Mom And Dad Are Fighting | Slate's Parenting Show

On this week’s show, Allison Benedikt and Jessica Winter are joined by two hosts of Slate’s Hang Up and Listen to discuss how to be a good parent while watching the Olympics with your kids, and then talk to novelist Rumaan Alam about the lack of diversity in children’s books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show Dan Kois and Allison Benedikt talk with Rosalind Wiseman about the new edition about her classic guide to girls' friendships and discuss the division of household labor. Mom and Dad Are Fighting is brought to you by Green Chef. Their organic meal kits make cooking  healthy food easy. Get four meals free with your first order when you go to greenchef.com/momanddad. And by Little Passports. Inspire your kids to learn about the world with a subscription to Little Passports! Mom and Dad Are Fighting listeners can save up to 15 dollars with promo code momanddad. Learn more at LittlePassports.com/momanddad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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On today's show Dan Kois and Allison Benedikt discuss how to talk to your kids about weight and Dan interviews the soon-to-be First Lady of Iceland. Mom and Dad Are Fighting is brought to you by Boll and Branch. Get 20% off your entire order, plus free shipping, by going to BollandBranch.com and using promo code momanddad. And by the new podcast Dog Smarts. Each episode features leading researchers and academics that tackle questions of language, memory, intelligence, and even love as they pertain to our dogs. Subscribe to Dog Smarts on iTunes now. And by Little Passports. Inspire your kids to learn about the world with a subscription to Little Passports. Save 40% on your first month today with promo code momanddad. Learn more at littlepassports.com/momanddad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show Allison Benedikt and Jessica Winter discuss school segregation with The New York Times' Nikole Hannah-Jones and parenting a difficult toddler. Mom and Dad Are Fighting is brought to you by BollandBranch.com, offering luxury bedding at affordable prices. Order right now and they'll give you 20 percent off, plus free shipping. Get sheets, towels, blankets, duvet covers, and more at BollAndBranch.com and use the promo code MOMANDDAD. And by Little Passports. Inspire your kids to learn about the world with a subscription to Little Passports! Mom & Dad Are Fighting listeners can save 40 percent on their first month today with the promo code MOMANDDAD. Learn more at littlepassports.com/momanddad. And by Care.com, the world’s largest digital marketplace for finding and managing family care. Right now you can save 30 percent off a Care.com Premium membership AND receive a 15-dollar credit when you subscribe at Care.com/momanddad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show Allison and Dan discuss putting a family pet asleep and for Father's Day we'll hear stories about dads from Slate staffers.  Mom and Dad Are Fighting is brought to you by BollandBranch.com, offering luxury bedding at affordable prices. Order right now and they'll give you 20 percent off, plus free shipping. Get sheets, towels, blankets, duvet covers, and more at BollAndBranch.com and use the promo code MOMANDDAD.   And by Little Passports. Inspire your kids to learn about the world with a subscription to Little Passports! Mom & Dad Are Fighting listeners can save 40 percent on their first month today with the promo code MOMANDDAD. Learn more at littlepassports.com/momanddad.   And by ThirdLove. ThirdLove is an exciting new lingerie brand that uses real women’s measurements to create better fitting bras. Try ThirdLove’s best-selling 24/7 T-shirt bra for FREE for 30 days! Start the “Try Before You Buy” program NOW at ThirdLove.com/momanddad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a

On today's show Allison and Dan discuss absurdly early bedtimes for kids and then make some summertime resolutions.  Mom and Dad Are Fighting is brought to you by BollandBranch.com, offering luxury bedding at affordable prices. Order right now and they'll give you 20 percent off, plus free shipping. Get sheets, towels, blankets, duvet covers, and more at BollAndBranch.com and use the promo code MOMANDDAD. And by Little Passports. Inspire your kids to learn about the world with a subscription to Little Passports! Mom & Dad Are Fighting listeners can save 40 percent on their first month today with the promo code MOMANDDAD. Learn more at littlepassports.com/momanddad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show, Allison and Dan discuss game theory parenting and whether children need grit to succeed. Mom and Dad Are Fighting is brought to you by BollandBranch.com, offering luxury bedding at affordable prices. Order right now and they'll give you 20 percent off, plus free shipping. Get sheets, towels, blankets, duvet covers, and more at BollAndBranch.com and use the promo code MOMANDDAD. And by Little Passports. Inspire your kids to learn about the world with a subscription to Little Passports! Mom & Dad Are Fighting listeners can save 40 percent on their first month today with the promo code MOMANDDAD. Learn more at littlepassports.com/momanddad. And by Casper, an online retailer of premium mattresses for a fraction of the price. Casper mattresses come with free delivery and returns within a 100-day period. And get 50 dollars toward any mattress purchase by visiting Casper.com/momanddad and using the promo code MOMANDDAD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show, Allison and Dan hear stories from Slate staff about their mothers and talk talks with actor Susan Sarandon about motherhood and the movie The Meddler. Mom and Dad Are Fighting is brought to you by BollandBranch.com, offering luxury bedding at affordable prices. Order right now and they'll give you 20 percent off, plus free shipping. Get sheets, towels, blankets, duvet covers, and more at BollAndBranch.com and use the promo code MOMANDDAD.   And by Little Passports. Inspire your kids to learn about the world with a subscription to Little Passports! Mom & Dad Are Fighting listeners can save 40 percent on their first month today with the promo code MOMANDDAD. Learn more at littlepassports.com/momanddad.   And by Green Chef, a new food delivery service that makes cooking easy—with consciously sourced healthy recipes and organic ingredients. Get four free meals with your first order when you go to GreenChef.com/momanddad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show, Allison and Dan talk to the owner and chef of a vegan preschool and then debate the latest child psychology trend in parenting discipline of not punishing kids for bad behavior. Mom and Dad Are Fighting is brought to you by BollandBranch.com, offering luxury bedding at affordable prices. Order right now and they'll give you 20 percent off, plus free shipping. Get sheets, towels, blankets, duvet covers, and more at BollAndBranch.com and use the promo code MOMANDDAD. And by Little Passports. Inspire your kids to learn about the world with a subscription to Little Passports! Mom & Dad Are Fighting listeners can save 40 percent on their first month today with the promo code MOMANDDAD. Learn more at littlepassports.com/momanddad. And by Green Chef, a new food delivery service that makes cooking easy—with consciously sourced healthy recipes and organic ingredients. Get four free meals with your first order when you go to GreenChef.com/momanddad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/

On today's show, Allison and Dad talk with Brooklyn principal Anna Allanbrook about what to do when parents have a problem with their principal or other school administrators and then Dan calls the Easter Bunny on the phone and asks why Easter is the worst holiday. Mom and Dad Are Fighting is brought to you by BollandBranch.com, offering luxury bedding at affordable prices. Order right now and they'll give you 20 percent off, plus free shipping. Get sheets, towels, blankets, duvet covers, and more at BollAndBranch.com and use the promo code MOMANDDAD. And by Casper, an online retailer of premium mattresses for a fraction of the price. Casper mattresses come with free delivery and returns within a 100-day period. And get 50 dollars toward any mattress purchase by visiting Casper.com/momanddad and using the promo code MOMANDDAD. And by Little Passports. Inspire your kids to learn about the world with a subscription to Little Passports! Mom & Dad Are Fighting listeners can save 40 percent on their first month to

On today's show, Allison and Dad talk to parents about raising a transgender child and how to talk to your kids about Trump. Mom and Dad are Fighting is brought to you by BollandBranch.com, offering luxury bedding at affordable prices. Order right now and they'll give you 20 percent off, plus free shipping. Get sheets, towels, blankets, duvet covers, and more at BollAndBranch.com and use the promo code MOMANDDAD.   And by Club W, leading the "grape to glass" wine revolution. Answer just six simple questions at ClubW.com and their algorithm will create a Palate Profile just for you. Get wine directly to your door, perfectly customized to match your taste. For 50 percent off your first order, go to ClubW.com/momanddad.   And by the new middle-grade novel The Terrible Two Get Worse, the hilarious sequel to The Terrible Two, which spent more than 10 weeks on the New York Times best sellers list. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Kois discusses social media and teens with author Nancy Jo Sales and Black-ish with Slate's Aisha Harris. Mom and Dad are Fighting is brought to you by BollandBranch.com, the company that makes luxury bedding affordable. Order right now and they'll give you 20 percent off, plus free shipping. Get sheets, towels, blankets, duvet covers, and more at BollAndBranch.com and use the promo code MOMANDDAD.   And by the New York Times bestseller The Opposite of Spoiled by Ron Lieber—a taboo-shattering manifesto that explains how openly talking to children about money can help parents raise kids who are grounded, nonmaterialistic, and financially wise. The Opposite of Spoiled—now in paperback.   And by Club W, leading the "grape to glass" wine revolution. Answer just six simple questions at ClubW.com and their algorithm will create a Palate Profile just for you. Get wine directly to your door, perfectly customized to match your taste. For 50 percent off your first order, go to ClubW.com/momanddad. Learn more about

On this week's show, Dan and Allison are live at the Bell House in Brooklyn and discuss city parenting, surrogacy, and have an artist's roundtable with children's book authors and musicians. Dan Kois and Allison Benedikt are live at the Bell House in Brooklyn. On this week's show, Dan and Allison talk about city parenting, surrogacy, and have an artist's roundtable with children's book authors Matt de la Peña and Rebecca Stead, and children's recording artist Laurie Berkner. Mom and Dad are Fighting is brought to you by BollandBranch.com, the company that makes luxury bedding affordable. Order right now and they'll give you 20 percent off, plus free shipping. Get sheets, towels, blankets, duvet covers, and more at BollAndBranch.com and use the promo code MOMANDDAD.   And by Club W, leading the "grape to glass" wine revolution. Answer just six simple questions at ClubW.com and their algorithm will create a Palate Profile just for you. Get wine directly to your door, perfectly customized to match your taste. Fo

Mom and Dad Are Fighting is going to go up on Saturday this week because of our live show taping at the Bell House in Brooklyn. If you're in New York, we would love to see you. You can buy tickets at Slate.com/live. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Kois and Allison Benedikt discuss the Zika virus with an OBGYN and the new HBO Sesame Street. Mom and Dad are Fighting is brought to you by BollandBranch.com, the company that makes luxury bedding affordable. Order right now and they'll give you 20 percent off, plus free shipping. Get sheets, towels, blankets, duvet covers, and more at BollAndBranch.com and use the promo code MOMANDDAD.   And by Club W, leading the "grape to glass" wine revolution. Answer just six simple questions at ClubW.com and their algorithm will create a Palate Profile just for you. Get wine directly to your door, perfectly customized to match your taste. For 50 percent off your first order, go to ClubW.com/momanddad.   And by the new middle-grade novel The Terrible Two Get Worse, the hilarious sequel to The Terrible Two, which spent more than 10 weeks on the New York Times best sellers list.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Kois and Allison Benedikt discuss iPads in the classroom and talk with two mothers who had their children days apart. Mom and Dad are Fighting is brought to you by BollandBranch.com, the company that makes luxury bedding affordable. Get the nicest sheets you've ever owned for about half the price of what stores are charging. Order right now and they'll give you 20 percent off your order, plus free shipping. Go to BollAndBranch.com and use the promo code MOMANDDAD. And by Club W, leading the "grape to glass" wine revolution. Answer just six simple questions at ClubW.com and their algorithm will create a Palate Profile just for you. Get wine directly to your door, perfectly customized to match your taste. For 50 percent off your first order, go to ClubW.com/momanddad. And by HelloFresh, the meal kit delivery service that makes cooking fun, easy, and convenient! Each week, HelloFresh creates new, delicious recipes—complete with step-by-step instructions—that are designed to take around 30 minutes. For 35 dol

Dan Kois and Allison Benedikt discuss parenting and money with New York Times columnist Ron Lieber and then check with Slate staffers about how they did on their 2015 New Year's resolutions. Mom and Dad are Fighting is brought to you by BollandBranch.com, the company that makes luxury bedding affordable. Get the nicest sheets you've ever owned for about half the price of what stores and boutiques are charging. Order right now and they'll give you $50 off a set of sheets, plus free shipping. Go to BollAndBranch.com and use the promo code MOMANDDAD.   And by Texture, the mobile app that lets you tap directly into the world's most popular magazines, anywhere, using your phone or tablet. Dive deeper into Vogue, People, Esquire, Time—and hundreds more—with interactive content for a richer reading experience. Right now, try Texture for free at Texture.com/momanddad.   And by Club W, leading the "grape to glass" wine revolution. Answer just six simple questions at ClubW.com and their algorithm will create a Palate P

Dan Kois and Allison Benedikt discuss the Every Child Succeeds Act and Dan goes to the mall to talk with dads about how they really feel about holiday shopping.  Mom and Dad are Fighting is brought to you by Prudential’s 40/40 Vision, a multimedia microsite exploring what life—and the future—looks like to today’s 40-somethings. Hear what inspires real people, the hopes they have for tomorrow, and much more. See yourself in their stories at slate.com/4040vision/family.   And by Little Passports. Keep your kids busy this summer with Little Passports, the award-winning subscription for kids. Right now, Mom & Dad Are Fighting listeners can save 40% on their first month with promo code MOMANDDAD40. Learn more at littlepassports.com/momanddad.   And by BollandBranch.com, the company that makes luxury bedding affordable. Get the nicest sheets you've ever owned for about half the price of what stores and boutiques are charging. Order right now and they'll give you $50 off a set of sheets, plus free shipping. Go to Bo

Dan Kois and Allison Benedikt discuss how to talk with your kids about the terrible news of the world with teacher Matthew Dicks and then Slate's new Dear Prudence columnist Mallory Ortberg answers listeners' parenting questions. Mom and Dad are Fighting is brought to you by Little Passports. Keep your kids busy this summer with Little Passports, the award-winning subscription for kids. Right now, Mom & Dad Are Fighting listeners can save 40% on their first month with promo code MOMANDDAD40. Learn more at littlepassports.com/momanddad. And by Prudential’s 40/40 Vision, a multimedia microsite exploring what life—and the future—looks like to today’s 40-somethings. Hear what inspires real people, the hopes they have for tomorrow, and much more. See yourself in their stories at slate.com/4040vision/family.And by BollandBranch.com, the company that makes luxury bedding affordable. Get the nicest sheets you've ever owned for about half the price of what stores and boutiques are charging. Order right now and they'll