Why Isn't My Kid's Teacher Returning My Texts Edition

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🗓️ 10 November 2016

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Dan and guest host Amy Scott discuss a new OshKosh B'Gosh ad campaign that will feature Asher Nash, a child with Down syndrome. They offer advice to a mother dealing with a racist neighbor. Amy explains how to have a non-terrible relationship with your kid's teachers. And in our Plus segment, Dan talks about how he'll explain Trump's unexpected victory to his daughters.

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:08.1	Hello and welcome to Mom and Dad are Fighting Slate's Parenting Podcast for Thursday, November 10th, the Why Isn't My Kids Teacher Returning My Texts Edition?
0:17.1	I'm Dan Coise. I'm an editor at Slate. I'm the dad of Lyra, who is 11, and Harper, who is nine.
0:23.1	We are recording on Election Day, Tuesday Election Day. We have not yet found out if last episode's
0:28.8	Hillary's celebration totally jinxed everything. But I have found out that Slate's news director,
0:33.8	Alison Benedict, is a little busy right now. So, joining me from Durham, North Carolina, is a special guest host.
0:39.3	Hello.
0:40.2	Hello.
0:41.0	I'm Amy Scott, a middle school English teacher, and single mom by choice of Arlo and Patrick, who turned two not long ago.
0:48.8	Oh, happy birthday, Arlo and Patrick.
0:51.2	Thank you.
0:52.3	On today's episode, we'll talk about Asher Nash, a boy with Down syndrome, who's now, after a viral Facebook post, going to appear in Carter's ads this holiday season. Plus, we'll debate how much information a teacher ought to give parents during the school year. Plus, recommendations, triumphs and fails, and a listener call about a racist neighbor. But first, listeners, head on over to her Facebook page.
1:12.6	Facebook.com slash mom and dad are finding it's where listeners for the last couple weeks have been posting some great stuff, photos of their kids and their Halloween costumes, pictures that their kids drew of what a president looks like.
1:23.6	That turned out really interestingly and more.
1:26.2	Plus, I hear if we get 500 more likes this
1:29.3	week, Slate lets us out of our podcast cages for fresh air and sunlight. So head on over Facebook.com
1:34.6	slash mom and dad are fighting. We really appreciate the likes. It's a great way to let people know
1:38.5	about the show. So let's start today with triumphs and fails. Amy, you want to go first?
1:45.7	Sure.
1:46.9	I have a fail that ties into your discussion with the screen time expert last episode.
1:53.0	You're already failing even at the new recommendations?
1:56.1	Here's the thing.
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