Episode 28: Grandparents: Boundaries, Parenting Differences and Advice with John & Diane, Rachael’s Parents!

No One Told Us

Rachael Shepard-Ohta

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9 • 590 Ratings

🗓️ 29 February 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Episode 28: Grandparents: Boundaries, Parenting Differences and Advice with John & Diane, Rachael’s Parents! This week Rachael has two very special people in her life as guests- her mom and dad, John and Diane! Hear their real thoughts on Rachael’s viral "Boomer Advice" Tiktok, stroll down memory lane as they recount sleep and parenting in the late 80s and early 90s, and find out how they used to get their parenting advice. John and Diane share their personal experiences around things like sleep training and cosleeping and the stigma it had 30 years ago. They talk about how the culture around parenting and sleep has changed over the years, give their honest thoughts on "gentle parenting", and answer questions from YOU, the listeners about how to set boundaries with parents and in-laws! John and Diane also share their biggest regret as parents- which Rachael heard for the first time during the interview- and let you know their biggest piece of advice as you navigate the early years of parenting. John and Diane are Rachael’s Parents and parents to 2 other daughters. They are the loving grandparents of Rachael's 3 kids and live in Connecticut. Rachael is a mom of 3, founder of Hey, Sleepy Baby, and the host of this podcast. Instagram (Show page) Tiktok (Rachael's tiktok account) Show Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the No One Told Us podcast. I'm your host, Rachel, and today is a very special day, a very special episode because I have my parents, my mom and dad, Diane and John here today.
0:13.0	And they're going to answer a lot of our burning questions about their generation and about being grandparents and how things have changed from the time that we were
0:21.4	babies back in the late 80s, early 90s and today. So thanks for doing this with me, guys. You're welcome.
0:29.5	Anytime. They're at my sister's house right now and she has two dogs. So if anybody hears any
0:35.3	like whining, that is what that is. It's not us.
0:38.2	It's not them. I have had mom on the Instagram before and people love her, but today is dad's
0:45.3	big debut. Is there anything that you want to say before we kind of just dive into questions?
0:51.3	Other than the fact that we're your greatest fans?
0:56.4	Thank you. No, I don't think so.
1:02.9	My assistant, Corey, just had a baby yesterday. I don't know if you found out somehow, but she's a follower of yours. Oh, yay. Yeah. And one of the things she said, which I think is really right,
1:08.9	which is really true, And I think probably the
1:10.8	reason why, you know, you're resonating with people is that she said, you know what I love about
1:17.9	it is that whatever, it's sort of like whatever you do, it's okay. And that's the way Rachel
1:23.3	makes people feel. And I think that's right. And I think that, you know, we'll probably get into it
1:26.9	a little bit later. But I think it's really right that um because we're going to start talking about how it was for
1:33.4	us and uh what did we know what did we learn what were we trying to find out about raising children and
1:39.9	it was always like somebody was telling you this is the wrong way this is the right way and you
1:46.3	spent half the time screwing it up and you spent half the time trying to figure out what the right way was
1:51.6	I really appreciated what Corey said about you you know where she was just saying she just makes you
1:58.0	feel like whatever you do it's not wrong you know and try to like guide yourself
2:03.3	that way and and and and do it do it with some instinct and do it with some love and it would be right
2:10.1	somehow you know so that was just something that's so sweet shout out to corey and welcome to your baby
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