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Well, a boy's best friend is his mother.

No one said being a parent would be easy, but now you don't have to go through it alone.

Actress and mother of two, Jamie Lynn Sigler,

has teamed up with musician and stay-at-home mother-of-two,

Jenna Paris, to create a safe place where you can confess your worst mommy sins

and still feel like you're killing the mommy game.

This is Mama Said with Jamie and Jenna.

So, hello, Mamas.

We have a very special moment to be able to share with you with the incredible Betsy Brown-Bron, who is just sort of an expert in all things with parenting and advice.

And particularly in this time, I think we're all deeply affected

by the passing of Kobe Bryant, his daughter, Gianna, and all of the other passengers

aboard that terrible helicopter crash. And I think while it hits all of us, so deeply,

we immediately think about our children and they have questions and sometimes

we don't feel like we have the answer so betsy's here to share with us some advice that she could

give and how to deal with death and grieving with our kids so betsy we're just going to hand it over

to you because we just we just need to and and your article was so incredible.

Do you want to tell us a little bit about your background really quickly so people know who they're listening to?

Well, I'm a child development and behavior specialist.

I've been in the field of parenting and teaching and kids and families for, believe it or not, 49 years, which is really scary.

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