Mom and Dad Are Fighting: Wrap It Up Edition

Slate’s parenting podcast helps a mom who is freaking about her teen asking for condoms.

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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Hosts

Dan Kois is an editor and writer at Slate. He’s the author of How to Be a Family and the co-author of The World Only Spins Forward.
Jamilah Lemieux is a writer, cultural critic, and communications strategist based in Brooklyn, New York.

Episode Notes

On this week’s episode, 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. As usual, we share our triumphs and fails and offer up some recommendations. For Slate Plus, Dan reads his essay “On Whining,” from his book How to Be a Family. Sign up for Slate Plus here.

Recommendations:

Dan recommends the carnivore compromise, the Impossible Burger.

Jamilah recommends the children’s book, C Is for Consent.

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Podcast produced by Jess Jupiter.