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Sep 2024
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Care & Feeding: My Mom’s Obsessed With M...

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On this episode: Elizabeth, Lucy and Zak help a member of the Slate Parenting Facebook group who’s struggling with wrangling her new baby… and the baby’s very clingy new grandma. Grandma’s struggled with loneliness and is-over-the-moon about the baby. But is it time to set some boundaries? And how many photos is too many?


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 our favorite educational stuff to stick on ye olde tablet.


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: feeling like gauze.  

Elizabeth’s check-in: the major highs and major lows of preteendom

Zak’s check-in: Ami carries a backpack (and more)


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Podcast produced by Maura Currie.

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