Gabriel Roth, Rebecca Lavoie, and Carvell Wallace discuss how to lie to your child to avoid explaining the death of a cartoon bull, the absurd expectations of school play attendance, and more. Plus, listener questions about how to potty train without ruining your children, how to deal with holiday logistics in divorced families, and as always “Triumphs and Fails” and recommendations.
Recommendations:
- Rebecca recommends The Lego Visual Dictionaries.
- Gabe recommends two books by David Wiesner, Flotsom and Tuesday.
- Carvell recommends the young adult novel Where the Streets Had a Name by Randa Abdel-Fattah.
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Podcast produced by Benjamin Frisch.
