Fresh Take: Anna Fader and Amelia Eigerman

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What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood

Parenting, Kids & Family, Comedy

4.6 • 962 Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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How can we get buy-in from our kids when we go on vacation, whether it's a half-hour down the road or the other side of the world? Anna Fader and Amelia Eigerman, the mother-daughter team behind the MOMMY POPPINS TRAVEL JOURNAL AND ACTIVITY BOOK, have devised practical tips for really including our kids on family adventures. Anna Fader and Amelia Eigerman are a mother-daughter team. Mommy Poppins is recognized as a leading authority on family activities and travel, cited in publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Forbes, among others. Anna, Amelia, and Margaret discuss: Why this travel journal is appropriate for every kind of vacation The two different perspectives they bring to the book The important skills kids can learn while traveling Here's where you can find Anna and Amelia: www.mommypoppins.com @mommypoppins on IG, FB, TikTok, and Youtube Buy the MOMMY POPPINS TRAVEL JOURNAL AND ACTIVITY BOOK: https://bookshop.org/a/12099/9781964487014 We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: ⁠https://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/p/promo-codes/⁠ mom friends, funny moms, parenting advice, parenting experts, parenting tips, mothers, families, parenting skills, parenting strategies, parenting styles, busy moms, self-help for moms, manage kid’s behavior, teenager, tween, child development, family activities, family fun, parent child relationship, decluttering, kid-friendly, summer travel, summer vacation, vacation with kids, travel with kids, kid-friendly vacation, kid-friendly travel, tips for vacation with kids, tips for traveling with kids Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.2	Hello and welcome to what fresh hell laughing in the face of motherhood. This is Margaret.
0:39.1	And today on today's fresh take, I am talking to Anna Fader and Amelia Eigerman. They are a mother-daughter team since
0:45.8	2007 when Anna started the website Mommy Poppins. Their family has traveled extensively to discover
0:52.8	the best destinations and activities for families
0:55.3	and learned how to turn any day into an adventure.
0:58.3	Anna and Mommy Poppins are recognized as leading authorities on family activities and travel,
1:03.3	cited in publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Forbes, among many others.
1:09.2	Welcome, Anna and Amelia.
1:14.9	Thank you. Thank you. So I believe you are our first mother-daughter team. Tell us a little bit about how you came to work together on this book.
1:22.3	I think, in all honesty, I was just like, well, I actually need Amelia to help me on this because I didn't
1:28.7	think I could do it on my own. And I couldn't think of a better partner for it since we have traveled
1:35.4	together all the time and have kind of Amelia's been so integral to Mommy Poppins and understands
1:42.1	inherently what we're trying to do. So I'm going to really was the
1:46.5	ideal partner. Yeah, I started writing for Mommy Poppins. The first article I read, I believe I was in
1:50.9	fifth grade, and I wrote a book report of books that I recommended for other elementary
1:54.9	schoolers. And so that's sort of where our writing collaboration began. And it was a delight writing a book together. It really
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