Welcome back to another episode of Two Parents & A Podcast — or rather, this week is 1 parent + 1 childfree (childless??) person lol as Harrison is out of town for a work trip (but DON'T worry, we get a full rundown of his day mid episode). On today's ep, we took some "girlypop" (as Jules calls it) questions from the audience about friendship, relationship, career, and motherhood.

Here's a quick rundown of the Qs you can look forward to: how have friendships with your childfree friends changed since having kids? How do you connect with friends outside of kids? (pro tip: BYO pod topics to dinner!). How do you find the courage to leave the house with littles?! (shots on net!!). How do you track your cycle postpartum? What do you & Harrison argue about most postpartum? (AirPods???). And how do you approach career planning as a working mom?

Before all that, we quickly get into a bit about the DC trip (did anyone else NOT go on an 8th grade DC trip??), how to deal with other people's kids (are we supposed to be "teaching" them if they do something wrong?), Bieber's World Cup halftime show, and Tuesday weddings: rude or chic?!

We wrap things up with a follow up on: is it ever OK to lie to your kids?, a good reminder ("you don't learn to swim by reading about water"!), and a big debate online: how old is "too old" to have a wedding registry?!

Alright, hopefully you enjoyed! But if you didn't, Harrison will be back on Wednesday hahaha.

LOVE YOU GUYS!

Timestamps:

00:00:00 Welcome back to Two Parents & A Podcast!

00:04:18 Did anyone else NOT do the 8th grade DC trip?!

00:07:16 How to deal with other people’s kids

00:10:56 Is it normal for toddlers to grind their teeth?!

00:13:13 Justin Bieber's halftime show at World Cup Finals

00:16:12 If you could be BFFs with any TV character, who would it be?!

00:17:34 Paige Lorenze’s Tuesday wedding: rude or chic?!

00:20:45 LISTENER Q: how have friendships with your childfree friends changed?

00:31:23 LISTENER Q: how do you connect with friends outside of kids?

00:35:22 LISTENER Q: balancing your bestie with new motherhood

00:39:00 LISTENER Q: how do you find the courage to leave the house with littles?!

00:43:31 LISTENER Q: tracking your cycle postpartum

00:44:12 LISTENER Q: what do you & Harrison argue about most postpartum?

00:59:52 LISTENER Q: how do you approach career planning as a working mom?

01:18:40 Follow up: is it ever OK to lie to your kids?

01:20:37 You don't learn to swim by reading about water"

01:21:17 The great WEDDING REGISTRY debate (how old is too old?!)

01:25:46 LOVE YOU GUYS!

#twoparentsandapod

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