Season Finale – We will be back on October 30th, 2023

Join Jennifer and Jason as they recall, to the best of their abilities, Season 2. Listen in as we discuss the best parts of Season 2, what are plans are for Season 3, and some Reddit posts about parenting and adoption.  Have some white chocolate, macadamia nut cookies and some boxed wine as we revisit this past season.

Also, for our dedicated listeners, we will take a short break so we can finish recording and editing new episode, but we will return on Monday October 30th.

 

 

 

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Dru – Woman, Mother, Grandmother, and all around bada$$

Join Jennifer and Jason as they talk with one of Jennifer’s oldest friends, Dru.  Tune in as we recall Dru’s life as a mother and grandmother, her trials and tribulations, and how it felt to get 2 grandkids days apart from her son from 2 different baby mommas.  Sit and nosh on some chips and salsa with us as we try a little Patron Silver tequila and dream about smacking our dumb kids.

 

 

 

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Cellphones – Satan himself couldn’t have made a more terrible machine

Join Jason and Jennifer as we lament about the convenience, magic, and horror of cellphones, and why we don’t want our kids to ever have them.  Be a fly on the wall as we complain about how much the idea of cellphones scares us, how they are inevitable yet terrible, and how we with our crap memories can live without them. Come have a snifter of Tennessee Legend bourbon and nibble on some Nutella biscuits as we whine and moan about the horrors of cell phones.

 

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Memory – It’s called Mom brain, and who are you again

Join Jason and Jennifer as we try to recall all that we know about memory, and how even though we’ve always had bad memories, it’s only gotten worse.  Drop in on our conversation as we recall how we’ve always had crappy memories, how it’s only gotten worse, and how at this rate we’re gonna forget our kid’s names  Imbibe a little orange flavored rum with us as we nibble on some Costco S’Mores and try to remember why we became parents in first place.

 

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Lindsey – Parenting through the eyes of an adoptee

Join Jennifer and Jason as they chat with one of Jason’s longest lasting friends, Lindsey.  Listen as we chit chat about Lindsey’s life as an adoptee, a mother of three, and the joys of parenting kids in the LGBT+ community.  Come have some girl scout cookies and a whole lot of vodka tonic as we discuss parenting, long lasting friendships, and our f**king kids.

 

 

 

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Alcohol – I don’t have a drinking problem I have kids

Join Jason and Jennifer as we examine our relationship with alcohol and our history with this double edged, delicious sword.  Tune in as we talk about how we approach the topic of alcohol with our kids, our family history with it and how we shouldn’t record 2 episodes in 1 day.  Sit and sip some Tuscan Casone that we got from Aldi’s and gnosh on some Trader Joe’s Meyer lemon cookies as we kill our livers and yours.

 

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Extended Families – Why our parents were lucky enough to have cousins who could help babysit

Join Jason and Jennifer as we converse about our extended families, cousins, aunts, uncles and such. Commiserate with us as talk about being the either the oldest and youngest cousins in the group and how distance can really affect family relationships.  Nibble on some Spanish cheese and Rosso Grande Alberone from Trader Joes as we bitch about the mean crap that comes out of our kids mouths.

 

 

 

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Nancy – A Texas girl with California dreams

Join Jennifer and Jason as they chat with Jason’s dear, sweet, petit Aunt Nancy.  Listen as we examine the pros and cons of being the smartest woman in the room, the joy and misery of raising a genius, and adjusting to single life after the death of a spouse.  Come have a little baked brie on a baguette plus a glass of Bordeaux as we hear all about the life and times of Nancy.

 

 

 

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Marriage – And other reasons why you should remain childless

Join Jason and Zane as we discuss our marriage, how we became parents, and what terrible parents that we’ve become.  Listen as we talk about our teenage son crashing his car, our daughter and the delights of the foster care system, plus why some time you just gotta scream at your grandkids when they refuse to use the damn restroom. Come enjoy some pineapple and Seven Three Distillery Gin as we try to figure why the hell we decided to become parents.

 

 

 

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Anger – How to gently redirect your child’s murderous impluse

Join Jason and Jennifer as we discuss anger, not only our children’s but our own desire to do murder.  We hope you enjoy our lively discussion about coping with our kids anger, or not. Plus, how we constantly fail at containing our own anger when one of our kids says some snarky crap.  Come take a swig of some Kraken rum and have a nibble of our Mexican style street corn chips from Aldi’s, as we try our best not to chew into the microphone and make plans on where to bury a 12 year old.

 

 

 

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Catherine – Single mom’s are a special kind of tough

Join Jennifer and Jason as they chat with an ex-neighbor and friend of the pod, Catherine.  Listen as we discuss the joys and pains of single motherhood, absent fathers, and creative children.  Come sample a gin and tonic plus a little goat cheese on a baguette with some vodka soaked grapes, as hear all about Catherine’s journey as a mom.

Hygiene – When do children finally learn to smell their own stank?

Join Jason and Jennifer as we lament about stinky children, who are apparently nose blind to their stank.  Listen as we discuss being the stinky kid in school, why boys and girls are equally gross, and why puberty is a stinky hell scape.  Come have even more Costco wine from the advent calendar and Tate’s Bake Shop- Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies and help us figure out why children are so disgusting.

Chores – When letting them sit in their own filth doesn’t always work

Join Jason and Jennifer as we discuss the infuriating fight that lasts till their out of house, Chores.  Listen as we talk about what chores look like and don’t look like in our houses, why one of us is definitely a better housekeeper than the other, and how sometimes you just want to do it yourself because the kids do such a crap job.  Come have some more Costco wine from the advent calendar and some more Pretzel Crisps (I’m running out of ideas here, please help) as we figure out how to make our kids clean up their nasty rooms.

EJ – The wonderland of NOT having kids

Join Jennifer and Jason as they chat with a good friend of theirs, EJ.  Listen as we delve into the wonderland that is NOT having kids, and how wonderful it is to just be the fun gay Uncle.  Come have an Old Fashioned and some mixed nuts as you listen these mixed nuts try to figure why the hell we decided to become parents

Stealing – They steal from you, you steal their hopes and dreams

Join Jason and Jennifer as we discuss how we deal with children stealing, and when it’s not appropriate to kill them.  Listen as we discuss our own kids f**k-ups, our own mis-deeds, and why even though murder seems appropriate, sometimes you just gotta let go and let God, slap the sh!t out of them.  Is anyone else sick of the Costco Advent wine, I know we are, well come have some anyway with us and some Ferrero Rocher as we try to figure out what is going through these kids’ damn minds.

Fighting – How to profit from your children fighting

Join Jason and Jennifer as we chit chat about the inevitable fate of all children, fighting.  Listen as we try to figure out why kids fight, how we’ve failed to stop it and the crappy choices we’ve made when it comes to our own kids fighting.  Come have some more Costco wine from the advent calendar and some Reese’s Easter Eggs and try to figure out how to profit from our kid’s fighting, either with us or with their peers.

Ruth – Learn of Jason’s villain origin story

Join Jennifer and Jason as they chat with Jason’s mom Ruth.  Learn about how Jason became the sick and depraved individual he is now, and the joys of grandparenthood.  Come have some margarita’s with us as we snack on salsa and chips and discover the importance of never using an outhouse in your Easter best.

Homework – At what point do you just pay for a tutor

Join Jason and Jennifer as we chit chat about how much we hate doing homework with our kids.  Listen as we try to understand why it so much easier to help someone else’s kids with their homework than your own, and try to figure out how teachers do it on the daily when we want to punch holes through walls after 15 minutes.  Come have some more Costco wine from the advent calendar and some caramel and chocolate Pretzel Crisps as we figure out how were going to do this for the next 6 to 9 years.

Pouting – If you say something under your breath one more time….

Join Jennifer and Jason as we unleash our frustration with children pouting.  Listen as we plot the demise of our kids if they have one more tantrum. Learn how not to react like we do when an 8 year old starts muttering under their breath, and come have some more Costco wine and Biscoff Cookies as we try to find better ways of handling pouting….and fail.

Pete – Musing of parenthood of from a silver fox

Join Jennifer, Jason and their good friend Pete as we discuss gay parenting, parenting a trans child, and serving an itsy-bitsy jail sentence.  Enjoy some red wine from Trader Joe’s and a little gouda, while Pete tells his incredible parenting story.

 

 

 

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Bullying – Does anyone know how to stop your kids from being the bully?

Join Jennifer and Jason as we talk about the dreaded topic of bullying.  Listen as we drink our woes away when dealing with our kid’s bullies, and try to convince ourselves that our own kids are the problematic bullies. Come have some more Costco wine and even more Girl Scout Cookies as we try to figure out if WE are our kid’s bullies.

 

 

 

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Puberty – Discussions of questionable hygiene

Join Jennifer and Jason as we discuss the joys and pains of watching our hell spawn go through the change. Listen as we muddle our way through first periods, arm pit hair, crusty towels and why oh why can’t the smell their own funk. Come have some Costco wine and Girl Scout Cookies as we lay bare our failures and successes in navigating the change.

 

 

 

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Kim and Jessica – Lesbian parenting shenanigans

Join Jennifer, Jason and their extra special guests Kim and Jessica as we discuss being entrepreneurs, parents to weird kids, and the joys of lesbian parenting in rural Alabama.   Enjoy a peach bellini and caramelized onion dip from Costco with the gang and listen as we gossip about our kids.

 

 

 

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Vacations – How to not murder your children while at Disney

Join Jennifer and Jason as we take a trip down memory lane and remember all our great and not-so-great vacations.  Listen as we try to figure out when kids ever actually want to go to Disney World or just spend the whole time at the pool. Why New Orleans was one of our most favorite places to visit, and why not telling your ADHD child about a vacation beforehand is sometimes a necessity.

 

 

 

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Lying – Season 2 Introduction and how to teach a toddler how to cuss

Join Jennifer and Jason for Season 2 of our podcast.  We talk about the things we want to accomplish this season.  The lying liars that live with us, and how we handle the crap that comes out of our kid’s mouth.  Listen as we get drunk and talk some serious crap about our kids.

 

 

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