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

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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