🎙️ Hey Other Parents — S05E007: Candles and Mayhem (The Birthday Episode)

This week, we’re talking about birthdays—and how something that’s supposed to be fun somehow turns into a full-on production. Somewhere between cakes, gifts, decorations, Pinterest parties, and trying to create the “perfect” day, birthdays became stressful, expensive, emotional, and just a little chaotic. We get into the pressure parents put on themselves, the moments that completely fall apart, and why the memories kids actually keep probably aren’t the ones we spend weeks stressing over. Because sometimes the best birthday moments happen after the plan goes completely sideways.

❓ Question of the Week:

What is your absolute most ridiculous birthday moment?

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Episode #75 overall.

Edited and mixed by Michael Heit.

Intro voiceover by Koltrane.

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