia.
0:58.6	I'm Elizabeth New Camp. I write the homeschool and family travel blog Dutch Goose. I'm a mom to three boys
1:05.2	Henry seven Oliver five and Teddy three. My husband's in Air Force so we're currently
1:10.6	calling Navarre Florida home.
1:12.6	We have some exciting news that I think longtime
1:16.0	listers might have been able to piece together
1:18.8	over these last couple of months.
1:20.4	Elizabeth is officially officially official.
1:24.0	She is now the permanent third host of mom and dad are fighting.
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