The “Snoopy Phone” Edition
Slate’s parenting podcast debates whether reading your teen’s texts is crossing a line.
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Show Notes
On this week’s episode: Elizabeth, Jamilah, and Zak help a parent who has been monitoring their teenage daughter’s text messages. Have they crossed a line, or are they doing their due diligence to ensure their child is safe? Then they answer a question from a parent whose 2 year-old daughter wants her ears pierced. How early is too early, and who should be making this kind of decision?
On Slate Plus, the hosts talk about how one Black mother’s video about her night doula went viral, sparking a debate about privilege, luxury, and the expectation that mothers, particularly Black mothers, must be suffering to succeed at motherhood.
Recommendations:
Zak recommends calling your kids' creative hobbies an art practice.
Jamilah recommends Passing on Netflix
Elizabeth recommends the book Letters From Father Christmas
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Podcast produced by Zak Rosen.
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