Mom and Dad Are Fighting

Mom and Dad Are Fighting: The “Easy Baby Envy” Edition

Slate’s parenting podcast on those parents who have it easy and how we hate them.

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On this week’s episode, Rebecca, Carvell, and Gabe answer questions from listeners about sleeping arrangements after a separation and about envying parents who seem to be having an easier time of it. Plus: parenting triumphs and fails, recommendations, and more. And on Slate Plus this week, a third question, about a 9-year-old girl who won’t stop hugging her friends.

Recommendations:

  • Rebecca recommends Yoyoka Soma’s performance of “Good Times Bad Times” and other performances from the Hit Like a Girl contest.

  • Carvell recommends “Lovely Day” by Bill Withers.

Follow us on Facebook and email us at momanddad@slate.com to tell us what you thought of today’s show and give us ideas for what we should talk about in future episodes. Got questions that you’d like us to answer? Call and leave us a message at 424-255-7833.

Podcast produced by Benjamin Frisch.