Slate’s parenting podcast debates healthy eating habits and how to address anxiety.

Plenty of parents hold their kindergarten-aged kid back a year. Is the pandemic an OK reason?

Homeschool and learning pods may be the safest option for your family. But is it socially responsible?

For employees with kids, scrapping the 40-hour work week might be the key to surviving the pandemic.

A candid discussion with four teachers about how they’re really feeling about the 2020 school year.

Slate’s parenting podcast debates preventing a little escapee from taking off again.

Slate’s parenting podcast debates a 3-year-old's bathroom logic.

Slate’s parenting podcast debates if it’s wrong to enjoy the spoils of grandparent babysitting when other grandkids are left out.

Slate’s parenting podcast discusses race, equity, and police violence.

Slate’s parenting podcast discusses parenthood, quarantine comedy, and Birbiglia’s new book.

Slate’s parenting podcast discusses age-appropriate news sources for kids.

Slate’s parenting podcast discusses the new Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo—yes, that Elmo.

Slate’s parenting podcast debates if you should force your senior to celebrate graduation.

Slate’s parenting podcast debates if pretend violence should be stopped.

Slate’s parenting podcast debates if you should finally attempt an at-home haircut.

Slate’s parenting podcast revisits quarantine bubbles with an epidemiologist and discusses wild LEGO builds with Boone Langston of LEGO Masters.

Slate’s parenting podcast debates forming quarantine pacts and interacting with imaginary friends.

Slate’s parenting podcast debates how a dad who doesn’t enjoy pretend play can occupy his 3-year-old.

Slate’s parenting podcast talks with a zookeeper and discusses splitting custody during a pandemic.

Slate’s parenting podcast debates if parents should feel guilty by being bored by small children.

Slate’s parenting podcast discusses how to help a teen half a country away. Plus: How much parenting anxiety is too much?

On Slate’s parenting podcast, our homeschool expert gives advice on a daily schedule to keep the kids learning while you work.

Slate’s parenting podcast debates what to do if, or when, schools close due to the coronavirus.

Slate’s parenting podcast debates if you can work with kids, have kids, and remain sane.

Slate’s parenting podcast debates whose last name should be given to a child.

Slate’s parenting podcast debates if it’s okay to tell the older kids on jungle gym to knock it off.

Slate’s parenting podcast debates if one “I hate you" voids 15 million “I love you”s.

Slate’s parenting podcast discusses how “adultification” harms black girls’ childhood.

Slate’s parenting podcast debates if a dad should quit assistant coaching the all-encompassing varsity basketball team.

Slate’s parenting podcast debates how a mom who loves her three sons can reconcile with still wanting a daughter.

Slate’s parenting podcast debates whether a kid with gift remorse should get a Switch.

Slate’s parenting podcast debates what to do when colorism affects how your teachers treat your child.

Slate’s parenting podcast declares some 2020 parenting resolutions.

Slate’s parenting podcast looks back at some of this year’s best Slate Plus segments.

Slate’s parenting podcast debates whether a daughter should switch schools to be among students who look like her.

Living through the era of school shootings, one drill at a time.

Slate’s parenting podcast debates whether a mother-in-law is stealing all the great Christmas moments with the kids.

Slate’s parenting podcast debates whether kids should be left home while parents vacation in Aruba.

Slate’s parenting podcast, live on stage with Pamela Paul and Adam Mansbach.

Slate’s parenting podcast debates whether a kid should be told they were unwanted.

Slate’s parenting podcast debates whether a reluctant swimmer should continue lessons.

Slate’s parenting podcast dreads Elsa’s new big song in Frozen 2.

Slate’s parenting podcast helps a mom who finds storytime more tolerable after a few

Rebecca, Jamilah and Dan answer listener questions from a mom who wants to better deal with her kid’s identity and a dad who is insisting his kid learn to drive.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A very special bonus episode about Dan’s journey around the world and his new book.

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.

Mom and Dad listeners, we think you'll enjoy this episode of How To! With Charles Duhigg

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The hosts answer listener questions about exclusive best friends and a kid that uses an offensive word during a fight.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The hosts answers listener questions about what to do when your kid refuses to shower and a kid that refuses to stop biting.

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.

The hosts answer a listener question about what actually matters when parenting your kid. We also say farewell to Gabe and Carvell.

Gabe and Carvell interview podcaster and author Theresa Thorn about her upcoming picture book, It Feels Good To Be Yourself: A Book about Gender Identity and answer a listener question about a narcissistic theatre teacher.

Gabe, Carvell, and Rebecca answer a listener question about what to tell your kids when you’re getting a divorce but staying in the same home.

Dan, Carvell, and Rebecca interview Darcy Lockman, author of All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers and the Myth of Equal Partnership, about her article in The New York Times, “What ‘Good’ Dads Get Away With,” and we answer a listener question about what to do about a mean teenager.

Gabe and Rebecca answer listener questions on what to do after you discover your kid isn’t a child prodigy and how to get your teen to maybe surf waves instead of the internet.

Ruth, Gabe, and Carvell answer listener questions on when to consider getting a vasectomy and how to make sure your kid doesn’t become obsessed with their looks.

Rebecca, Gabe, and Carvell answer listener questions on how to set rules for adults at a one-year old’s birthday party and what to do when parents project their childhood traumas onto to their kids.

Rebecca, Gabe, and Carvell answer listener questions about when to limit a five year old’s Batman intake and if parents should settle for second best when it comes to kid car seats.

Rebecca, Gabe, and Carvell answer listener questions about communicating with an ex-spouse's family after divorce and what to do about challenges between a stepdad and kid.

Rebecca, Gabe, and guest host Katherine answer listener questions about putting the pressure on your kid after getting into a prestige school and solutions on getting your kids to play nice with each other.

Rebecca, Gabe, and Carvell answer listener questions about the looming fear of talking with your kid about death and if it's okay if your ten year-old is into Amy Winehouse and other adult things.

Rebecca and Isaac talk with the authors of the book Pressure Cooker: Why Home Cooking Won't Solve Our Problems and What We Can Do About It and answer a listener question about placing your kids in a religious pre-school.

Gabriel Roth, Rebecca Lavoie, and Carvell Wallace discuss follow-up to the piña colada censorship story, husbands that break promises, estranged fathers, and more.

Gabriel Roth, Rebecca Lavoie, and Carvell Wallace discuss temporary visiting dog fails, teacher's strikes, doll-related crime scenes, bedwetting at science camp, and husbands in need of encouragement.

Decoder Ring is Slate's culture documentary show and this month they have an episode on a subject of special interest to Mom and Dad Are Fighting listeners: Baby Shark.

Gabriel Roth, Carvell Wallace, and Rebecca Lavoie are joined by Katherine Goldstein to talk about her brand new podcast The Double Shift, a show about working mothers.

Gabriel Roth, Rebecca Lavoie, and Carvell Wallace discuss a trio of parenting fails, a really tough question about telling your kid that her dad isn't her biological dad, and another about a kid that has to be winning at all times.

Rebecca Lavoie and Carvell Wallace receive a transmission direct from the scene of a temper tantrum, and discuss a question about telling your kids about estranged parents. Plus, learn which member of the Lavoie household is officially a narc.

Gabriel Roth, Rebecca Lavoie, and Carvell Wallace discuss Gabe's greatest-of-all-time parenting triumph, opening up to your kids, making it to year sixteen, whether divorced parents have it easier, and the anxiety of being an older parent.

Rebecca Lavoie, Carvell Wallace, and Gabriel Roth discuss picky eaters with The Sporkful's Dan Pashman, a listener question about kids and creative problem solving, "Triumphs and Fails" and recommendations.

Rebecca Lavoie, Carvell Wallace, and Isaac Butler discuss tyrannical grandmas, musical bribery, triumphs and fails, recommendations, and more.

Gabriel Roth hosts a cultivated selection of some favorite Slate Plus segments to ring in the new year, featuring Rebecca Lavoie, Carvell Wallace, Allison Benedikt, and Isaac Butler.

Gabriel Roth, Rebecca Lavoie, and Carvell Wallace are prompted by a Washington Post series of three stories about raising boys in the #MeToo era to discuss teenagers, modern masculinity, "the friend zone", and more.

Rebecca Lavoie, Carvell Wallace, and Gabriel Roth discuss the role of step parents, and their relationships to the birth parents of their step-kids.

On this week’s episode, Carvell and Gabe discuss an accidental dirty joke fail while getting a Christmas tree and a rare bureaucratic triumph.

Rebecca Lavoie, Carvell Wallace, and Gabriel Roth discuss whether to confront an overprotective daycare, how to make sure your kids aren't "the mean ones", Triumphs and Fails, "endorsements" and more.

Carvell, Rebecca, and Gabe are joined by Noel Murray to discuss Slate’s new package on family games: the best, the worst, and more, including Rebecca’s spirited defense of the game Clue.

Gabriel Roth, Carvell Wallace, and Mary Harris discuss Gabe's annual Autumn Sing fail, Carvell's new job as a PA on his son's film, Mary's daughter's competitive , Nerf Gun Christmas gifts, and more.