Hey everyone, happy 2015. This is the longest shortest time I'm Hillary Frank.

Today we are doing a special New Year's resolution show, actually all on parenting resolutions.

We asked you to tell us the ways that you'd like to improve as a parent this year.

It was pretty interesting, most people, when they have resolutions,

you know, they're talking about being harder on themselves, like losing weight and reading more.

But almost all of you had resolutions to go easier on yourselves. So maybe that's a

parent thing, I don't know. Anyway, we collected our favorites and we are going to be playing them

for you today. Also, I'll be telling you my parenting resolution for this year, and we've got a

bunch of longest shortest time show resolutions. There's actually one that's a pretty big change

for the show. So keep listening. Before we get to any actual resolutions, I need to introduce

you to someone special. She's actually sitting right in front of me in the studio here. Her name's

Joanna. Say hi Joanna. Hello. So Joanna joined the show in May. She's my first actual employee

before that I was doing the show all by myself. This is Joanna's ninth month here, which I felt

was notable because she's basically reached full gestation. So it felt like the right time to bring

her on the podcast. So Joanna, how has it been for you working on the show so far? It's been great.

No pressure. No pressure. Your boss asking you on the air. How's it been working here?

But I understand that there's a running joke in the office. There is a running joke in the office.

People like to tell me that I'm on the best birth control. I tell you on my C.

I get to hear all of the stories, which is amazing. It's wonderful. But sometimes they get a little

intense and people will overhear my conversations, which is you're not only hearing the stories we

work on. You hear you go through when people submit stuff to us and we get back to them to find

out more about their story. You're the one who calls them now. Yes, which is great. I feel so lucky.

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