DEEP DIVE: Helping Kids Manage Their Friendships

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What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood

Comedy, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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What do we do as parents when our kids aren't great at making friends, or their friends are outgrowing them, or we feel that their friends are a bad influence? Sometimes, we're not supposed to do anything at all. Sometimes our kids really need our support. How can we tell the difference? In this episode, Amy and Margaret discuss: what might contribute to trouble making friends the skills kids can develop to become better friends what to do when you don't like your kid's friends This episode was originally released on November 6, 2024. Here are links to some of the resources mentioned in the episode: Michelle Icard for CNN: ⁠Parents ‘should be seen and not heard’ when it comes to kids and their friendships⁠ Parenting.org: ⁠My Child Has No Friends⁠ Julia Morrill for Health Matters: ⁠How Parents Can Help Their Kids Make Friends⁠ Lexi Walters Wright for Understood.org: ⁠4 skills for making friends⁠ Claire McCarthy for Harvard Health Publishing: ⁠Helping children make friends: What parents can do⁠ Kelsey Borresen for HuffPost: ⁠What To Do If You Don’t Like Your Kid’s Friend⁠ What Fresh Hell is co-hosted by Margaret Ables and Amy Wilson. 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, rejection, kid rejection, friendships, kids friendships, kids friends, kids making friends, kids social skills Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.1	I sometimes will find myself saying to my kids, what is my face telling you right now? What fresh hell?
0:38.0	Laughing in the face of motherhood.
0:40.1	Who are the 4% of people like my kid is too socially integrated?
0:44.0	With Margaret Abels and Amy Wilson.
0:46.5	I got three hours on Pokemon.
0:48.2	We're doing this.
0:49.4	A podcast that solves today's parenting dilemmas.
0:52.5	So you don't have to.
0:54.0	All kids, some and some kids all. Yes.
1:01.2	Hey, everybody. Welcome to What Fresh Hell laughing in the face of motherhood. This is Amy.
1:05.5	And this is Margaret. And today we're going to be talking about helping our kids manage their friendships.
1:11.2	Which is like very ages and stages, right? I mean, my kids are old enough now. I don't have to manage their friendships. But I hear about their friendships. I have thoughts about the friendships. Yes, yes. We're going to discuss that all. And I think I've already solved it, but I'm not going to spoil it. I'm going to get there. Don't do it too fast.
1:32.3	I already know what the answer is, but I'm not going to give you a spoiler. But first, Amy, let's start with mailbag. Oh yes. Wait a minute. Time for mailbag. Wait, wait. Yeah, yeah, check the mailbag.
1:40.1	On our Facebook group, Mary Katness shared the following meme.
1:45.8	When I was like five, my best friends and my favorite game to play was Mary Kayden Ashley,
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