My Kid Suddenly Refuses to Fly

Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show

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Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

On this episode: Lucy, Zak, and Elizabeth take flight. Our listener’s kid has suddenly decided – or realized – he’s afraid of airplanes and heights. With a big trip coming up, this parent is looking for advice… and musing on whether bribes have to be involved. Or are they simply little treats? After that, of course, we’ll circle up to share some Triumphs and Fails. 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. You can also call our phone line: (646) 357-9318. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get to hang out with us on the Plus Playground every week for a whole additional grab-bag of content — and you’ll get an ad-free experience across the network. And you’ll also be supporting the work we do here on Care and Feeding. Sign up now at slate.com/careplus – or try it out on Apple Podcasts. Podcast produced by Maura Currie. Special thanks to Alicia Montgomery, on her last week at Slate, for being an extraordinary cheerleader for this show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode may contain explicit language.
0:05.7	Welcome to Karen Feeding, the show where we parent together.
0:09.1	Hey, I'm Lucy Lopez.
0:11.0	I'm also another podcast, the Mamasita Rica podcast.
0:14.9	I'm mother to Amelia, who's 14, Avery, who's 12, and we live in Miami.
0:21.3	I'm Zach Rosen.
0:22.6	I also make another show.
0:24.1	It's called The Best Advice Show, and I am Dad to Noah, who's 7, and Ami, who's 4.
0:28.6	We live in Amsterdam.
0:30.3	I'm Elizabeth New Camp.
0:31.6	I write the family travel blog, Dutch Dutch Goose.
0:33.7	I'm the mom to Henry who's 12, Oliver, who's 10, and Teddy, who's 8.
0:38.5	We live in Tokyo,
0:45.4	Japan. Hi, guys. I miss you all so much. Happy New Year, Lucy. Yeah, happy new year, my friends.
0:52.3	Today we're answering a question about taking to the skies. Our listener's six-year-old has suddenly decided or realized he's afraid of planes.
0:55.6	With a trip coming up, this parent has come to us for advice on how to keep things calm and breezy.
1:01.6	We'll offer some tips and talk about whether bribes should be on the table.
1:06.5	After that, we're going to circle up for a round of triumphs and fails.
1:10.1	So let's get going. We're going to take a quick break, but triumphs and fails so let's get going we're going
1:11.8	to take a quick break but we'll see you right back here in a minute for our question
1:20.7	hello slate listeners this is felix salmon from slate money i'm sure you've been seeing the headlines from Los Angeles,
1:30.2	the wildfires there, the insurance situation there, the prisoners working on the ground as
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