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Jamilah Lemieux, Zak Rosen, Elizabeth Newcamp, and Lucy Lopez share triumphs and fails and offer advice on parenting kids from toddler to teens.


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Bickering Grandparents Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast debates if constant spats should cease or if they actually teach kids that relationships aren’t perfect.
48 min
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Indoor Parent Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast advises a mother who hates going outside and tackles raising kids to develop healthy relationships with food.
52 min
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Targeting Bans That Target Trans Kids Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast on bills that prohibit gender-affirming health care and participation in sports.
55 min
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Toddler Ponzi Schemes Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast argues whether ‘sticker club’ is a slippery slope.
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Slumber Party Predicament Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast debates a disputed guest list.
37 min
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Potentially Too Provocative Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast on telling a teen they aren’t appropriately dressed—without body shaming them.
51 min
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Privacy, Please! Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast on giving kids space while managing the morning rush.
36 min
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End of the Pandemic Edition
How should families behave once parents are vaccinated and kids aren’t?
49 min
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The Boy-Girl Friend Divide Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast on if the age-old split among friends still happens.
41 min
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You Drive, You Pay Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast debates how much money a teenage driver should be contributing in order to use the car.
51 min
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Temperamental Teen Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast debates what to do when your teen takes every critique personally.
57 min
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Sunday Night Blues Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast on looking forward to a new week of school.
42 min
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Backseat Combat Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast on how to get your kids to stop fighting in the car.
41 min
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Concussion Chaos Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast debates how to kindly tell your toddler that their noise hurts.
44 min
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College Sticker Shock Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast on the opaque price of college and navigating this massive financial decision.
54 min
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Dino Dilemma Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast on discussing dinosaurs when parents disagree about evolution.
55 min
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No Ma'am Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast debates if we should retire gendered titles of respect.
45 min
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DIY Sex Talk Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast debates if discussing sex with your child is a violation of their privacy.
45 min
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Good Riddance 2020 Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast revisits some of this year’s best Slate Plus segments.
62 min
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Holiday Hullabaloo Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast gathers the entire family around the microphone to share the hosts’ parenting fails and answer listener questions.
38 min
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I Want Better Grandparents Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast discusses what to do when a grandparent doesn't put in the effort.
32 min
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Cordially Uninvited Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast on whether you can rescind a holiday invitation if the bubble is broken.
43 min
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Spoiling Santa Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast debates how to handle a young kid being told Santa isn’t real.
46 min
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Thankful In Spite of Everything Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast on the little things that have made this year survivable.
57 min
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My Child is Obsessed With a Squash Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast debates what to do when your child finds comfort in a fruit.
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