Dear Prudence: My Stepson is a Liar and Attention Seeker. Help!

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Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

We’re still enjoying the last dregs of the holiday season — but we thought C&F listeners might love to hear Zak’s recent appearance on another advice show you might’ve heard of. Guest Prudie Kristen Meinzer is joined by Zak Rosen, who co-hosts Slate’s Care & Feeding parenting podcast – and doles out his own advice on The Best Advice Show. Together, they answer letters from a listener concerned their step son is turning into an attention seeking drama queen, a cancer patient whose husband is turning resentful after taking on primary caretaking duties, and a couple concerned with making new friends post-retirement. Want more Dear Prudence? Subscribe to Slate Plus to immediately unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Or, visit slate.com/prudie-plus to get access wherever you listen. Dear Prudence is produced by Maura Currie, Daisy Rosario, Vic Whitley-Berry, and Anuli Ononye. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Trevor, are you ready?
0:01.8	Ready.
0:02.7	It's time to seize it.
0:04.9	Yes, let's seize it.
0:07.7	Seize what exactly?
0:09.4	Seize the sale at Argos and save on thousands of products from furniture to electricals.
0:13.6	Shop now.
0:14.4	There's more.
0:15.1	Got it.
0:15.6	To Argos.
0:16.5	Offers on 21st of January subject to availability and selected stores and Argos.com.
0:19.5	Hi, Karen Feeding listeners. This is Mora, the show's producer. We're back on our normal
0:24.1	production schedule as of next week, but today we thought it would be fun to share Zach's recent
0:28.3	appearance on another slate advice show that you might know, Dear Prudence. As always, Zach gave
0:33.5	some really thoughtful and kind advice, and we think Karen feeding listeners will love it.
0:38.3	If you're not subscribed to the Dear Prudence podcast, go ahead and do that wherever you listen.
0:42.4	We'll be back in your feeds on Monday with one more rerun.
0:45.3	I promise it's a good one.
0:46.3	And then we're back on our normal schedule, delivering you advice, stories, and expert opinions on all things parenting for 2025.
0:53.8	So without further ado, here's Zach on Dear Prudence.
1:00.7	Welcome to Dear Prudence. I'm your guest Prudence, Kristen Mineser. Today we'll be answering
1:08.0	questions from a listener concerned their stepson is turning into an attention-seeking drama queen,
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