DEEP DIVE: Gabrielle Blair, THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT

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What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood

Kids & Family, Comedy, Parenting

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Based on a recent listener question about how to start to let go as our kids get older, this "Deep Dive" series highlights some of our past interview episodes on the topic. As moms, we're often given tons of societal pressure on how we have to give our kids all the right things—then told to "chill out" when it comes to the worrying part. ⁠Gabrielle Blair⁠, author of ⁠THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT⁠, is here to tell us that adulthood doesn't look like it used to, and that there are many paths to the success and happiness that all our kids deserve. Gabrielle Blair is the the founder of ⁠DesignMom.com⁠ and the author of the New York Times blockbuster bestseller Ejaculate Responsibly. Gabrielle, Amy, and Margaret discuss: How the idea of the "reliable path to success" is actually harmful for a lot of parents and kids Simple (and free/cheap) ways to use your home to create the family life you want Why Gabrielle disagrees with the "you only get 18 summers" rhetoric that permeates parenting circles Here's where you can find Gabrielle: ⁠designmom.com⁠ @designmom on IG #thekidsareallright #thekidsareallrightbook Buy THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT: ⁠https://bookshop.org/a/12099/9781523526505⁠ We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: ⁠https://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/p/promo-codes/⁠ mom friends, funny moms, parenting advice, parenting experts, parenting tips, mothers, families, parenting skills, parenting strategies, parenting styles, busy moms, self-help for moms, manage kid’s behavior, teenager, tween, child development, family activities, family fun, parent child relationship, decluttering, kid-friendly, invisible workload, default parent, parental stress, kids stress, Gabrielle Blair, The Kids Are All Right, DesignMom, modern parenting, parenting pressure, success myths, raising kids, redefining success, motherhood expectations, family culture, home life, parenting mindset, letting go of fear, alternative paths to adulthood, parenting teens, parenting young adults, emotional resilience, family connection, values-based parenting, creative home, simple living, conscious parenting, parent burnout, mental health for parents Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:27.7	slash setup hello and welcome to fresh take from what fresh hell laughing in the face
0:35.7	of motherhood this is Margaret and this is Amy today we're talking to Gabrielle Blair. She is the founder of DesignMomom.com
0:43.2	and the author of The New York Times Blockbuster Bestseller, Ejaculate Responsibly. Today we're
0:49.2	talking about Gabrielle's new book co-written with her husband, Ben Blair. The kids are all right, parenting with
0:55.2	confidence in an uncertain world. Gabrielle and Ben are the parents of six children and currently
1:01.5	live in Normandy, France. Welcome, Gabrielle. Thank you so much for having me. So happy to be here.
1:07.0	You're kind of like Margaret and me in that your kids are older. They're not little anymore.
1:12.8	We like to say we come from the future to tell you everything's going to be okay. And this book,
1:18.0	just like all that, this book is a course correction that offers a really hopeful reframing,
1:24.3	I think, of what it means to parent today. Is that what you set out to accomplish with
1:28.3	this book? Absolutely. You've been in the mom blog space for a million years. I know you guys know
1:33.5	the deal. I've been doing this for 18 years and the entire 18 years has been parenting questions
1:39.5	from readers and followers and they're just stressed out. Parents are so stressed out. And so much media
1:46.3	aimed at parents is really, you know, pushing that stress. Like, you're supposed to be stressed
1:51.4	out. If you're not stressed out, your kids are not going to successfully make it to adulthood.
1:55.9	And I know you guys have seen the same thing. And so the intention of this book, we kind of got talked
2:01.1	into doing a parenting book. It was not like on my goal list or anything. And we kind of got talked
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