The Unhelpful Parenting Podcast

We are back from a one-week hiatus after sick kids, with all-new parent news stories! With the news so heavy the last week, all the parent stories have been on the sidelines - so we are here to catch you up and have a laugh together. Sam starts us off with a fun fact about parenting, and that funny parents have been studied and proven to be more effective parents. Which, of course, opens up the debate to who is actually a funny parent and his request to bring back dad jokes to the podcast. Then we do yays and nays - with the promise NOT to whinge about sickness, instead celebrating it with Bec doing a double yay - being grateful for the airfryer and spewy matts - two items she wasn't convinced she needed but was happy to be proved wrong. Sam is naying the unfiltered kid cough, but yaying that losing their voices made the tantrums easier to deal with (silver linings, right?). Into the parent news and the headlines we have this week are: - A mum breaking the world record for the fastest barefoot LEGO run, running 100m in 24.75 seconds. - A grandparent in Sydney accidentally took home the wrong child - scary but true!- A footballer in the States who almost missed his shot at the NFL because his kids were watching Bluey- Lamborghini teams up with Silver Cross to make a super stroller (yes - a Lambo-pram!)- The Whitehouse would like people to know Stephen Miller does not play with dolls- And discover Blankets from Ben, a beautiful initiative by a mum who lost her son and is helping bring comfort to others. We then imagine a haunted house, but instead of people jumping out at you, it's just full of toddlers who missed their naps. That is a call out to send us your creepy kid stories!Follow us on socials (and blankets from Ben!) and come 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

In this episode, we have some wild pregnancy cravings, from soy sauce pancakes to things outside the food groups. Then the confessional has some hilarious stories from parents, including a 'talk' gone wrong, finished off with some parent news ft. Batman!Kicking off the episode, Bec starts the yays and nays with a funny story showing how the 2yo equates farts to daddy, but nays the parenting organisation trap - where she is now 100 times more organised than she ever was before kids, but now also 100 times more disorganised! Sam is yaying the almost 2-year-olds' cute obsessions and naying ALL THE NOISE!Into pregnancy cravings and there is everything from anchovies and chocolate, or brownies on make and cheese, to the dust off tyres, dishwasher powder and a krabby patty. The confessional starts with the mislabelled gummies, and a teenager that will never have a problem after that experience, and 8yo that won't skip bath time ever again, and a talk about the birds and the bees that left a kid bewildered. In parent news, we share the story of Orange, a town in France, where drug dealers are leading the way in charity work, much to the disgust of the schools, and we ask, What team are you on? Team dealer or team school? It's a tricky one! And then we have a man stopping burglars in the night, all in his Batman pyjamas! Show us some love (it really encourages us!) and come 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/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 asked for the funniest or wildest injuries your kids have caused you, plus we are back with our parenting confessional and parent news stories.Kicking off with a not-so-fun fact for Bec - did you know parents of 3 kids are reported to have the highest levels of stress? Sam and Bec catch up with their weekly yay and nays - Bec yaying their two-night getaway kid-free (sleeping til 9am, anyone?!), and naying being woken up before 6, being reminded of Steve Irwin's passing by an overly curious 4-year-old. Sam's yaying time on their holiday to develop a new hobby (thank you Fox In The Box Gold Coast escape rooms!) and naying how fast it went. Then we jump into the answers from this week's question about what is the worst injury you've gotten from your kid. We've got some doozy injuries that will make you think 'ouch', while helping you feel at home if you've ever been headbutted, whacked or injured by your child. The confessional is open this week with another hilarious funeral mixup, a 3-year-old Jesus (no, it's not blasphemous), and a grocery store ninja. Parent news this week, and we share about one mother who had the unfortunate experience of going into labour while dressed as the Grinch for Halloween! We also share a story from India about a doctor who is making headway in combating the baby gender bias, celebrating baby girls, and pushing for change. That's a feel-good, slightly shocking story for us to finish with - and we will be back next week with more stories, confessions, news and 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

This episode is packed with parent hacks, confessions and news!Kicking off with a random Sam thought about how our kids are going to look at us weirdly at the word 'rewind' - we quickly catch up with our parent yays and nays from this week. Bec is yaying cute mixed up words like bumblegum and double-yaying with the successful use of reverse psychology on the 4 year old. Sam is yaying the kids finally eating their dinner (after a year of complaining on this podcast that they waste food), and naying the unexpected emotions of watching your child walk off to school for the first time (he won't admit it, but he cried in the car!). The confessional is in full swing this week, but with a few stories that we think are more like parent hacks! Like counting to 500 for hide and seek, or telling the kids they can play on iPads until you wake up (cue the sleep in!). These are followed by some embarrassing parent stories and kids saying the darndest things. This week has 2 parent news stories, starting with the debate over child-free resorts and hotels, fuelled by France's recent political debates about their culture of child-free stays. Followed by Skibid being added to the Cambridge dictionary along with a whole bunch of slang we STILL don't understand, even with dictionary definitions. Come back next week as we finally answer the question we asked last week - what's the funniest or most unhinged child-inflicted injury you've received (or seen...)?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

This week, we have a long list of wild newborn-life stories and one of the funniest parent news stories to date. From sleep deprivation to wild postpartum rage - there are a lot of stories here to relate to and more to laugh with. To kick off, we apologize for another Bluey World episode delay (it'll come one day, won't it, Sam?) before catching up with our yay and nays. Bec is yaying getting more sleep cos the 4yo has chosen daddy as his pillow, and naying the kids' funny playground coverup. Sam is naying his new hand splint and the youngest child's reaction to it, and yaying a funny kid conversation about the police. Then we come to the answers to: What's your wildest story from the postpartum/newborn phase? The unhinged, sleep-deprived, and hilarious. There are weird dreams, sleep deprivation, rocking the groceries, LOTS of crying, a fair bit of rage and throwing things, and forgetting the baby's name. Plus a very anonymous divorce lawyer and a Brittney Spears meltdown story. Get ready to laugh, cry and feel seen by these stories! Got a good one to add? Send it to us! We then have a dad fail, future Matilda's star story that makes us ask the question for next week: what's the worst injury your kid has caused you? (NOT birth-related - you automatically win with those!). To round it out, we've got two parent news stories with a hilarious camp singalong that Bec can relate to, and the biggest, latest scoop - Frida's new Breastmilk Icecream - just like mom used to make. Make sure you follow on socials to see the best bits, behind the scenes and extra funnies, and to see the questions we send out for future episodes!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

Strap in for another episode of the Unhelpful Parenting Podcast. This week, we change things up, starting with Bluey news, as we welcome our first-ever podcast guests: the gnomes. But add to that the absolute outrage that the ABC didn't even attempt to get merchandising rights to Bluey and more or less started the show and gave away the profits to an overseas company (bless you BBC). The Bluey news outrage continues, with the ABC choosing to temporarily remove the Hammerbarn episode of Bluey because, as a publicly owned broadcaster, they can't support a commercial campaign. Once we get the Bluey Heeler shock news out of the way, we jump into a quick catch-up with yays and nays. Bec is yaying Amazon Prime subscriptions for cheap and convenient parenting supplies and nappies - but naying the hour-plus round trip that is the school run (even though school is 15 minutes away). Sam is yaying getting our hands on the Bluey gnomes, but naying the whole 10 minutes it took for one to break. This week we have some more school fails and tales being sent in off the back of the last one a few weeks ago - and a few 'friend' stories that we aren't buying. With interesting show and tell and the stories kids tell their teachers, at least your kid isn't proclaiming to everyone that you 'pooped out a baby'. We have two confessions in the confessional this week, with kids mistaking people for ugly mannequins, and a Priscilla Queen of the Desert mix up. In non-Bluey parent news, we have two headlines we are sharing, with THC-laced pizza being eaten by a baby and a toddler that bites a cobra to death in India. Next week, we are asking what the most unhinged and hilarious things that happened in the first few weeks of newborn life - so send us your stories and come back 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/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

Kids really say the funniest things! This episode revolves mostly around the answers we were sent to the question: What's the most embarrassing thing your kid has said in public?But to start, we first apologise for our delayed Bluey episode - we promise it's on the way! And to make up for it, there's new Bluey news at the end of the episode.With our quick catch-up yays and nays - Bec is naying still doing sleepless nights, and yaying parent wins, creating core memories. Sam is yaying some sweet baby cuddle time, but naying getting old (anyone else see the grey hairs?).The embarrassing stories kick off with mispronounced words, blatant unfiltered truth bombs, half-truths and hilarious timing.We wrap up with the Bluey news - and we've got gnomes on the shelf at Bunnings! (Bunnings = Australia's hardware store that Hammerbarn is modelled off) Of course, they are likely already sold out as we record this, and they are already appearing online for four times the price!Get ready for next week, as we have more funny kid stories, some confessions and answers to all the questions you can catch on socials this week.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

Get ready for funny teacher gifts and parent interview stories, some embarrassing confessions and an intro to Bluey world!Starting with a bad joke, Bec's worried she's now given Sam the opportunity to start telling dad jokes again. Catching up with yays & nays, Bec's yaying her funny middle child comment and naying the sickness sharing. Sam's yaying Bluey world and naying the kids' short attention span after a painful train ride on the weekend that started well and went downhill from there. This week we have a lot of stories sent in by teachers of funny parent-teacher interviews and some interesting gifts they've received.The confessional is open with 3 parent stories, including a funny, embarrassing moment in a public bathroom, a misunderstanding at home and a breastfeeding mom feeling the love from her older child. In parent news, we are sharing about the noise-making lines on the highway, playing Beethoven's Ninth, Ode to Joy. We also share the hyper-realistic doll craze that has this year taken over in Brazil and resulted in bills being brought to parliament to manage it. To finish, we take you through a brief walk-through of our Bluey's World visit, giving you an overview and previewing what will be a special deep-dive episode. Stay tuned!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