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: 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.

Mom and Dad Are Fighting: The “Toddler Rabies” Edition

Slate’s parenting podcast goes live to a temper tantrum in progress.

Mom and Dad Are Fighting: The “Pesto in a Tub” Edition

Slate’s parenting podcast on the pros of divorced parenting and older parents.

Mom and Dad Are Fighting: The “This Job Sucks” Edition

Slate’s parenting podcast on writing struggles and unattended teens.

Mom and Dad Are Fighting: The “Grandma Inception” Edition

Slate’s parenting podcast on the science and shame of picky eating.

Mom and Dad Are Fighting: The “Accidental Beauties” Edition

Slate’s parenting podcast on tyrannical grandmas and musical bribery.

Mom and Dad Are Fighting: The “Behind the Velvet Rope” Edition

Slate’s parenting podcast revisits some of their favorite Slate Plus segments.

Mom and Dad Are Fighting: The “Friend Zone” Edition

Slate’s parenting podcast on raising boys after #MeToo.

Mom and Dad Are Fighting: The “Time Is My Co-Parent” Edition

Slate’s parenting podcast on stepparenting etiquette.