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One Bad Mother

Episode 497: Every Generation Does It Different, Except Generational Labels Are Garbage, with Catherine Shoichet

One Bad Mother

Biz Ellis and Theresa Thorn

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

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2023

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Lousy, selfish millennials hogging all the avocados and... turning 40?!? Catherine Shoichet of CNN Digital joins Biz to talk generational labels and being the bologna in the sandwich. Plus, Biz says thank you.

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0:00.0

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

0:03.6

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

0:09.6

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

0:15.2

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

0:25.2

This week on One Bad Mother, every generation does it different.

0:29.1

Except generational labels are garbage. I talk to Catherine Shouiken,

0:33.6

senior editor of Immigration and Demographics for CNN Digital about labels. Plus, Biz says thank you.

0:44.3

Kind of quite well because the video is just sleeping this morning. But this is a check-in.

0:49.6

Thank you for being the place that I can call when I need to be excited about

0:55.1

a parenting thing like it. I can't really just go around telling people.

0:59.6

Basically, my child has been potty training for two years. Two very, very long years.

1:09.5

And like I won't go into details, but just it's one of those. Have you tried this? Yes.

1:16.0

I have tried everything. Situations. We finally got some tips earlier this month from the

1:24.0

pediatrician that we just somehow hadn't heard before. Like it was actually helpful to advise.

1:31.3

And over the past month, not only has my child become fully potty trained, but we have started

1:40.0

night potty training. And they're doing great. Like this, okay, it's only night two. Like we just

1:47.1

finished night two. So like I get really on, but still the past two nights have been so much more

1:52.8

than I ever expected. I did not anticipate us doing this forever. We spent another year for it.

1:59.0

So for it to be going this well is just mind blowing. And I am just almost tears because I'm so

2:09.1

happy that we're finally here and that this is going so well. And you can probably hear my cat

2:16.6

purring right next to the phone because we'll say it because he's happy too. But I think it's just

2:21.5

because he's happy. Anyway, I feel like I'm doing such a great job. And the pediatrician is doing

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