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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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You Need To Calm Down
Rebecca, Jamilah and Dan answer listener questions from a mom who wants to know if it really makes a difference whether you yell at your kids and another mom who wants to make sure she doesn’t overshare her mental health issues with her kid.
61 min
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Breast Milk Taste Test
Rebecca and Dan answer listener questions from a mom struggling with whether it’s okay to offer breast milk to her curious kid and a mom who thinks it’s uncool to be disrupted by a kid during a performance for kids.
34 min
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Birthday Parties and Birthday Suits
Rebecca. Jamilah and Dan answer listener questions from a a mom disagreeing with a father about their young boys showering with her and a mom who thinks her child’s unsupportive father shouldn’t be invited to a birthday party.
53 min
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Introducing Hang Up and Listen: Kids Play the D...
40 min
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Suburban Appropriation
Rebecca. Jamilah and Amy answer listener questions from a questioning the appropriateness of a local organization and a mom who wants her husband to be better about raising a body positive child.
50 min
481
Sponsored: It's a Playdate
25 min
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Wrap It Up
Jamilah and Dan answer listener questions from a mom who is feeling anxious about her teenager wanting to buy condoms and a co-parenting dad who has some concerns.
42 min
483
How to Be a Family Edition
A very special bonus episode about Dan’s journey around the world and his new book.
63 min
484
Back To Work and Back To School
Rebecca, Jamilah and Dan answer listener questions from a mom who is worried she won’t be able to do it all and a mom who wants to keep her parents from putting her kid into a gender box.
46 min
485
Introducing How To! With Charles Duhigg
Mom and Dad listeners, we think you'll enjoy this episode of How To! With Charles Duhigg
28 min
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Bittersweet
Rebecca, Jamilah and Faith answer listener questions from an aunt struggling to confront her niece’s traumatic experience and a non-parent that wants to be more useful to her friends with kids.
39 min
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Am I A Spoiled Brat?
Rebecca, Jamilah and Dan answer listener questions from a mom that wants her mother to be more supportive an a worried grandma who is looking for the right way to have a tough conversation with a child.
47 min
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Favorite Grandma
49 min
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EuroTrip
Jamilah and Dan answer listener questions from a mom that’s having second thoughts about a second kid and a mom whose kid wants to travel across Europe.
48 min
490
What's Up With All Those Nannies?
Rebecca, Jamilah, and Tom answer listener questions from a mom that doesn’t seem to understand the need for nannies and a mom that wants to have more inclusive birthday parties.
52 min
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Playground Beer
Dan, Rebecca, and Jamilah answer listener questions from an introverted dad who wants to raise a social kid and from atheist parents struggling with attending events at their local evangelical university.
51 min
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Exclusive Besties
The hosts answer listener questions about exclusive best friends and a kid that uses an offensive word during a fight.
50 min
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Carpool Liability Waiver
The hosts answer listener questions about a mom who has some strong concerns about their kid carpooling and a friend who’s worried that they might be overstepping.
42 min
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Fish and Candy
The hosts answer listener questions about a mom who wants to know what to do about a sort of stepson and another about a kid who’s hanging out with a kid that counts calories.
53 min
495
What's Up With Your Boyfriend?
The hosts answer listener questions about a mom who wants to know what to do about a sexist boyfriend and a mom who wants to know what to do about her kid being left out in the dark after hanging with a friend.
37 min
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Teen in Need
The hosts answer listener questions about a teen in need of some support about their sensitive mom and what to do about a little that likes dressing up as problematic princesses.
47 min
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Don't Forget Grandpa
The hosts answers listener questions about a mother who wants to ensure her kids remember their grandpa after he passes and the importance of table manners at dinner.
57 min
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Bed, Bath, and Biting Edition
The hosts answers listener questions about what to do when your kid refuses to shower and a kid that refuses to stop biting.
45 min
499
Dan Kois Returns Edition
The hosts answers listener questions about what to do with your kid that refuses everything, even the fun stuff, and another about what it even means to have siblings. We also welcome Dan Kois back to the show.
53 min
500
Pollen Prank Edition
The hosts answer a listener question about what actually matters when parenting your kid. We also say farewell to Gabe and Carvell.
58 min