Going to the Zoo During Coronavirus Edition

On this week’s episode: Jamilah and Elizabeth are joined by Rumaan Alam to discuss splitting custody during coronavirus. Can one parent, concerned about safety, keep the child without first discussing it with their co-parent? How can this issue be resolved without escalation? 

For our new family-friendly segment, Everyone Is Fighting Now, the hosts are joined by Megan Ryder Sanders, a zookeeper at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado. Megan answers questions from kids, including: how the animals are doing, if zookeepers are being paid, and how much elephants eat. To listen to the family-friendly segment zoom ahead to 39:00. Or if you are listening to the Plus episode, go to 34:30.

For Slate Plus, we answer a question from a listener whose three year old is NOT warming up to her new baby brother.

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Recommendations:

Jamilah recommends ensuring that the actions you take while staying at home benefits you in your current situation; instead of quarantine-free future you. 

Elizabeth recommends The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld.

Rumaan recommends Making Comics by Lynda Barry.

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 for what we should talk about in future episodes. 

Podcast produced by Rosemary Belson.

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