Mom and Dad Are Fighting: The “Don’t Be Bossy” Edition
Listen to Slate’s parenting podcast about the revised SAT and Sheryl Sandberg’s “ban bossy” campaign.
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In this week’s edition of Slate’s parenting podcast Mom and Dad Are Fighting, Slate editors Allison Benedikt and Dan Kois interview Todd Balf, author of an excellent New York Times Magazine piece on the story behind the revised SAT, and debate the merits of Sheryl Sandberg’s new campaign to ban the word “bossy.”
Other items discussed in the show:
- Katy Waldman’s suggestion to reclaim, not ban, the word “bossy.”
- Hanna Rosin’s book, The End of Men: And the Rise of Women.
Mom and Dad recommend:
Dan took his daughters to see a Story Pirates show, and loved it. (The show featured our awesome producer, Chris Wade, who Dan also recommends.)
Allison suggests checking out the “Classic Starts” series of children’s books, which features classic stories, slightly modified (and with illustrations!) to appeal to younger kids. She wants to read The Secret Garden to her kids next.
Email us at momanddad@slate.com to tell us what you thought of today’s show and give us ideas for what we should cover in the next edition. And if you have a question you'd like Allison and Dan to answer on the air, leave a voice mail at (424) 255-RUDE.