Mom and Dad Are Fighting: The “Preschool Pomp and Circumstance” 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 New York Times reporter Pam Belluck about her series on maternal mental illness. Then, preschool graduation. Does celebrating every transition turn your kids into egomaniacs?
Other items discussed in the show:
- Pam Belluck’s New York Times articles: “Thinking of Ways to Harm Her” and “After Baby, an Unraveling.”
- Ann Heppermann’s radio piece on UNC’s postpartum depression clinic.
- An Onion article about bedtime procrastination.
- Cranks against preschool and kindergarten graduation.
Resources for maternal mental illness:
- UNC’s Center for Women’s Mood Disorders
- The New York Times’ maternal health resources list.
Mom and Dad recommend:
Allison recommends “What Keeps You Awake at Night,” Betsy Morais’ New Yorker article on how you are your own worst enemy in the battle for more shut-eye.
Dan recommends the graphic novel This One Summer by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki, about beach friends who learn a little about love and sex, but not too much.
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. Got questions that you’d like us to answer on a future episode? Call and leave us a message at 424-255-7833.