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Sometimes it feels like as much work to leave town without our kids as to not go in the first place. But guilt trips are no fun. …

So many good ideas, we made a Part Two! Here’s dozens of small changes parents have made that turned out to make a big difference…

It takes a lot of juggling to schedule 10 weeks of summer freedom- not to mention cash. America spends about $18 billion dollars …

We always figured “tween” was marketing speak for stuff with glitter on it. But 9-12 year olds actually have different brains tha…

We asked our listeners to tell us the small changes you've made in your lives (as parents and as people) that have turned out to …

We won’t lie to you- we probably spend more time than we should thinking about what we weigh. Which is, admittedly, variable. But…

Why do our kids bicker so incessantly? Are they actually intending to drive us batty, or is there more at work? If parents are su…

We’ve all done things as parents that, looking back, we can’t believe. Breastfeeding twins. Writing thank you notes in the baby’s…

It's the battle of the calendars! Margaret loves her paper planner but tends to forget stuff. Amy swears by digital, until her ph…

Getting our kids to talk to us is never easy (unless we’re 15 minutes late for an appointment, car keys in hand). Since “How was …

From touching perspective-givers to why-didn’t-I-think-of-that timesavers, our listeners told us the best mom advice they ever re…

Must our children either be tied to a piano bench or forgo their dreams of the Ivy League? Must we battle with our children daily…

Are audio books cheating? Must every kids’ book feature Poopy Man and The Toilet King? Are reluctant readers doomed to fall behin…

We’d all love a school morning where everyone gets out the door without Mom  yelling or feeling stressed. And by “all” we mean al…

Are your child’s most annoying personality traits super-familiar, because they are also yours? And is there anything to be done? …

Why are today’s girls exhibiting “relational aggression” in pre-K? How can you help a daughter who’s being bullied? And what do y…

What’s a “go-to dinner”? One pot is good. 30 minutes or less is better. But we’ll use every cookie sheet and pot in the house if …

One sick day? Fine, here’s the remote. But by day 4 of a low-grade fever most of us are desperate for ideas. Here’s what to have …

Have you a short fat dictator in your home? Do you cower before a 24-pound child demanding pizza– no, not THAT kind of pizza! the…

In this episode we are here to *win 2018*, whether through Amy's Word For the Year ("Clarify") or Margaret's Phrase For These Tim…

One day you have a munchkin who yes, gets up at 6 a.m. and survives on only the outside of chicken nuggets, but who also calls yo…

This bonus episode is a recording of our first-ever live show on December 1st. 400 moms (and a few brave men) came out to laugh w…

A study in Sleep magazine recently found that children’s bedtime routines, regardless of what they even were, improved not only t…

Do you go on a moms’ night out and talk about … your kids? Does morning dropoff chit-chat feel more like a middle school cafeteri…