Care & Feeding: My Son Is Ruining Our Summer

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On this episode: Jamilah, Elizabeth, and Dillon Michael White help a listener whose kid is struggling hard to enjoy the summer break… and complaining about everything in the process. How can this parent nip the negativity in the bud and prevent a bad attitude from ruining everyone’s break?

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 talking about how to handle sharing kid stuff for a big audience of strangers online… including the uglier stuff that comes with it.

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Jamilah’s check-in: where are the Black teachers?

Elizabeth’s check-in: the car ride wormhole.

Dillon’s check-in: the big 0-8.

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Podcast produced by Maura Currie.

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