Should We Pull Out Of Preschool?
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01/30/25 • 55 min
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On this episode: Elizabeth, Lucy and Zak help a listener whose son is putting up a fight about preschool. This four-year-old has never loved school, and now he has a new baby sibling to love... so he really doesn’t want to leave home. And it’s getting to the point of peeing on things out of spite. So: what now?
And after that discussion, we’ll of course circle up for a round of triumphs and fails.
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We're aware of some playback issues on this episode - if you hear something weird, delete and re-download.
On this episode: Elizabeth, Lucy and Zak help a listener whose son is putting up a fight about preschool. This four-year-old has never loved school, and now he has a new baby sibling to love... so he really doesn’t want to leave home. And it’s getting to the point of peeing on things out of spite. So: what now?
And after that discussion, we’ll of course circle up for a round of triumphs and fails.
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
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