This week, Quinn and Claire are diving into the ever-evolving world of childcare, from the brutal economics of quality care to the desperate measures parents take just to keep working.

They explore how childcare standards change from first kid (extensive vetting) to third kid (you haven't murdered recently), the impossible summer camp lottery system, and why sometimes a random college student willing to be a "play robot" is an essential worker.

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This week, Claire and Quinn welcome screenwriter and director Chris Winterbauer (Moonshot, What Went Wrong podcast) to chat about movies!

They cover what they let their kids watch, what they force them to watch, and which movies scarred them for life. Featuring passionate defenses of Dumb and Dumber, the death of Hollywood Video, hot takes on Space Balls and Star Wars, taking kids to the movie theatre, and why the Simpsons is basically Sesame Street compared to YouTube.

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This week, Claire and Quinn ask: How do you raise charitable, empathetic kids when you can barely manage getting them to put their dishes in the sink? Topics include when your anti-gun household meets the school rummage sale Nerf gun haul, teaching empathy vs. performative wokeness, the privilege and burden of school parent organizations, why showing up to volunteer isn't always helpful (and when it is), and a list of some of the most effective charities out there.

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• Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation https://www.alexslemonade.org/
• Give Directly https://www.givedirectly.org/
• Against Malaria Foundation https://www.againstmalaria.com/
• Donors Choose https://www.donorschoose.org/
• Food Forward https://foodforward.org/
• The 19th https://19thnews.org/
• ProPublica https://www.propublica.org/
• Capital B https://capitalbnews.org/
• The Markup https://themarkup.org/
• Hot Bread Kitchen https://hotbreadkitchen.org/
• Hollywood Food Coalition https://hofoco.org/
• Feed My Starving Children https://www.fmsc.org/
• Connections for the Homeless https://www.connect2home.org/

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