Ep. 228: I Am A Parenting Fraud plus Author James Patterson

One Bad Mother

Biz Ellis and Theresa Thorn

Moms, Kids & Family, Motherhood, Theresa Thorn, Comedy, Biz Ellis, Podcast, Parenting

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2017

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Biz admits to Theresa that we feel like frauds when it comes to knowing how to parent. Does standing there feeling totally blank count as “knowing what to do?” Luckily, Theresa lets us know we are not the only ones. Plus Biz commits to spontaneity , Theresa says “umhum," and we talk to author James Patterson about his Jimmy Patterson collections and his two latest books for young readers. Check out James' newest releases Give Thank You a Try (Give Please a Chance) and Big Words for Little Geniuses. You can check out his Jimmy Patterson collection here and learn more about Read Kiddo Read and his work to get more children reading here. Check out our book! You're Doing A Great Job!: 100 Ways You're Winning at Parenting! Thank you to all our listeners who support the show as monthly members of MaximumFun.org. Our sponsors this week are BarkBox and Mac And Mia. Go to barkbox.com/badmother to get a free extra month of BarkBox when you sign up for a 6 or 12- month plan. And go to macandmia.com/MOTHER for an easy way to accentuate your child's wardrobe with curated items of style and quality. Share your genius and fail moments! Call 206-350-9485 Be sure to tell us at the top of your message whether you're leaving a genius moment, a fail, or a rant! Thanks!! Share a personal or commercial message on the show! Details at MaximumFun.org/Jumbotron. Subscribe to One Bad Mother in iTunes Join our mailing list Join the amazing community that is our private One Bad Mother Facebook group Follow One Bad Mother on Twitter Follow Biz on Twitter Follow Theresa on Twitter Like us on Facebook! Get a OBM tee, tank, baby shirt, or mug from the MaxFunStore You can suggest a topic or a guest for an upcoming show by sending an email to onebadmother@maximumfun.org. Show Music Opening theme: Summon the Rawk, Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) Ones and Zeros, Awesome, Beehive Sessions (http://awesomeinquotes.com, also avail on iTunes) Mom Song, Adira Amram, Hot Jams For Teens (http://adiraamram.com, avail on iTunes) Telephone, Awesome, Beehive Sessions (http://awesomeinquotes.com, also avail on iTunes) Closing music: Mama Blues, Cornbread Ted and the Butterbeans

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0:00.0	This is a part-time working mom with a big kid and a little kid.
0:04.5	And I'm Teresa. I have a family business, two young kids, and a baby.
0:08.6	This is a show about life after giving life.
0:11.2	Don't listen with your kids because there will be swears. This is
0:15.0	one bad mother.
0:17.0	This week on One Bad Mother, I'm a fraud. I have no idea how to parent.
0:24.4	Plus, Biz commits to spontaneity.
0:26.9	Teresa says, mm-hmm.
0:28.6	And we talk to author James Patterson.
0:31.6	Whoo! Whoa!
0:35.0	How are you, Theresa?
0:37.0	Oh God.
0:38.0	Let's skip that question.
0:40.0	Next question.
0:41.0	Next question.
0:42.0	Good. Yeah. So... question. I'm great. I'm just kidding.
0:44.0	So everything is really just a shit show in my house right now.
0:48.1	Everything is so crazy.
0:49.1	I'm so tired.
0:50.0	And lately I've just been like really bogged down in like all this drama with Grace that I'll talk about at some point.
0:57.0	Ten years from now.
0:58.0	He's recovered when I'm over it.
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