Why Is My Kid So Controlling During Playdates?

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Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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On this episode: a listener noticed that her six-year-old isn’t sharing well when his friends come over. He even told one friend to leave mid playdate. They’re wondering how to help her kid be a better host and, if things become overwhelming, take some time for himself instead of getting upset. Recommendations: Jamilah recommends eating duck. Zak recommends tossing out the tools you don’t reach for, inspired by Conor Barnes’ 100 Tips For A Better Life. Elizabeth recommends Group Buy Ins. The one she uses is called Storms In The Sky. 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 Maura Currie and Rosemary Belson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.9	Welcome to Mom & Data Fighting. Slate's Parenting Podcast for Monday, December 11th.
0:37.7	The Friend Flip Flopping Edition. I'm Elizabeth Newkamp. I write the homeschool and family
0:43.1	travel blog, Dutch Dutch Goose. I'm the mom of three little's, Henry, who's 11, Oliver,
0:47.2	who's 9 and Teddy, who's 7. We live in Tokyo, Japan.
0:51.6	I'm Jamil Amu, a writer, contributor to Slate's Parented Feeding Parenting column,
0:56.6	and mom's Naima, who's 10, and we live in Los Angeles.
1:00.6	I'm Zach Rosen. I host another podcast. It's called The Best Advice Show,
1:04.6	and I'm dad to Noah, who's six, and Ami, who's three. We live in Detroit.
1:09.2	On today's show, we help a listener whose six-year-old wants to hang out with friends
1:14.3	until he doesn't. How can his parent make sure an upcoming sleepover goes smoothly?
1:19.4	Then we'll have recommendations and some advice from you as we dive into the mail back.
1:23.7	See you back here in a minute.
1:29.2	This episode is brought to you by KiwiCo. We are right in the heart of gift-giving season,
1:35.1	and sometimes I just have a hard time thinking about like, what does my niece or nephew
1:40.6	who seem to have like so much? What do they actually need? What would inspire them? What would they
1:47.0	actually be nurtured by instead of just like buying another thing? KiwiCo is an incredible
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