Mom and Dad Are Fighting: The “Two Kids in a Hot Car” Edition
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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 talk to Paul Tough about his New York Times Magazine cover story, “Who Gets to Graduate” on how one school is lowering its dropout rates. Then, parenting ethics. Dan sees two kids alone in a hot car. Should he intervene? We discuss.
Other items discussed in the show:
- Jen Hatmaker’s blog post on being the worst end of school year mom ever.
- Madame C.J. Walker, the first female self-made millionaire.
- The National Weather Service and The Weather Channel on when a hot car is too hot for kids.
- TV game show Hole in the Wall.
Mom and Dad Recommend:
Allison wants everyone to read Mario Vittone’s Slate article “Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning,” which is so important that she will say no more about it.
Dan recommends the gift that every new parent will thank you for: Chux, blue absorbant underpads for the incontinent bundle of joy.
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