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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 Scott Sampson, the host of Dinosaur Train, about how to get your kids outside and appreciating the natural world. Then, Elissa Strauss joins the show to discuss her piece on the hardships of summer on low-income families. Plus, a listener call from a nanny, and parenting triumphs and fails.
This week on Slate Plus, we talk about being the new kid at school.
Items discussed in the show:
- How to Raise a Wild Child: The Art and Science of Falling in Love with Nature by Scott D. Sampson
- Dinosaur Train on PBS
- Scott Sampson’s website
- “The Lost Summer” by Elissa Strauss, which was originally published on Longreads and will be republished by Slate this week.
- National Association for Year-Round Education
Mom and Dad recommend:
Allison recommends Hey, Little Ant by Phillip M. Hoose and Hannah Hoose with illustrations by Debbie Tilley.
Dan recommends the game Say Anything Family Edition.
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Podcast produced by Ann Heppermann. Our intern is Jessie Chasan-Taber.
