Should We Pull Out Of Preschool?

Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show

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Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

On this episode: Elizabeth, Lucy and Zak help a listener whose son is putting up a fight about preschool. This four-year-old has never loved school, and now he has a new baby sibling to love… so he really doesn’t want to leave home. And it’s getting to the point of peeing on things out of spite. So what now? And after that discussion, we’ll of course circle up for a round of 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.9	This episode may contain explicit language.
0:36.7	Welcome to Karen Feeding, the show where we parent together. Hey, I'm Lucy Lopez. I host another
0:42.7	podcast, the Mamasita Rica podcast. I am mother to Amelia who's 14 and Avery who's 12 and we live in
0:50.8	Miami. I'm Zach Rosen. I also host another show.
0:54.7	It's called The Best Advice Show.
0:55.9	And I'm dad to 7-year-old Noah and 4-year-old Ami.
0:59.5	We live in Amsterdam.
1:01.6	I'm Elizabeth Newkamp.
1:02.7	I write the family travel blog, Dutch Dutch, Goose.
1:04.8	I'm the mom to Henry who's 12, Oliver, who's 10, and Teddy, who's 8.
1:08.7	We live in Tokyo Japan. So today we're answering a question about whether it's time to pull a four-year-old out of preschool.
1:15.6	This little guy has had a hard time adjusting to school.
1:18.6	And now with a new baby sister, he's regressed to the point of weaponizing potty accidents.
1:24.6	We'll talk about what this parent's options might be and whether the answer is just to let the kids stay home.
1:29.3	And after that, of course, we're going to circle up for a round of triumphs and fails.
1:34.3	So let's get going. We're going to take a quick break, but we'll see you right back here in a minute for our question.
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