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Childish

Episode 68 - Let Go of Your Perfectionism!

Childish

Alison Rosen

Podcast, Comedy, Kids & Family, Gregfitzsimmons, Childish, Advice, Alisonrosen, Comedypodcast, Humor, Parenting, Fitzdog, Alisonrosenisyourbestfriend

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Let go of your perfectionism! Imperfect Greg teaches you how. Plus news about introducing children and pets, reports that say active shooter drills are doing more harm than good, a search for our oldest listener and more.


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0:00.0

Childish, oh shit, last time I checked out still a kid.

0:05.0

Childish, oh shit, last time I checked out still a kid.

0:10.0

Childish, childish, this all freaks me out. Childish. Oh shit. How can I pet when I'm still a kid? Childish? Childish, oh shit.

0:22.0

Who the hell decided I was ready for this? My name is Greg Fitzsimmons. I'm Allison Rosen. Together we do a

0:29.4

podcast that is very personal and it's there to help you and if we help you grow as a

0:37.7

parent our job is done and even as a non-parent, this is a person.

0:43.0

I swear to God, I go out doing stand-up comedy.

0:45.4

I have so many people come up to me and say,

0:47.9

I don't have kids, but I listen to the podcast.

0:49.9

We get emails from a lot of people saying,

0:51.7

I don't have kids, but I listen to the podcast.

0:54.0

So I guess maybe because everybody has parents,

0:57.1

so they've been a child?

0:58.1

And because we just appeal to everyone, Greg.

1:01.2

We do. Here's a favor. I will not pretend to be modest. I don't even pretend. What were you

1:07.6

going to say? I have a gift for a lot of people ask us in the emails about, you know, they're overwhelmed, they've got kids, they feel like they can't handle it,

1:18.4

or you get people that are pregnant and are freaking out because they don't know if they can handle it and I read this article and it really kind of landed and it was just talking about how

1:27.8

You know just don't think you have to be perfect and don't feel like you have to do everything in this moment right away.

1:36.1

If you're having a hard time, leave the dishes in the sink overnight. Don't feel like you got to make your kids Halloween costume from scratch.

1:47.2

You know, don't, you know, just accept that the important thing is your mental health and your balance and sometimes that means

1:55.9

asking your significant other to pick up the slack a little bit while you go get a massage or you take a walk or you take a bath and give yourself a couple

2:05.1

hours and regenerate and then you'll come back and you'll be a better parent, you'll be a better

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