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Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show

We Need to Stop Losing Library Books

Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show

Slate Podcasts

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

On this episode: Elizabeth, Lucy and Zak offer tips for a kid who’s really, really good at losing library books and incurring the dreaded fees. How can parents help keep track of library books… and, more broadly, do communal school supplies mean we don’t have to worry about labeling anymore? We also check in on what’s happening in the hosts’ lives right now. And then, if you’re joining us for the Plus Playground — out now in your podcast feed — we’re sharing strategies for the after-school debrief. If you’re not part of the Slate Plus community, we hope you’ll consider joining! Keep reading to learn how. Lucy’s check-in: immersive theater!! Elizabeth’s check-in: the kids do anniversary dinner Zak’s check-in: honeymoon phase (covid included) 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

Transcript

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0:00.0

This episode may contain explicit language.

0:02.6

Welcome to Karen Feeding, the show where we...

0:08.2

We all have bad days and sometimes bad weeks,

0:10.8

and maybe even bad years. But the good news is we don't have to figure out life all alone.

0:15.8

I'm comedian Chris Duffy, host of Ted's How to Be a Better Human Podcast.

0:20.3

And our show is about the little ways that you can improve your life, actual practical tips that you can put into place that will make your day-to-day better.

0:27.5

Whether it is setting boundaries at work or rethinking how you clean your house,

0:31.5

each episode has conversations with experts

0:34.3

who share tips on how to navigate life's ups and downs.

0:37.8

Find how to be a better human wherever you're listening to this.

0:41.4

Be parent together.

0:42.4

I'm Zach Rosen.

0:43.0

I host another podcast.

0:44.0

It's called the Best Advice Show.

0:46.0

And I am dad to seven-year-old Noah and almost four-year-old Ami.

0:50.0

We live in Amsterdam.

0:52.0

Nice. Hey, I'm Lucy Ló We live in Amsterdam. Nice!

0:54.0

Hey I'm Lucy Lopez, I host another podcast,

0:56.0

The Mama Sita Rica,

0:58.0

I'm Mother to Amelia, who is 14,

1:02.0

oh my gosh, Avery who's 11 and we live in Miami.

1:05.0

I'm Elizabeth New Camp. I write the Family Travel blog Dutch, Dutch Goose and I'm the mom to

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