Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - Encore! A Tooth Fairy Fail

Care and Feeding | Slate's parenting show - Encore! A Tooth Fairy Fail

Published: July 9, 2026

Duration: 32:02

On this episode: Slate senior producer Cheyna Roth joins Zak Rosen and Elizabeth Newcamp to debate wedding ceremony etiquette. A listener’s kid is the flower girl at a friend’s wedding. But now it turns out the flower girl is NOT invited to the wedding reception. Is this fair? They dig into whether kids make a wedding better, logistics, and more.

But first, in another edition of Triumphs and Fails, Cheyna deals with a week-long bus cancellation, Elizabeth celebrates a big birthday, and Zak has to deal with Tooth Fairy fallout.


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