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What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood

Kids & Family, Parenting, Comedy

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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What do we do as parents when our kids aren't great at making friends, or their friends are outgrowing them, or we feel that their friends are a bad influence? Sometimes, we're not supposed to do anything at all. Sometimes our kids really need our support. How can we tell the difference? In this episode, Amy and Margaret discuss: what might contribute to trouble making friends the skills kids can develop to become better friends what to do when you don't like your kid's friends Here are links to some of the resources mentioned in the episode: Michelle Icard for CNN: Parents ‘should be seen and not heard’ when it comes to kids and their friendships Parenting.org: My Child Has No Friends Julia Morrill for Health Matters: How Parents Can Help Their Kids Make Friends Lexi Walters Wright for Understood.org: 4 skills for making friends Claire McCarthy for Harvard Health Publishing: Helping children make friends: What parents can do Kelsey Borresen for HuffPost: What To Do If You Don’t Like Your Kid’s Friend 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, invisible workload, default parent, rejection, kid rejection, friendships, kids friendships, kids friends, kids making friends, kids social skills Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Well, the holiday season is nearly upon us, which means I'm going to have kids on the move,
0:04.8	coming home from college, maybe they're stopping along the way, and sometimes there's five
0:08.6	of us in five places. But you don't have to worry about where anyone in your family is at any given
0:14.4	time if you have Life 360, the location sharing app that gives you peace of mind in the palm of your
0:20.6	hand.
0:21.2	And gives your kids no annoying texts from mom, where are you?
0:24.8	Which my kids also love.
0:26.4	For those of us with children old enough to be out there in the world, sometimes driving,
0:30.9	Life 360's Roadside Assistance offers that extra level of assurance.
0:34.7	Then my kids will be fine if they get into trouble with a flat tire or engine trouble while
0:38.9	traveling.
0:39.7	Life 360 also has crash detection and SOS with emergency dispatch.
0:44.8	So if they're in any kind of trouble, help is just a click away.
0:48.5	Make everyday family life better.
0:50.6	Visit life360.com or download the app today and use code WFH to get one month of the gold
0:57.9	package for free. That's life 360.com code WFH. I sometimes will find myself saying to my kids,
1:09.1	what is my face telling you right now? What fresh hell?
1:12.4	Laughing in the face of motherhood.
1:14.6	Who are the 4% of people like my kid is too socially integrated?
1:18.4	With Margaret Abels and Amy Wilson.
1:21.0	I got three hours on Pokemon.
1:22.7	We're doing this.
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