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  • Parenting Is Humbling (And I Hate Being Humbled)

    Parenting Is Humbling (And I Hate Being Humbled)
    2025/05/08

    This week, we talk about the humbling experience of parenthood and how reality shatters expectations.

    We cover:

    • The gap between pre-parenting fantasies (museum trips and Christmas traditions) versus post-kid realities (barbecue chip crumbs in the car)
    • Why buying your postpartum wife lingerie is a terrible idea
    • How having children affects relationships and identities

    Parenting might not be what you imagined, but finding humor in the chaos makes it all a little more manageable, even when you're the parent bringing yogurt-covered raisin snacks to baseball that no child actually wants (at least you tried!)

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    • Blue: A History of Postpartum Depression in America by Rachel Louise Moran

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    1 時間 5 分
  • Q&A: Questions We're Not Qualified to Answer (But We'll Try Anyway)

    Q&A: Questions We're Not Qualified to Answer (But We'll Try Anyway)
    2025/05/01

    In our first bonus Q&A episode, Quinn and Claire tackle listener questions with their signature blend of honesty, humor, and zero judgment.

    Topics covered:

    • Making parent friends: Is it a real connection or just shared misery? What makes friendship work during the parenting years, the importance of finding your parenting community, and why it's okay if some friendships are just "for the season"
    • Supporting a child with ADHD: Quinn and Claire share personal experiences with ADHD in their families, including medication journeys, therapy challenges, and finding support at school

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    Links:

    • New York Times article on ADHD https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/magazine/adhd-medication-treatment-research.html
    • Teacher intro email template https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-Crw0HoibRpSt8kBGmYIAjLRGFf38Pq0pXpedZg9R_c/edit?tab=t.0

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    45 分
  • It's Not A Vacation, It's A Family Trip

    It's Not A Vacation, It's A Family Trip
    2025/04/24

    This week, Quinn and Claire dive into traveling with kids.

    They share personal stories about family trips from their own childhoods and with their children now, covering everything from dealing with jetlag to bathroom emergencies at 30,000 feet.

    Also discussed: the myth of "vacation" with children (let's just call it a "family trip"), tips and tricks for making travel less hellish, how to make travel more meaningful, the necessity of getting occasional breaks from your kids, and as always, the importance of lower expectations.

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    • 3D Rendering of historical Mexico City
    • Patagonia Black Hole Bags
    • Sound machine for kids
    • NUUN hydration tablets

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    1 時間 13 分
  • Understimulated or Overscheduled

    Understimulated or Overscheduled
    2025/04/10

    This week, Claire and Quinn dig into the minefield of youth sports: understimulated kids who are getting on everyone's nerves vs. overscheduled families who have no time to breathe, the horrors of early-season kid-pitch baseball, the importance (or not) of having "hustle", and what is the point of kids sports, anyways?

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    1 時間 4 分
  • Recycling Isn't Real, But Your Kid's Plastic Hoard Is

    Recycling Isn't Real, But Your Kid's Plastic Hoard Is
    2025/04/03

    This week, Claire and Quinn lament on the endless influx of STUFF that children seem to magically manifest in your home. From mysterious bouncy balls to apple juice containers full of sand to fantasies of cleansing fires, they explore the anxiety and dread created by attempting to manage the unmanageable (spoiler alert: yeah, recycling isn't real. Have a great day!)

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    1 時間 6 分
  • Lower Your Expectations (And Everyone Else's Too)

    Lower Your Expectations (And Everyone Else's Too)
    2025/03/27

    This week, Claire and Quinn unpack the often messy, often thankless job of solo parenting while your partner is away.

    We cover why you should never, EVER call your partner with "options" while the kids are listening, the cursed timing of arriving home during bedtime (just drive a few extra laps around the block, seriously), the myth that missing your kids "firsts" will somehow lead them to a life of crime, dinner standards when flying solo, and why lowering expectations is really the best parenting and life hack.

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    • Claire's 2019 New York Times article "How Parents Who Travel for Work Can Ease the Burden on Their Families"

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  • How Do You Say "WAP"?

    How Do You Say "WAP"?
    2025/03/20

    This week, Claire and Quinn take a break (mostly) from their existential dread to talk about the awkward, hilarious world of music and parenting. From deciding if Freak Like Me is appropriate for the carpool to facepalming when your kid asks if Beyoncé is still alive, they navigate the terrain of what we listen to, what our kids listen to, and whether or not taking your child to see The Weeknd is a terrible idea.

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    56 分
  • This Is Me At My Best

    This Is Me At My Best
    2025/03/13

    This week, Claire and Quinn dive into the messy reality of all the different ways we cope with parenting, while everything else is happening.

    From that stomach-dropping moment when your kid asks you "Did you get a call from school?" to balancing mental health with the news cycle, they explore how we all find ways to survive (medication, therapy, weed, wine, exercise, whatever) when our bandwidth is maxed out.

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    • Bird flu podcast episode with Dr. Nahid Bhadelia

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    1 時間 10 分