Care & Feeding: Does My Toddler Need Shorts Under Her Dress?

Slate Gender and Society

On this episode: Zak, Lucy and Elizabeth help a listener whose daycare has requested that her toddler daughter wear shorts underneath skirts and dresses. The listener’s knee-jerk reaction is that it’s unnecessary… but we’ll offer some suggestions about what she could be missing, and why how we dress our kids is important.

We also dole out a round of recommendations, and share some stuff you listeners have been loving — and, for our Slate Plus listeners, we’ll talk about the way we choose baby names, and how hard it is to escape the popular name hivemind.

Zak recommends: Lake drawing app

Elizabeth recommends: Shakespeare Insult Generator book or online

Lucy and Amelia recommend: “The Throne of Glass”

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