Rejecting Impossible Parenting Standards: What Disability Teaches Us About Care and Community with Jessica Slice: Episode 220
From The Peaceful Parenting Podcast by Sarah Rosensweet
February 12, 2026 · 36 min
About this episode
In this episode, Sarah Rosensweet interviews disability activist Jessica Slice about the lessons non-disabled parents can learn from her experiences as a disabled mother.
You can listen wherever you get your podcasts or check out the fully edited transcript of our interview at the bottom of this post. In this episode of The Peaceful Parenting Podcast, I interview Jessica Slice, a disability activist and the author of Unfit Parent, a Disabled Mother Challenges an Inaccessible World. We discuss the effect of Jessica’s disability on her life and parenting, and what non-disabled parents can learn from her about parenting. Know someone who might appreciate this episode? Share it with them! 📣 And PSSST- New workshop next week - Transitions without Battles: Helping Your Child Move From One Thing to the Next without Meltdowns, Power Struggles, or Yelling- Get all the details here We talk about: * 00:00 — Intro + Jessica Slice and her book * 00:02 — Jessica’s disability story and diagnoses * 00:05 — Wheelchair, identity shift, and living as disabled * 00:06 — The disability paradox explained * 00:08 — Perfectionism, capitalism, and happiness * 00:11 — Disability culture vs. hustle culture * 00:13 — Becoming a parent unexpectedly (foster → newborn) * 00:14 — Why early parenting can be easier for disabled parents * 00:18 — Skill overlap: disability +…
People in this episode
Host: Sarah Rosensweet
Guest: Jessica Slice
Topics covered
- disability activism
- parenting
- community support
- interdependence
- myths about disabled parenting
- identity and disability
Keywords
- disability
- parenting standards
- community
- care
- interdependence
- parenting challenges
- identity
- support
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Unfit Parent
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