'My son ate my dad', Easter potatoes and BTS of Finding Nemo!
Laughing through funny parent news stories, messages from parents and a few Easter Eggs to a favourite movie for kids and parents!Kicking off the show, Bec throws Sam the curly question the 6 year old tried asking in the car this week, before quickly jumping into the yays and nays. Bec is yaying the cute words the 18 month old is coming out with (and YES of course we've included a little sound bite of 'sea horse'!), while naying the 3 year olds lack of personal boundaries.Sam is naying being away for work and coming back to a baby who knows words (growing up while he is away!) and yaying a beautiful moment teaching the 6 year old to rollerskate (but we promise there was a tantrum thrown in - and that was just Bec). We have 4 news stories this week in parents in the news, with a terrifying babysitter experience, a kid eating his grandfathers ashes, Easter potatoes and emotional support tigers. Then we share some of the stories we've been getting in response to the last few episodes including: a hilarious typo sent in from a teacher, another teacher fail thanks to their mom, a kid telling on mom for not feeding him breakfast, a kid making phone calls and very public on-purpose tantrums. This week's Easter Eggs is brought to you by Finding Nemo! Check out all the trivia and Finding Nemo Easter Eggs we found to share including a character voiced over by mistake, clown fish science, and references to the shining. Let us know what you want to hear us find the Easter Eggs in next (we are thinking Shrek next week but happy to be overruled!).FOLLOW US FOR MORE! Catch questions and story requests on our social media accounts, or send us your confessionals through our website. Subscribe to YouTube, rate on Spotify and review on Apple and tell us what you think!YT: https://www.youtube.com/@TheUnhelpfulParentingPodcastINSTA: https://www.instagram.com/theunhelpfulparentingpodcast/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Unhelpful-Parenting-Podcast/61556566731913/ TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@theunhelpfulparentingpodWE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU: Send us your stories & parenting confessionals! https://www.theunhelpfulparentingpodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Funny School Stories & Bluey Easter Eggs!
Ready to laugh with us this week? From Bluey Easter eggs to school fails and tales - here's what's in this unhelpful parenting podcast episode!Kicking off, we catch up with our weekly yays and nays. Sam jumps in first, because he's straight in with the meltdowns and our 1 year olds new tantrum phase, but yaying his birthday! Bec's yaying her newly discovered lip tint - a working moms dream of looking like lipstick but allowing you to smoosh your kids with kisses! Her nay trumps every other nay ever though, after waking up at 2am to being projectile vomited on her face by the 3 year old who clearly wasn't feeling well. Yay for #momlife. We are sharing your funny school stories (and fails) this week in school fails and tales! Thank you to the teachers, parents and even kids sending in their stories. From gross show and tells, to bad spelling and even university student fails - we have a good laugh through this part of the show!Then we are continuing our Easter Eggs leading up to Easter. Last week was Toystory, and this week we couldn't NOT do Bluey! With 11 Bluey facts and fun Easter Eggs you probably didn't notice (or maybe you did!), this is fun even for the not-so-Bluey lovers because the level of creativity from the production team is impressive!Come back next week for more funny parent stories and make sure you're following us on socials to send us stories and share in the laughs!FOLLOW US FOR MORE! Catch questions and story requests on our social media accounts, or send us your confessionals through our website. Subscribe to YouTube, rate on Spotify and review on Apple and tell us what you think!YT: https://www.youtube.com/@TheUnhelpfulParentingPodcastINSTA: https://www.instagram.com/theunhelpfulparentingpodcast/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Unhelpful-Parenting-Podcast/61556566731913/ TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@theunhelpfulparentingpodWE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU: Send us your stories & parenting confessionals! https://www.theunhelpfulparentingpodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Joy Rides and Toy Story Easter Eggs!
This week's episode is PACKED full of laughs, confessions, parent news and Toy Story Easter Eggs!Sam kicks off by sneaking in his dad jokes before Bec can protest. Then we talk yays and nays as we quickly catch up, talking changing shoe sizes during and after pregnancy, not being able to remember birthdays, and school cross country events.The parenting confessional is back with three hilarious stories including hurtful kid comments, scarily stubborn kids and newborn tiredness (with a side of cheese!).We've got parents in the news, and we're sorry parents but we've got bad news for you! Skibidi Toilet appears to be here to stay. But we bring some more laughs with a 10 year olds joy ride, taking the car out and pretending he was a dwarf to get out of trouble.We are excited to introduce a new series this week called Easter Eggs. As we lead up to Easter, we are going through the Easter Eggs and hidden features of the movies and TV shows we know and love. Starting this week with Toy Story!!! We have references to the Shining, theories about Andy's mom and a few cool connected links to other movies. We also found a story about how we almost didn't get a Toy Story 2, and the files were saved ONLY because there was a working mom on set who had backups at home from juggling work with a newborn.All this and so many more laughs in the podcast episode!Help us reach more parents with laughs! Not only does it bring some joy to the parenting rollercoaster, but the more parents who listen, the more stories we get!Come back next week for even more of the Unhelpful Parenting Podcast.FOLLOW US FOR MORE! Catch questions and story requests on our social media accounts, or send us your confessionals through our website. Subscribe to YouTube, rate on Spotify and review on Apple and tell us what you think!YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHK8sNwyXfyuxdzCc0FI5xwINSTA: https://www.instagram.com/theunhelpfulparentingpodcast/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Unhelpful-Parenting-Podcast/61556566731913/ TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@theunhelpfulparentingpodWE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU: Send us your stories & parenting confessionals! https://www.theunhelpfulparentingpodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Calling 911! Emergencies, kid mix ups and dad news
From last week's parents in trouble, we've now got kids calling emergency services on their parents!Kicking off like we do every week with our yays and nays (and an extra banana whinge), Bec is yaying the recent morning role reversal where Sam is now responsible for lunch boxes and school uniforms. She's naying the need for parks with fences - is this something forgotten everywhere? Sam's got a double nay wishing for a day off, with a hilarious dad fail story. Then we hit our first parents in the news story where a 4yo boy called the cops on his mom after she ate his icecream!This led to us sharing the top 4 parent stories of kids calling emergency services that we've been sent - and there's been a few!Then we stop back in at parents in the news for two dad stories - one an epic dad fail and another a beautiful dad of the year. Make sure you're following us on socials to be a part of sending in stories, and to share the funniest bits with your mum friends and dad friends!FOLLOW US FOR MORE! Catch questions and story requests on our social media accounts, or send us your confessionals through our website. Subscribe to YouTube, rate on Spotify and review on Apple and tell us what you think!YT: https://www.youtube.com/@TheUnhelpfulParentingPodcastINSTA: https://www.instagram.com/theunhelpfulparentingpodcast/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Unhelpful-Parenting-Podcast/61556566731913/ TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@theunhelpfulparentingpodWE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU: Send us your stories & parenting confessionals! https://www.theunhelpfulparentingpodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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24:01
In trouble with the police! Parents in trouble.
This week we are talking cyclones, trouble, and parenting news stories!Kicking off with our yay and nay of the week, Bec talks about the deep and meaningful conversations we've been having with our 6-year-old (so beautiful) and then the hard-hitting questions (so not!). Then Sam talks about the cyclone that was meant to come but didn't - although having the kids homemade a cyclone in our house.Sam's allowed one dad joke, which Bec quickly regrets and then we are into parents in the news.We start off with an old story from 2021 that we were sent, where a carjacker returned when he discovered a child in the backseat, telling off the mum for leaving them alone. Then we are talking about a parasitic twin that Sam believes is fake - but the news story is as real as it gets!We then go through the answers you sent in, to the question, 'What's your kid done that's got you in trouble?' and we have 3-year-olds lying to police, making public declarations, and a SWAT team mistakenly arriving at a dad's house!We also draw the winner to our birthday giveaway - a big congratulations to the winner!Have a laugh, like, share, rate, and review. Tell your parent friends about the podcast cos we will be back next week for more!FOLLOW US FOR MORE! Catch questions and story requests on our social media accounts, or send us your confessionals through our website. Subscribe to YouTube, rate on Spotify and review on Apple and tell us what you think!YT: https://www.youtube.com/@TheUnhelpfulParentingPodcastINSTA: https://www.instagram.com/theunhelpfulparentingpodcast/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Unhelpful-Parenting-Podcast/61556566731913/ TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@theunhelpfulparentingpodWE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU: Send us your stories & parenting confessionals! https://www.theunhelpfulparentingpodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Join hosts Bec and Sam as they navigate the hilarious highs and challenging lows of parenthood in The Unhelpful Parenting Podcast. From diaper disasters & tantrums to forgetting a child, no topic is off-limits as they share their own experiences and invite guests & listeners to join in the laughter. Whether you're a seasoned parent or just zombie-ing around in the newborn phase, this podcast is your weekly dose of relatability, acknowledging that parenting is tough, but it's okay to laugh along the way. So grab your coffee (or wine), and join us for some honest conversations, relatable stories, and plenty of laughs! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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