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#28 Quality Screen Time: Awesome Stuff You’d Never Think to Show Your Kids Nov 08, 2023

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Look, Frozen is great! Bluey is unbelievable! Paw Patrol is... an incredibly lucrative business. But by the 11th viewing, they are all the worst thing you've ever seen - and mostly your kid ends up watching them alone while you zone out on your phone. Max and Matt are diving into an alternate take on screen time with your kids - one filled with great films, dope music videos, and sketch comedy that's just as funny to you as it is to a five year old. With a little research (and some time on Common Sense Media), this can be a truly shared experience - instead of a way to kill an afternoon. So, grab some popcorn and settle in. Tonight we're gonna watch something GOOD.
Links Discussed on the Show:
Batman Scene
Iconic Mission Impossible Scene
Arrival - First Contact Scene
Arrival - Heptapods Speak Scene
Arrival - They Need to See Me Scene
Singin' in the Rain - Make 'Em Laugh
Singin' in the Rain - Moses
Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity
SNL Office Boss
I Think You Should Leave - Skeleton Song
I Think You Should Leave - Interview Door Scene
Nature Videos (ex. ring-tailed lemur)
also:
Common Sense Media
Before watching the below movies, we'd recommend checking Common Sense Media and reading what makes these "more adult" and see if you're cool with them with your kids (ex. profanity, storyline, etc). We recommend watching these with younger kids to explain complex plots.
Movies listed:
Rudy
Apollo 13
The Truman Show
Ready Player One (Watch out for the scene from the Shining)
Once
Arrival

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#27 Kids’ Fears: Bedtime, Bad Guys, and Separation Anxiety + Cultivating Bravery Oct 31, 2023

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Loud noises, separation anxiety, monsters under the bed, scary movies, and "Holy sh*t, Dad - I'm gonna die someday?!" Max and Matt are venturing into the deep, dark wood that is childhood fears. How do you help your kids navigate scary stuff, when the part of their brain that freaks them out is better developed than the part that calms them down? What's the balance between sheltering, comforting, and providing young people the tools to face a world that can sometimes be legitimately terrifying? And how can stories - even spooky ones - help your kid feel like an empowered protagonist in that world? It’s Halloween, y’all! Wait until dark, grab a handful of your kids' trick-or-treating candy (they'll never notice), and take a walk with us on the dark side...

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#26 Outings, Errands, and the Public Adoration Dads Get for Just… Parenting Oct 24, 2023

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There is nothing worse than staring at your own four walls, counting the minutes until bedtime while your children slowly chip away at the last shreds of your sanity. But there's a cure for this affliction! Sometimes you just gotta GTFO o' the house! Is it easy? No! Does it go smoothly every time? Of course not! Is parenting in public occasionally a clusterf*ck? Sure! But taking your kids out into the world - whether it's an enriching library trip, or just an errand at the drug store - can be an amazing way to create adventure, stay present, and build closeness with your kids. Max and Matt dig into everything from outdoor excursions, to car time, to restaurants with toddlers. The Boys share tricks, tips, and outing ideas that have worked best for them. And they discuss why exposing your kids to the world, and all the crazy people out there in it, is an amazing (if frequently stressful) part of being a parent.

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#25 Food Dyes, Additives, and Healthy Kids sans Panic with @thefoodbabe Oct 18, 2023

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We've got Vani Hari, AKA The Food Babe joining us this week! As a mother, author, cook, and activist, Vani has been able to rally her Food Babe Army of 1.5MM followers to hold massive food companies accountable for their practices. She's even gotten corporations like Kraft and General Mills to actually change some of the ingredients in their products. Holy sh*t! Who does that? With a new cookbook out this week (Food Babe Family), Vani is on a mission to help parents navigate a world of additives, dyes, and unhealthy food. Max and Matt (who are definitely on board but also a little less discerning about what they stuff in their faces) mix it up with Vani - trying to strike a balance between keeping their kids healthy and not freaking the f*ck out over every piece of candy. Vani's meteoric rise has not been without controversy, and the wide-ranging conversation spans everything from the FDA approval process, to getting your kids to eat their vegetables, to a social media influencers' responsibility to their followers. This one's a doozy, so grab a Twinkie and crank the volume. Let's go!

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#24 On Siblings: Epic Fights, Lifelong Besties, and Screaming Over Monopoly Oct 12, 2023

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Raising one kid feels like a lot, and then you have MORE of them and holy sh*t, the struggle is real. It's not just the exponential increase in exhaustion, navigating sibling dynamics is no joke. Older kid displacement. Younger Kid disadvantage. Middle kid... disappearance? How can we help our little hellions work through the complex dynamics of siblinghood, and when should we let them figure it out themselves? What does it look like to parent a baby and a five-year old at the same time? And how rough is... too rough? We're just scratching the surface of a HUGE topic, and one we'll definitely come back to - because this is about supporting what we hope will be some of the most important relationships in our kids' lives. Also, Matt and Max can talk about whatever they want, because YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF THEM. Not touching you. Can't get mad.

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#23 Come On! Hurry Up!! Getting Out the GD Door w/o Constantly Rushing the Kids Oct 03, 2023

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HOLY SH*T KIDS ARE SO F'ING SLOW! It's just the truth. Our children do NOT move as quickly as we do. They don't hold onto urgency (a butterfly is STILL worth looking at, even when the plane leaves in an hour), and it often feels like the more you push, the harder they pull. Those "Hurry Up!" arguments are the worst, so how do we maintain some modicum of punctuality without constantly rushing our kids? Can you train your pokey hellions to get a move on when they really need to, while still allowing for the leisurely ultra-presence that makes childhood so special? And - in a world obsessed pace and productivity - how can we remind ourselves to make the distinction between moments when the urgency is real, and times when it honestly doesn't matter. Press play. Hurry up. Do it. Do it!! Holy hell, take forever, why don't you?!

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#22 Parental Guilt + Mom’s Batman Voice with Caitlin Murray of Big Time Adulting Sep 26, 2023

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One of the toughest parts about parenting is that you frequently end up feeling like you’re failing at the thing you care about most. Parental Guilt is f*cking real! It’s a hard job to do well, and an impossible one to do perfectly. And, Man, do the stakes feel high. So how do you take it easy on yourself, while still aiming at a legendary standard? How do you snatch moments of calm, when your kids are hollering your name on repeat? And how clutch are earnest apologies in a world full of imperfect people? Matt and Max are going to ask Caitlin Murray of Big Time Adulting about it, because she’s been taking on parental guilt for years… hilariously, and in public. Her blend of brutal honesty and comedic talent has earned her more than a million followers, many of whom count on her to make them feel a little less crazy - and guilty - on the hard days. Get yourself a snack. Let’s go!

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#21 Bonus Episode: Who ARE those guys? Sep 14, 2023

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Some people on Instagram have been asking @milklesspodcast about just who Max and Matt actually are. Here's the answer, Raw and Uncut! Childhood, marriage, career - the boys cover the whole enchilada in this candid and informal bonus episode.

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#20 Hot Takes | The Best Part of Having Kids (things we hold onto when it sucks) Aug 29, 2023

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It's the Season 1 Finale! Not that big a deal, actually, Matt and Max'll be back at it in a few weeks - but it did feel like a good excuse to riff on some of the absolute BEST parts about being a Dad. From laughing your ass off at the dinner table, to having a tiny hype man tell their friends how strong you are - the whole parenting gig comes with some pretty tasty perks. This isn't about ignoring the hard parts - The Boys have spent much of the first nineteen episodes trying to stumble their way through those. But that's what makes remembering the good stuff so important! In the day-to-day grind of life, it can be easy to forget the wins, and a little shot of good vibes goes a long way when the Gremlins won't go the f*ck to sleep. Hopefully this episode sparks a few good memories from your own household, and maybe gives you a trick or two for keeping those types of things near the front of your mind. Parenting isn't a fairytale or a nightmare... it's both! And today we honor the first part. Let's ride.

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#19 Worry, Anxiety, and a Poetry Reading That’ll Blow Your C*ck Off Aug 23, 2023

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Don't know about you, but Max and Matt both kind of wish somebody had told them that having kids meant signing up for a lifetime of worry. Some of that anxiety is inevitable. As parents, we all have to reconcile the fact that our favorite tiny humans will go out and encounter a world that can be scary and unpredictable. And as mammals, it's our job to protect the offspring, so the Mama/Papa bear instinct needs to be strong. But how do you keep that natural parental worry from slipping into its unproductive big brother, persistent anxiety - especially in an era of rapid change, nonstop incoming information, and 24/7 news that's designed to scare the sh*t out of us. The Boys dive into it all, from sweating it around swimming pools, to pouring over finances, and hand-wringing about the state of the world. The chaos of life isn't going anywhere, so it's all about getting ourselves in a place to meet that uncertainty with confidence and calm. Sleep, exercise, the great outdoors, therapy - Max and Matt talk about the tools and practices they lean on to quiet those internal voices that like to freak the f*ck out. Let's do this!

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