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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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Going to the Zoo During Coronavirus Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast talks with a zookeeper and discusses splitting custody during a pandemic.
64 min
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The Will We Overcome Boredom Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast debates if parents should feel guilty by being bored by small children.
56 min
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The Cross Country Conundrum Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast discusses how to help a teen half a country away. Plus: How much parenting anxiety is too much?
51 min
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We Are All Homeschoolers Now Edition
On Slate’s parenting podcast, our homeschool expert gives advice on a daily schedule to keep the kids learning while you work.
56 min
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The Quarantine’s a-Comin’ Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast debates what to do if, or when, schools close due to the coronavirus.
61 min
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The All Kids, All the Time Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast debates if you can work with kids, have kids, and remain sane.
46 min
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The Hyphenation Headache Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast debates whose last name should be given to a child.
44 min
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The Trampled on the Playground Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast debates if it’s okay to tell the older kids on jungle gym to knock it off.
53 min
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The I Hate You Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast debates if one “I hate you" voids 15 million “I love you”s.
36 min
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Let Black Girls Be Girls Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast discusses how “adultification” harms black girls’ childhood.
48 min
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The Basketball Families Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast debates if a dad should quit assistant coaching the all-encompassing varsity basketball team.
64 min
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The Odd Girl Out Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast debates how a mom who loves her three sons can reconcile with still wanting a daughter.
45 min
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Already Over the Christmas Presents Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast debates whether a kid with gift remorse should get a Switch.
46 min
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Pretty White Boy Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast debates what to do when colorism affects how your teachers treat your child.
47 min
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New Year, New Us
Slate’s parenting podcast declares some 2020 parenting resolutions.
44 min
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Peek Behind the Curtain
Slate’s parenting podcast looks back at some of this year’s best Slate Plus segments.
61 min
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This Was Not in the Parenting Handbook
Slate’s parenting podcast debates whether a daughter should switch schools to be among students who look like her.
37 min
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Slate Presents: Lockdown
Living through the era of school shootings, one drill at a time.
24 min
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Candy Cane Lane
Slate’s parenting podcast debates whether a mother-in-law is stealing all the great Christmas moments with the kids.
57 min
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Home Alone
Slate’s parenting podcast debates whether kids should be left home while parents vacation in Aruba.
51 min
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Live from Miami
Slate’s parenting podcast, live on stage with Pamela Paul and Adam Mansbach.
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Whoops...A Baby!
Slate’s parenting podcast debates whether a kid should be told they were unwanted.
57 min
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Keep Your Head Above Water
Slate’s parenting podcast debates whether a reluctant swimmer should continue lessons.
46 min
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Into the Unknown
Slate’s parenting podcast dreads Elsa’s new big song in Frozen 2.
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Parent Under the Influence Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast helps a mom who finds storytime more tolerable after a few
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