Episode 559: Wait, There's a Reason for That? with Meri Wallace

One Bad Mother

Biz Ellis and Theresa Thorn

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

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Who do you think is crying more at school drop-off? You or your kid? Meri Wallace, author of The Secret World of Children: Understanding Why Your Kids Behave The Way They Do, joins Biz to discuss turtles, the whys and hows of kicking and biting, and communicating with separation anxiety.

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0:00.0	This is Biz and this is the final season of One Bad Mother.
0:04.6	So join us this last year as we remember to Judge Less,
0:08.8	laugh more, and celebrate all the OBS who have been on this journey with us.
0:14.7	This is still a show about life after giving life.
0:17.6	And yes, there will be swears.
0:20.6	This is one bad mother.
0:26.0	This week on one bad mother,
0:28.0	wait, there's a reason for that?
0:30.0	We talk with child and family therapist Mary Wallace about her new book, The Secret World of Children.
0:38.0	Welcome, Mary. It is so nice to have you.
0:42.0	Oh, I'm so pleased to be here.
0:44.0	Thank you for inviting me.
0:46.0	Before I introduce you fully
0:50.0	and your wonderful background and your wonderful new book. I do want to ask you who lives in your house?
0:57.8	Well I live with my husband in Long Island in a place called Amakansit.
1:05.3	It's right near Mantock.
1:07.4	I'm right at the end of the line there
1:09.8	right before England.
1:16.0	And we have two turtles.
1:19.1	Love it. One turtle was given to my husband
1:22.4	and he's probably over a hundred by now and the other one we
1:27.2	found a little baby snapping turtle and we took it home to save it. Now it's not so little. No. No.
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