35 min

Does the Spirit Of the Game Matter‪?‬ Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show

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On this episode: Elizabeth, Jamilah, and Zak are joined by author and editor, Travis Nichols. He wrote a wonderful piece for Slate all about his son’s strategic, unique approach to youth baseball. He figured out that if he doesn’t swing at pitches, he’s more likely to get on base. It was incredibly effective… but not in the spirit of the game. What’s a parent to do in that situation? 

Recommendations: 
Travis recommends voting in the Georgia runoff election. 
Zak recommends finding some long, thermal underwear.
Jamilah recommends this chocolate banana cake recipe from Joy of Baking.
Elizabeth recommends art from Andrea Nelson on Instagram. 

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Join us on Facebook and email us at momanddad@slate.com 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. 

Podcast produced by Rosemary Belson and Kristie Taiwo-Makanjuola.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode: Elizabeth, Jamilah, and Zak are joined by author and editor, Travis Nichols. He wrote a wonderful piece for Slate all about his son’s strategic, unique approach to youth baseball. He figured out that if he doesn’t swing at pitches, he’s more likely to get on base. It was incredibly effective… but not in the spirit of the game. What’s a parent to do in that situation? 

Recommendations: 
Travis recommends voting in the Georgia runoff election. 
Zak recommends finding some long, thermal underwear.
Jamilah recommends this chocolate banana cake recipe from Joy of Baking.
Elizabeth recommends art from Andrea Nelson on Instagram. 

If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you’ll also be supporting the work we do here on Mom and Dad are Fighting. Sign up now at slate.com/momanddadplus to help support our work.

Join us on Facebook and email us at momanddad@slate.com 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. 

Podcast produced by Rosemary Belson and Kristie Taiwo-Makanjuola.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

35 min

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