This episode may contain explicit language.

Welcome to Care and Feeding, the show that's as messy and honest as parenting itself.

I'm Zach Rosen. I make another show. It's called The Best Advice Show. I am dad to Noah, who's eight, and Ami, who's five.

Today, we live in Detroit.

Happy birthday, Ami. Thank you.

I'm Elizabeth Newkamp. I write the homeschool and family travel blog, Dutch Dutch goose. I'm the mom to Henry, who's 13, Oliver, who's 11, and Teddy who's 8. We are currently in Atlanta, Georgia. Hey, I'm Lucy Lopez. I also host another podcast, The Mamasita Rica. I'm Mother to Amelia, who's 15, Avery who's 12, and we live in Miami.

This week we've got a listener letter from a grandmother in New York who's navigating

the playground toy wars with her three-year-old grandson. He loves bringing his

trucks and little toys, but no surprise here, he's not always into sharing them with the

other kids.

And we'll get into that in just a bit, but first we'll check in, and I've got a teenage,

Italian-American romance brewing that only Shonda Rhymes would appreciate. I can't wait. Stick around.

If you have a child in special education, you know how overwhelming it could be.

The acronym is alone, IEP, 504, CST, it's a lot. And really, all you want is to see your child succeed, right? When we were first navigating my kid's diagnosis, I remember sitting in meetings, feeling completely lost. But here's the thing. You don't have to do it alone. That's why I love Opportunity Gap, a podcast hosted by Julian Savedra. He's the father of two and a public school assistant principal with nearly 20 years of experience. On opportunity gap, Julian speaks with parents, special educators,

child psychologists, and other learning experts about how to support kids with ADHD,

dyslexia, or other learning differences in school. I especially appreciated the episodes

on navigating anxiety

and how to parent your ADHD kids differently. They helped me reframe my own expectations and

gave me concrete tools I could actually use at home and most importantly, made me feel less

alone. So if you've ever walked out of a school meeting wondering what just happened,

search for opportunity gap in your

podcast app. That's opportunity gap. Building healthy habits doesn't have to be complicated.

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