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On this week’s episode, How to Be a Girl host Marlo Mack joins Carvell and Gabe to answer a question from a mom whose transgender son wants to start taking testosterone over his father’s objections, and another from two parents who want to know whether they can leave their 18-month-old alone in the house in the middle of the night. And on Slate Plus this week, Sam Adams shares a pop-music parenting triumph.
Recommendations:
- Gabe recommends the Busy, Busy Airport Game.
- Carvell recommends getting a cheap Nintendo Wii and Wii Sports Resort.
- Marlo recommends: I Am Jazz, It’s OK to Sparkle, A Girl Like Any Other, My Princess Boy, and Who Are You? The Kid’s Guide to Gender Identity.
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Podcast produced by Benjamin Frisch.