Dear LFTP: the cowgirl Halloween costume with a toy gun
- Is it appropriate to let my seven-year-old have a holster and an obviously toy gun with her cowgirl Halloween costume?
Boova (speaker-0) reads the Dear LFTP letter from 'Confused about Halloween in Montana': her 7-year-old's cowgirl costume wants boots, hat, and a holstered toy gun — is that appropriate? The hosts say take the gun ('unless you're going as the eunuch cowboy'), especially in Montana. The 'secular answer' agrees a clearly-toy gun is fine, cites Jessie from Toy Story 2, and suggests teaching gun safety — which leads to a riff on educating kids about real things (kids on cooking shows) instead of just fearing them.
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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.
From No. 586 · Nothing Personal
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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.
From No. 574 · Starring Ted Danson as Joab
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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.