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Podcast: Slate Advice
Episode: Should I Allow Compliments About How My Kid Looks?
Description: On this episode: Elizabeth Newcamp, Zak Rosen, and Jamilah Lemieux answer a question that someone actually posed to Jamilah on Instagram… about whether it’s okay to entertain compliments about your kid’s appearance. A facilitator at school has suggested redirecting to character compliments when this toddler — the only Black kid in her class — is praised for her appearance. But is there place for just calling a cute kid a cute kid?We’ll also do a round of recommendations. And then, in the Slate Plus realm, we’re talking about a piece in NYTMag… assert...