Hi, I'm Biz. I'm a working parent with a kid and a teen.

It's been 10 years since the show began and a lot has changed on the show and in the world.

But by elevating the voices of others, we have learned we are not alone and we are doing

a good job. This is still a show about life after giving life. This is One Bad Mother.

This week on One Bad Mother, I can't hear you over all my internal screen names.

We talk to New York Times, Parenting Newsletter, and opinion writer Jessica Gross about her new book.

Plus, Biz gets wet.

Woo! This is a check-in. I guess everybody just fed up with the holiday season.

Like, it's not even, it's the first week of December and I'm just done already.

And I'm not a annoying person who pretty much has all my Christmas shopping done,

but you know why? Because my child has a December 23rd birthday.

And this year, like, I just realized there's no good time to do a birthday party when

your kid has a December 23rd birthday and you are a household that celebrates Christmas.

So we're doing a party on Sunday, December 18th and you know exactly who's planning it.

And oh, did I also mention my partner turns 40 on January 2nd?

So I am stuck at Christmas, so if that wasn't enough already planning Christmas

and then also having to plan a six-year-old birthday party and birthday and my husband.

And I also have to deal with my in-laws. I mean, you know, I'm trying to get out of that

as much as I can and that's going pretty well, but this season, seriously, like,

it just isn't it supposed to be fun? Like, I'm not having any fun.

I am really excited, though, for Christmas Day to unwrap the presents that I bought for my

husband to give me because I did get myself some really nice things. So, you know, I've got to

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