On this week’s episode: Elizabeth and Dan answer a letter from a mother who worries that her 8-year-old daughter may be reading books that aren’t age-appropriate.

Then, they share some tips with a listener who wonders if potty training right before vacation is a good idea. 

In Slate Plus: The super-moms set to compete in the Tokyo Olympics.

Thanks to Goodnight World for their support. 

Recommendations:

Elizabeth recommends GLOPLAY, a glow-in-the-dark sticker company for your kids, or for you! 

Dan recommends reading any book by Patrick deWitt.

Join us on Facebook and email us at [email protected] to ask us new questions, tell us what you thought of today’s show, and give us ideas about what we should talk about in future episodes. 

Podcast produced by Morgan Flannery. 

Hosts 

Elizabeth Newcamp is a co-host of Mom and Dad Are Fighting. She's a traveling mother of three boys who chronicles her misadventures at Dutch, Dutch, Goose.

Dan Kois is an editor and writer at Slate. He’s the author of How to Be a Family and the co-author of The World Only Spins Forward.

Jamilah Lemieux is a writer, cultural critic, and communications strategist based in Brooklyn, New York.

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