Mom and Dad Are Fighting

Parenting advice from Slate.

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About the Show

Rebecca Lavoie, Jamilah Lemieux, and Dan Kois share triumphs and fails and offer advice on parenting kids from toddler to teens.

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Mom and Dad Are Fighting: Teen in Need Edition

Slate’s parenting podcast advises a teen in need of some advice for their sensitive mom and a mom worried about the privilege of princess dress-up.

Mom and Dad Are Fighting: Don’t Forget Grandpa Edition

Slate’s parenting podcast on helping kids remember a beloved grandparent after he’s gone.

Mom and Dad Are Fighting: Bed, Bath, and Biting Edition

Slate’s parenting podcast answers listener questions about biting cousins and kids against baths.

Mom and Dad Are Fighting: The Dan Kois Returns Edition

Slate’s parenting podcast advises a parent whose kid won’t do anything. Plus: What’s the deal with siblings?

Mom and Dad Are Fighting: Pollen Prank Edition

What really matters in parenting anyway?

Mom and Dad Are Fighting: Theatrical Charlatan Edition

Slate’s parenting podcast on a picture book about gender identity and the dangers of youth theater.

Mom and Dad Are Fighting: Violating the Uber Pool Code Edition

Slate’s parenting podcast on what to tell your kids when you’re getting a divorce but staying in the same home.

Mom and Dad Are Fighting: Washing Dishes on an Infomercial Edition

Slate’s parenting podcast on gender imbalance in household work, plus a listener question about a mean teen.

Mom and Dad Are Fighting: Stupid Box Edition

Slate’s parenting podcast discusses what to do when you find out your kid is neither gifted nor talented.

Mom and Dad Are Fighting: The “On the Table” Edition

Slate’s parenting podcast on toddlers’ beauty obsessions and when to get a vasectomy.

Mom and Dad Are Fighting: The Frank Edition

Slate’s parenting podcast on how to stop yourself from projecting your issues onto to your kids.

Mom and Dad Are Fighting: The “Teenager Under the Bed” Edition

Slate’s parenting podcast tackles the Batman problem and asks whether a car seat can be too safe.

Mom and Dad Are Fighting: The “Preschool Nemesis” Edition

Slate’s parenting podcast talks about blended family conflicts and staying in touch with your former in-laws after a divorce.

Mom and Dad Are Fighting: The “Ages 10 and Up” Edition

Slate’s parenting podcast on play dates and private schools.

Mom and Dad Are Fighting: The “Make the Chicken Dance” Edition

Slate’s parenting podcast talks about exposing your kids to adult culture and telling them about death.

Mom and Dad Are Fighting: Free Lunch Edition

Slate’s parenting podcast talks religious preschools and family dinners.

Mom and Dad Are Fighting: The “Broken Promises” Edition

Slate’s parenting podcast talks estranged dads and unreliable husbands.

Mom and Dad Are Fighting: The “CSI: American Girl Doll” Edition

Slate’s parenting podcast talks bed wetting and needy dads.

Mom and Dad Are Fighting: The “Do You Like Piña Coladas?” Edition

Slate’s parenting podcast talks working mothers and keeping secrets.

Mom and Dad Are Fighting: The “Marching Band Clown Pants” Edition

Slate’s parenting podcast scores a rare triple fail.