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Jamilah Lemieux, Zak Rosen, and Elizabeth Newcamp share triumphs and fails and offer advice on parenting kids from toddler to teens.

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On this episode: a listener worries that her house is too chaotic — and not fancy enough — to impress her book club. Zak, Jamilah and Elizabeth offer reassurance… and ideas for snacks. They also go over their week in ...

Mom and Dad Are Fighting | Slate's parenting show episodes:

06.08.2023 I Don’t Want to Be the “Poor Mom” in My Book Club On this episode: a listener worries that her house is too chaotic — and not fancy enough — to impress her book club. Zak, Jamilah and Elizabeth offer reassurance… and ideas for snacks. They also go over their week in ...
06.05.2023 Daily Dad Wisdom On this episode: Zak Rosen talks with author and philosopher, Ryan Holiday, about his new book, The Daily Dad: 366 Meditations on Parenting, Love, and Raising Great Kids. Elizabeth Newcamp and Jamilah Lemieux join to go over recommendations and to ...
06.01.2023 The Popular Girl Wants My Son. He Doesn’t Know How to Turn Her Down. On this episode: Elizabeth, Zak and Jamilah help a listener whose middle schooler is being asked to hang out with the popular kids… and he’s worried that there’s a catch. They also go over their week in triumphs and fails ...
05.29.2023 How To Raise Kids in a Nation Full of Guns From our friends at Slate's How To!: Guns are now the leading cause of death for children in America. Each tragedy can be visceral, whether it’s in your community or across the country. And it’s especially heartbreaking when your kid ...
05.25.2023 Why Do We Need The Tooth Fairy? On this episode: Jamilah Lemieux and Zak Rosen are joined by Willa Paskin, host of Slate’s Decoder Ring. The three talk about the beauty of weird little rituals, and help a listener through her ick of tooth fairy-ing. Listen to ...
05.22.2023 Creating Your Perfect Family On this episode: Jamilah Lemieux, Zak Rosen and guest host Maribel Quezada Smith advise a couple who have one kid. They thought they were a ‘one and done’ family but they’re feeling the pressure of the biological clock and now ...
05.18.2023 My Toddler Licks Literally Everything On this episode: Jamilah Lemieux, Zak Rosen and guest host Maribel Quezada Smith help a listener whose toddler will. not. stop. licking. things. Is it just a phase, or can our listener redirect that desire to explore? We also tackle ...
05.15.2023 Desperately Missing Work On this episode: Zak Rosen, Elizabeth Newcamp and Jamilah Lemieux tackle a heartbreaking listener letter from a mom who longs for her career. But it’s currently being overshadowed by her kids' needs and a system that isn’t built for working ...
05.11.2023 Reading Rituals You (and Your Kids) Will Love On this episode: Zak Rosen, Elizabeth Newcamp, and Jamilah Lemieux brainstorm some ideas for a parent who is mourning the loss of ‘read aloud’ time with her kid. They also discuss their week in parenting and what’s on the docket ...
05.08.2023 Preventing Potty Problems On this episode: Elizabeth Newcamp, Jamilah Lemieux, and Zak Rosen answer a question about a little boy who was mostly potty trained but now is having daily accidents. They’re joined by Dr. Christine Stephenson, a pediatric physical therapist who specializes ...
05.04.2023 Let Kids Eat Cake On this episode: Jamilah Lemieux sits down with journalist Virginia Sole-Smith to discuss her new book, Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture. This conversation is a special collaboration with Slate’s The Waves podcast. Virginia talks about the ...
05.01.2023 Middle School Magic On this episode: Elizabeth talks with Chris Balme, author of Finding the Magic In Middle School. He explains what drives tweens, why this period is fundamentally different than high school, and how to guide them through this transition. Jamilah, Zak, ...
04.27.2023 Mysterious Gifts From an Estranged Mother-In-Law On this episode: Zak, Jamilah, and Elizabeth answer a question from a listener with an estranged mother-in-law who has a habit of sending gifts to her grandchildren accompanied by mean notes for her kids. But the issue has reached a ...
04.24.2023 Mealtime Meltdowns On this episode: Zak, Jamilah, and Elizabeth advise a listener who is fed up with her partner’s picky eating. His preferences have made it nearly impossible to meal prep, which he doesn’t help with. On top of that, he’s taken ...
04.20.2023 Too ‘Touched Out’ For Sex On this episode: Zak, Jamilah, and Elizabeth answer a question from an exhausted parent of two little kids. She is tired and ‘touched out.’ It has left her wanting to scale back physical intimacy on multiple levels but especially sex. ...
04.17.2023 Giving Up Our Family Dog On this episode: Elizabeth, Jamilah, and Zak answer a question from a family who has a very sick dog. The dog, who is two, has been experiencing chronic health issues and requires more care than the mom and her two ...
04.13.2023 Busting "Gentle Parenting" Myths On this episode: Elizabeth, Jamilah, and Zak are joined by Natasha Nelson, who is known as Supernova Momma, to discuss positive parenting. Natasha explains what positive discipline actually entails, how to realistically use the approach, and what people misunderstand about ...
04.10.2023 My Husband Isn’t Helping Out With Childcare. I’m Overwhelmed. On this episode: Jamilah, Zak, and Elizabeth answer a question from an overwhelmed listener who is doing most of the childcare and housework for her family. Her husband isn’t helping out and is citing his ADHD as the reason why. ...
04.06.2023 Body Shamed By a 6-Year-Old On this episode: Jamilah, Zak, and Elizabeth answer a question about a six year old who asked his aunt why her belly is so big. The question surfaced some body image issues for our listener and she was left feeling ...
04.03.2023 Gender-Affirming Care For Kids On this episode: Zak and Jamilah are joined by Evan Urquhart. Evan covers anti-trans propaganda on Assigned Media, writes for Slate, and manages Slate’s comments section. Today we’re going to be talking with Evan about his recent piece, There Are ...
03.30.2023 How to Foster Teens On this episode: Zak and Jamilah are joined by Evan Urquhart. Evan manages Slate’s comments section, covers anti-trans propaganda on assignedmedia.org, and has experience fostering teens, which will be extraordinarily useful for today’s questions. We recently got two letters from ...
03.27.2023 The Surprising Way Video Games Are Good for Kids On this episode: Jamilah, Elizabeth and Zak talk about their experience with video games — and then Elizabeth speaks with Ash Brandin, also known as @TheGamerEducator, about their tips for parenting young gamers. Then the hosts issue recommendations, and respond ...
03.23.2023 Miles Apart On this episode: Elizabeth, Jamilah, and Zak help a listener who is having a family travel dilemma. The letter writer is wondering how to handle retired in-laws who live far away, while balancing full-time work, pets, and a child who ...
03.20.2023 Teaching Kids to Lie On this episode: Elizabeth, Jamilah, and Zak first answer a question about teaching a blunt kid to hold their tongue, for the sake of a friendship. Then they tackle a question about pets being underfoot now that there is a ...
03.18.2023 How To!: Face Your Kid’s Future On this bonus episode from our friends at Slate's How To! podcast—Keith prides himself on being a good dad to his three sons. But in a post-pandemic world with looming student debt and uncertain opportunities, the future can be really ...
03.16.2023 Birthday On a Budget On this episode: Elizabeth, Jamilah, and Zak help a listener who is worried her kid’s backyard birthday party won’t compete with the other kids’ extravagant parties. They come up with some budget-friendly ideas for creating an awesome birthday celebration. Then ...
03.13.2023 Swear Jar For a 6-Year-Old On this episode: Elizabeth, Jamilah and Zak help a listener whose six-year-old has started telling them “f*ck you.” Swearing is allowed in their house but this feels pointed and categorically different than a casual curse. How can they curb the ...
03.09.2023 My Daughter Wants to Convert to Islam. I'm Worried She Just Wants Attention. On this episode: Elizabeth, Jamilah, and Zak answer a listener letter about a preteen who is interested in converting to Islam. Her parents are supportive and have offered opportunities to explore the faith. But instead of starting with learning more ...
03.06.2023 Are Toddler Leashes OK? On this episode: Elizabeth and Jamilah are joined by Lizzie O’Leary, host of Slate’s What Next: TBD. First up—when (if ever) are toddler leashes OK? Then they discuss In my work I see tragedy daily and think: someone worked so ...
03.04.2023 The Waves: Are “Cool Moms” A Menace? On this bonus episode from our friends at The Waves, Slate senior editor Rebecca Onion is joined by NPR political reporter Danielle Kurtzleben to unpack all the fears that come with pending motherhood. They unpack Danielle’s brilliant Substack piece, “A ...
03.02.2023 I Want Mom. Not Dad. On this episode: Elizabeth and Jamilah are joined by Lizzie O’Leary, host of Slate’s What Next: TBD. They help a mom whose toddler has practically become her shadow. He cries whenever his dad is caring for him and it’s made ...
02.27.2023 Mixing God and Gatorade In Youth Sports On this episode: Elizabeth and Jamilah are joined by friend of the show, Travis Nichols. Travis is a writer and editor from Georgia and recently wrote an interesting piece about his experience trying to find a youth basketball league for ...
02.23.2023 Too Many Toddler Germs On this episode: Elizabeth, Zak, and Jamilah dish about traveling with kids (featuring forgotten carseats and a TSA scramble), searching for love, and appreciating your kids for the wonderfully unique people they are. They also answer two listener questions. The ...
02.20.2023 Dear Prudence: My Partner Might Be in Conversion Therapy. Help! On this bonus episode from our friends at Slate's newly returned Dear Prudence podcast: Slate’s Prudie (Jenée Desmond-Harris ) is on the mic answering questions about conversion therapy, awkward friends, and more. Slate’s own Nadira Goffe joins to lend her ...
02.16.2023 Should We Stop Celebrating at School? On this episode: Zak, Jamilah, and Elizabeth debrief from their week in parenting. Which included lost teeth, a mental health day, and a ski tantrum. Then they commiserate with a parent who is fed up with rigmarole around school holidays. ...
02.13.2023 Should You Stay Together For the Kids? On this episode: Elizabeth, Jamilah, and Zak help a parent who seems like she wants to split from her partner. But she’s worried that if she leaves and ends up splitting custody, their son isn’t going to be well cared ...
02.09.2023 Stopping After School Squabbles On this episode: Elizabeth, Jamilah, and Zak help a dad referee (and ultimately avoid) after school arguments between his six year old and three year old. They also talk about tangly hair, the ‘snuggle stage,’ and becoming overwhelmed when your ...
02.06.2023 How Schools Failed the Reading Test On this episode: We’re going to be talking about why so many kids (and adults) have a difficult time reading. As Emily Hanford, host of Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong, discovered—some US schools are ...
02.02.2023 Putting Nighttime Worries to Bed On this episode: Jamilah, Zak, and Elizabeth help a little girl who has been having racing thoughts at bedtime. She’s gone through a lot of change recently and her step-mom is trying to help her process her anxieties, which tend ...
01.30.2023 Heartbreak on the Horizon On this episode: Zak and Jamilah are joined by Carvell Wallace, former MADAF co-host and new co-host of Slate’s How To! podcast. Up first, they help a teen that is potentially facing his first heartbreak. The girl he’s been hanging ...
01.26.2023 To Snitch or Not to Snitch: Shoplifting Edition On this episode: Zak and Jamilah are joined by former MADAF co-host and new co-host of Slate’s How To! podcast, Carvell Wallace. They dive into some tricky triumphs and fails about independence, maturity, and making end’s meet. They then answer ...
01.23.2023 No, You Can’t Marry Your Mom On this episode: Elizabeth, Jamilah, and Zak answer a question about a princess-obsessed little girl who keeps asking if she can marry her mom. The mom finds it sweet but doesn’t know how to respond. Recommendations: Jamilah: Vintage Contemporaries by ...
01.19.2023 Shame On You Too On this episode: Elizabeth, Jamilah, and Zak catch up on their week in parenting—which includes a lunchbox meltdown, a terrible board game, and bribing a kid to verbalize his emotions. Then they talk about parent shaming and share some wild ...
01.16.2023 Summer, Already?!? On this episode: Jamilah, Zak, and Elizabeth do a hard pivot from winter break to summer break. They help a new parent who wants to know how she should best structure the summer for her kid and herself. They also ...
01.12.2023 Partying Like an Introvert On this episode: Jamilah, Zak, and Elizabeth tackle a question about an introverted seven-year-old. She gets along with her classmates and is invited to parties but once she arrives, she keeps to herself. Her parents want to make sure she’s ...
01.09.2023 Can I Tell Someone They’re Parenting Wrong? On this episode: We dig into our overflowing mailbox and read some delightful letters about fourth grade weddings, emergency entertainment, and more! Then Zak, Jamilah, and Elizabeth advise a listener who is uncomfortable with how her friends parent their child. ...
01.05.2023 Breaking the Bad Word Habit On this episode: Zak, Jamilah, and Elizabeth catch up on their eventful winter travel—including a trip to Las Vegas that “ruined” one of the kid’s childhood. Then they offer advice to a listener who doesn’t know what else to do. ...
12.29.2022 The 'Best-Of' Bonanza On this episode: Our favorite Plus segments of 2022. Jamilah, Elizabeth, Zak, and guest-hosts relive the funniest places they’ve been lost and the scary moments where they left their own kids behind, debate the merits of automated strollers, feel triumphant ...
12.26.2022 Working Overtime: Balancing Parenthood With Creative Work On this bonus episode from our friends at Slate's Working podcast: host Karen Han poses a listener’s question to co-host Isaac Butler about how to be a parent and how to remain a creative person. They ponder the challenges of ...
12.22.2022 2022 Holiday Party On this episode: Our annual holiday party. We’ve gathered the MADAF kids around the mic and they finally get a chance to share how they think their parents are doing. They do a round of triumphs and fails, play a ...

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Mom and Dad Are Fighting | Slate's parenting show

What's Mom and Dad Are Fighting | Slate's parenting show about?

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Mom and Dad Are Fighting | Slate's parenting show episodes:

I Don’t Want to Be the “Poor Mom” in My Book Club

Daily Dad Wisdom

The Popular Girl Wants My Son. He Doesn’t Know How to Turn Her Down.

How To Raise Kids in a Nation Full of Guns

Why Do We Need The Tooth Fairy?

Creating Your Perfect Family

My Toddler Licks Literally Everything

Desperately Missing Work

Reading Rituals You (and Your Kids) Will Love

Preventing Potty Problems

Let Kids Eat Cake

Middle School Magic

Mysterious Gifts From an Estranged Mother-In-Law

Mealtime Meltdowns

Too ‘Touched Out’ For Sex

Giving Up Our Family Dog

Busting "Gentle Parenting" Myths

My Husband Isn’t Helping Out With Childcare. I’m Overwhelmed.

Body Shamed By a 6-Year-Old

Gender-Affirming Care For Kids

How to Foster Teens

The Surprising Way Video Games Are Good for Kids

Miles Apart

Teaching Kids to Lie

How To!: Face Your Kid’s Future

Birthday On a Budget

Swear Jar For a 6-Year-Old

My Daughter Wants to Convert to Islam. I'm Worried She Just Wants Attention.

Are Toddler Leashes OK?

The Waves: Are “Cool Moms” A Menace?

I Want Mom. Not Dad.

Mixing God and Gatorade In Youth Sports

Too Many Toddler Germs

Dear Prudence: My Partner Might Be in Conversion Therapy. Help!

Should We Stop Celebrating at School?

Should You Stay Together For the Kids?

Stopping After School Squabbles

How Schools Failed the Reading Test

Putting Nighttime Worries to Bed

Heartbreak on the Horizon

To Snitch or Not to Snitch: Shoplifting Edition

No, You Can’t Marry Your Mom

Shame On You Too

Summer, Already?!?

Partying Like an Introvert

Can I Tell Someone They’re Parenting Wrong?

Breaking the Bad Word Habit

The 'Best-Of' Bonanza

Working Overtime: Balancing Parenthood With Creative Work

2022 Holiday Party