The Unhelpful Parenting Podcast

Welcome to the new mess-isode! This week we asked ‘what’s the worst mess your kids have made?’ and the answers were as hectic as you’d expect! Plus we’ve got a new segment and other fun and messy parent life laughs. Here’s what’s coming… Starting with our usual yay and nay of the week:Bec’s nay: Doing a whole week solo while Sam was away for work (when do single parents shower?!)Bec’s yay: the tuckshop lunch app – again! The disorganised parents lifeline!Sam’s yay: my kids STILL love me (the card even said so)Sam’s nay: daylight savings makes working between states a bit of a mess. Sam slips a dad joke or three into this episode and signs himself up to dress up as batman in the office (we wish that was a joke). Then Bec introduces a new short segment (while the confessional has a siesta) called ‘Parents in the news’. This week sharing a new Bluey story where a police strike force (called strike force bandit) recovered over 40k of the 63k Bluey ‘dollar bucks’ coins that have been released by the Royal Australian Mint. Yes, this is real. And yes, they are selling on ebay for way more than they should! We are then sharing the mess stories! From a few unfortunate poo-paintings, to real life paint paintings, all the toys, wall drawings and food attracting ant nests – there’s a few doozies that will make you feel like you’re not the only parent who’s had a bad day (or week, or month!). We wrap up with a ‘would you rather’ mess edition – comparing mess scenarios and which would be worse (though we think we’ll take none of the above thank you!). We wrap up with a reminder to send us your stories, SHOW US SOME LOVE and follow us on all the social platforms you’re on.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

With laughs and gobsmacked moments, this week we are talking about some of the creepy things kids do!To kick off this podcast for parents (and anyone who wants a laugh!) Sam and Bec say hi and catch up with their yay and nays of the week:Bec's yay: actually getting a moment to get her eyebrows doneBec's nay: the baby won't say her name!Sam's yay: the baby only says 'dada'Sam's nay: traveling for work when you have kids is hardThen Sam shares a dad joke that unintentionally gets him signed up for a tens machine birth experience! Make sure you comment if you want to see this happen!We move to the confessional for a good laugh at some of the things parents have had thrown at them lately including:- sleep-deprived yelling at babies- things you don't want to hear coming from the bathroom and- a really intuitive question we'd have no idea how to answerThen we are sharing all the creepy things people sent in that their kids have said and done. We are talking creepy comments, talking to things we can't see, weird night time movements and knowing things they shouldn't!If you're not a big Halloween lover - that's okay cos we manage to laugh about a lot of these (and as Australians don't go too hard on Halloween) - but that doesn't make some of these stories any less creepy! Some of these parents must be sleeping with one eye open!!Send us your stories, show us some love on socials and come back next week for some more 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/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

This week we are talking white lies, some bigger than others and a few hilarious backfires and parent fails. We've also got some great confessions, and a dad joke or two thrown in!Starting off, we catch up with our weekly yay and nay - but Sam is captain negative and accidentally planned two nays and no yays!Bec is yaying: Facebook memories of the kids and funny moments from Sam hurting himself while she was in labour. Bec is naying: the silly sounds and songs we make up to keep the baby awake in the car when they're trying to go to sleep minutes from home!Sam's nay #1: waking up to a three year old wanting to play and punching him in the face. Sam's nay #2: is the kids birthday party chaos and sensory overload!Catch a bad dad joke or three before we head into the confessional where we have:- kids cutting their hair- parents hitting their kids heads putting them in the car- sending your kids to school when school isn't on!Then we are right into all the white lie stories that were sent in -with bonus points for the ones that backfired!We've got the usual Santa, Toothy Fair and Easter white lies, and then 'spicy' food, reverse psychology and mummy and daddy 'wrestling', just to name a few! Laugh with us, subscribe and share this with someone who you think would love to laugh along too!Come back next week and send us your stories as we ask the question: what's the creepiest thing your kid has said or done?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

Strap in for some eye watering parenting confessions and the hilarious kids quotes parents sent in! #kidssaythedarndestthingsWe kick of with our yays and nays, celebrating the wins and fails of our past week. Bec’s nay: having the baby sync up with the podcast, giving us severe sleep deprivation the day of the last episode release!Bec’s yay: the validation of watching Sam flounder to get the kids to school while she was unexpectedly out of action (he did great though!).Sam’s nay: trying to find everything without Bec for school run (and another round of sickness!).Sam’s yay: the birds on our family trip over the weekend. But more than that, seeing our kid’s personality come through, facing their fears to hold the birds too. There’s no bird-themed dad jokes however, just some good old fashioned eye rolling jokes to take us into the parenting confessional. This week the confessional is back, starting with a personal one with our daughter misunderstanding the stern warning from daddy after losing her last waterbottle, and thinking now she lost another that she wouldn’t be allowed to drink water!!We had a single parent reach out to share their confession and co-parenting struggles, with a dad who will buy allllll the toys. Then there’s THE biter story that will have all the dad’s eyes watering and legs crossed. We then close out the confessional with a parent rewarded with farts to the face for delaying the toilet training process. ENTER THE FUNNY KIDS QUOTES!From hilarious reactions to messed up words and repeating all the secrets and things you don’t want them to say, listen along to hear the funny things kids say – and send us yours for next time cos this segment is a keeper that we return to regularly!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

In this episode of the Unhelpful Parenting Podcast, we dive into the chaotic world of sleep-deprived parenting, and trust me, it’s a wild ride! We share some hilarious stories you sent in —like that time a mum accidentally poured water into the toaster or another tried to crack eggs back into the carton. We also chat about the serious side of sleep deprivation, including dodgy driving and those emotional meltdowns that hit us out of nowhere. With plenty of laughs and a few heartfelt moments, we want you to know you’re not alone in this chaos. 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

Sam is running the show today – so look out! We are talking dad jokes, washing machines, single parent shoutouts, hilarious kid mispronunciations, ‘cool’ parent attempts, and a never have I ever parenting edition. Kicking off with our weekly ‘yays’ and ‘nays’…Bec’s yay: her washing machine. Other mums often ask what to buy before having kids – Bec says buy a big washing machine so all the bedding can go in at once! Her Bec’s nay: her latest nickname from the 3yo who is learning he is a ‘big boy’ so she is a ‘big mummy’ to him. Sam’s yay: having school back, not cos he hates the holidays but because he loves the routine. Sam’s nay: is our latest wave of all-over-the-place weather, bringing a new wave of bugs and viruses. We do a special shoutout to the single parents. We recognise a lot of our banter and experience is around parenting as a married couple, and wanted to take a moment to appreciate that single parents have an added complexity to an already complex part of life – so to all the single parents – we salute you! INTO THE CONFESSIONAL! This week we have 3 stories off the back of the one we got sent last episode. From the parent poorly explaining what a stripper was, and then having his daughter tell people that’s what she wanted to be (cos who wouldn’t want to dance for money?), we have… the boy who wanted to be a hooker (cos squirrels), the boy with the hooker truck (cos that makes so much more sense than a tow truck), and the kid who thought he was dressed as a ‘child predator’ for Halloween! Finishing off with another parent story sent in, confessing to trying to be cool and using the latest slang the wrong way (who knew ‘skibbidy’ was an insult?!). We laugh about all the latest slang and how we already have no clue!In the final segment of this parenting podcast, we play an extremely unhelpful (but fun!) round of ‘never have I ever’, parenting edition. Play along and see how many you get – have you dozed off on the toilet? Or ran an errand just to ‘get away’? We come close to almost ALL of them, but Sam wins out this round (just!). We do all the parent talk and laughs in this one!Come back next week where we are talking sleep deprivation – and send us your funny stories of what you’ve done cos you were sleep deprived!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