This episode may contain explicit language.

Welcome to Karen Feeding, the show that's as honest and messy as parenting itself.

I'm Zach Rosen. I make another podcast. It's called Weirdly Helpful. I'm Dad to Noah,

who's eight, Ami, who's five. We live in Detroit, where it's freezing.

Hey, I'm Lucy Lopez. I host another podcast to the Mamasita Rica. I'm Mother to Amelia who's 15, Avery, who's 13, and we live in Miami. I'm Elizabeth New Camp. I write the homeschool and family travel blog, Dutch Dutch, Goose, and the mom to Henry, who's 13, Oliver, who's 11, and Teddy Who's 7. We live in Honolulu, Hawaii.

This week, we're doing a little year in review.

First up, we're talking about what we've learned and sharing our biggest big picture parenting wins.

We're all about the wins to close out 2025.

And then one thing we want to learn from, we won't call it a fail.

Then we wrote poems for each other.

I have no idea what anyone else's says, but mine are special.

I, uh, I, I, I feel like include a small lesson as I chose a different poem type for each of you. Oh my gosh. I literally

cannot wait for that. So please stick around. We'll be right back. Welcome back. Normally,

we come back with a really specific parenting moment from the week, but we want to

zoom out. We want to go big picture. We're going to each share one thing from this year that

feels like a genuine parenting win. And one thing we didn't quite nail, but want to be more

intentional about next year. So Lucy, why don't you kick us off? Yes. I think this year what I learned about

myself as a parent and about my children is that we are all equally eager to learn more about each other

and about this world as a family.

And I really have those big moments when we step out of the house, when we step out of our

daily routine, and we're out in the real world.

And the more time I spend with them on these little mini getaways, whether it's with our party of 17 family,

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