Mom and Dad Are Fighting

Parenting advice from Slate.

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About the Show

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

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Quitting Kindergarten

Slate’s parenting podcast debates handling a new student who doesn’t want to pay attention to her virtual lessons.

What’s for Lunch?

Healthy, easy lunches that your kids can serve themselves.

The Fluid Fashion Edition

Slate’s parenting podcast discusses how to support a young boy who wants to wear a girl’s swimsuit.

Before Bullying Begins

How to prepare your kids to respond if bullying occurs and avoid becoming bullies themselves.

Gap Year Guidance

Slate’s parenting podcast debates if the pandemic is actually the perfect time to take a gap year.

The Lazy Parent’s Survival Guide

How to get your kids to accomplish their homework efficiently, without an abundance of parent intervention.

College Campus Conundrum

Slate’s parenting podcast debates the cost of schools changing their plans for in-person instruction.

Talk to the Teacher

What’s the best way to form a working relationship with your kid’s teacher?

Radical Rabbit Hole

Slate’s parenting podcast debates what to do if political pundits are influencing your teen.

Study Sanctuary

How can parents create a distraction-free learning environment for their kids?

Calorie-Counting Grandma

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

Should You Redshirt Your Kindergartner?

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

So … You Want to Be a Home-Schooler?

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

Bosslady in Crisis Edition

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

The Teacher Roundtable Edition

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

The Toddler On the Run Edition

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

Goes Right Through Him Edition

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

Grandma Has a Favorite Edition

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

Talk to Your Kids About Racism Edition

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

Visit From Mike Birbiglia Edition

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