Mom and Dad Are Fighting

Mom and Dad Are Fighting: The “Professionalized Childhood” Edition

Slate’s parenting podcast on what to do when your kid doesn’t like to do anything.

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On this week’s episode, Rebecca, Carvell, and Gabe answer questions from a mother whose 4-year-old is kind of an asshole, and another whose 8-year-old doesn’t want to do any activities. Plus: parenting triumphs and fails, recommendations, and more. And on Slate Plus this week, Allison Benedikt joins to share a recent pinewood derby catastrophe.

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Podcast produced by Benjamin Frisch.