Oops! My Kid Hates Me

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What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood

Kids & Family, Comedy, Parenting

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Right now your kid doesn't like you. At all. What is really going on? And how can we respond without losing our cool, even when our feelings are genuinely hurt? In this episode Amy and Margaret discuss: Why kids say “I hate you” (and why it’s rarely about you) How to handle boundary-testing without escalating conflict The importance of letting kids push against limits... while holding firm to those limits Keeping connection strong during high-conflict moments Balancing correction with genuine positive interactions Here are some of the resources mentioned in the episode: Raising Teens Today blog: Help...My Teenager Hates Me and It's Breaking My Heart Ellen Himelfarb for Today's Parent: An Age-By-Age Guide To Dealing With “I Hate You”https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3574772/ Regina Sullivan and Elizabeth Norton Lasley for Cerebrum Journal: Fear in Love: Attachment, Abuse, and the Developing Brain 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/ Get 50% Off Monarch Money, the all-in-one financial tool at www.monarchmoney.com/FRESH Parenting Podcast, Parenting Challenges, Raising Kids, Parenting Tips, Parenting Struggles, Parenting Support, Parent Child Relationship, Emotional Parenting, Mental Health For Parents, Parenting Emotions, Family Wellness, Parenting Anxiety, When Kids Hate You, Difficult Parenting, Parenting Conflicts, Parenting Struggles Real Talk, Parenting Honesty, Parenting Life, Mom Life, Dad Life, Family Dynamics, Parenting Community, Parenting Podcast Life Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And so therefore, a young man.
0:03.1	What fresh hell.
0:05.0	Laughing in the face of motherhood.
0:07.2	You go from being superhero to Clark Kent with Margaret Aples and Amy Wilson.
0:12.2	She was the wicked witch of the West.
0:14.4	A podcast that solves today's parenting dilemmas so you don't have to.
0:18.8	You degenerate in grades.
0:20.6	I will give you a 40-minute lecture
0:22.3	about how much you stink.
0:27.7	Hey, everybody. Welcome to What Fresh Hell Laughing in the Face of Motherhood. This is Amy.
0:36.0	And this is Margaret. And today we're talking about, oops, my child hates me. I love this. So this week, you did the prep. I have a few hot takes because I think I know what this is about, but maybe I don't. And away we go. But first, you know who doesn't hate us? Sarah on Facebook from our mailbag. Oh yes. Wait a minute. Time for mailback.
0:57.5	Wait. Wait. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Check the mail bag. And Margaret. Look at me. Oh, yeah.
1:05.0	She says, I'm one of those people who likes to start things at the beginning. So about a year ago, I started listening to Wet Fresh Hell. I finally made it to the COVID era and this morning finished the yearly wrap-up
1:15.4	episode from 2020. There was a comment, I think, from Margaret, that they were debating what to do
1:20.7	with the COVID episodes, but left them up as a little time capsule. And I just want to say the
1:25.7	episodes really have been a time capsule. I was brought back to
1:29.5	the fear, confusion, frustration, but also the humor and fun things we did to get through that time.
1:34.9	Thank you for keeping these episodes up. It's been fun going on the ride again. Wow. Yeah. I'm not sure
1:41.2	I want to revisit it. I'd be interested to listen to the beginning COVID ones again, just to like hear what it was back then.
1:47.8	And it's a good reminder. You can hear our entire back catalog on our wherever you're listening to this.
1:53.7	That's right.
1:54.0	Go back and listen to any episodes. And if you'd like to listen to all of those episodes, add free.
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