The following podcast contains explicit language.

Welcome to Mom and Dad are Fighting, Slate's Parenting Podcast for Thursday, October 26th.

Your Life is Terrible Edition.

I'm Gabriel Roth, an editor at Slate, and the father of Eliza, age six, and Leo, who is three.

I'm Rebecca LaVoy, a journalist and podcaster in New Hampshire, and I'm six, and Leo, who is three. I'm Rebecca Levoy, a journalist and

podcaster in New Hampshire, and I'm the mom of Henry, who is 16, Teddy, who is 14, and my

stepdaughter, Lily, who is 17. And I am Carvel Wallace, a writer and editor out in Oakland,

California, and I am the father to Georgia who is 12 and Ezra who is 14.

Today on our show, we have a question from a listener whose kids prefer their dad to her

and another who has somehow gotten roped into driving five kids home from sports practice

every evening. Plus, as always, we'll have triumphs and fails, we'll have recommendations,

and on Slate Plus, we will tackle the crucial seasonal question of just how old is too old to trick or treat. But first, triumphs and fails. Rebecca, do you have a triumph for a fail?

Nope. No, I mean, and the reason I don't have when there's a reason, and I'll explain that and that will take up my time.

This was the first week. I didn't have my kids for like three months.

My ex-husband moved.

And so as a result, my kids have been living with me full time since pretty much like the end of August.

And this is the first week that with her with their dad in their new place. And so I have done zero parenting this week. So maybe you could call that a triumph or fail of sorts depending on how you look at things. And I didn't feel like digging into the past for like and in case you missed it, triumph or fail. I just thought about being honest this week. I've done no parenting.

So I have nothing to report from the triumph or fail front.

Sorry, guys.

No, you're kidding.

That is an unmitigated triumph.

How dare you even besmirch the good name of not parenting?

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