Skype caller Jared: kids, airports, and Mormons
- A dad is alone in an airport with three young kids and no family bathroom -- what should he do when the kids need the restroom?
Caller Jared, in Delaware with three kids, poses his airport dilemma: two daughters (six and eight) need the bathroom, there is no family restroom -- the group votes for the men's room handicap stall. They revisit tailing the homeless man (Jared: tailing is fine; asking for his tithe is 'absolutely warranted'), joke about a reverse-mission homeless offering plate, and discuss Mormon missionaries -- inviting one on the show -- plus a Bible-college 'cult class' where a professor invited missionaries to speak.
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Dear LFTP: Champ the untrained dog and holding boundaries with your son
- How do I handle my son bringing his untrained dog Champ on our weekend grandson visits?
Mike reads the second letter: the writer hosts weekend grandson visits where her son Dennis brings Champ, an untrained destructive puppy that runs wild, barks, and digs.
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Dear LFTP: wife mocks husband's bladder problem in public
- How should I respond when my wife mocks me and my bladder problem in public?
Mike reads a letter from a man married three years whose wife calls him vulgar names in public and makes his bladder-control problem into comedy.
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Dear LFTP: the birthday invitations
- Should parents be allowed to send birthday invitations to school when only select students are invited?
Mike reads the second letter: the parent of a special-needs pre-K child saw a Facebook group post exposing that her daughter was excluded from a birthday party.
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Dear LFTP: Cindy's baby name ideas
- What should I do about my friend's terrible baby name choices?
Mike reads a letter from Dave about his longtime friend Cindy, six months pregnant, who keeps proposing names like chlamydia, bidet, chalet, and cliche because they sound pretty regardless of meaning.