We're Momming Today! w/Lauren Simonetti

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Emmy Award-Winning Journalist Paula Faris On Ditching Mom Guilt and Getting the Support You Deserve Mar 11, 2023

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We're Momming Today with Paula Faris, mom of three, Founder of CarryMedia, Advocate for working moms, and author of "You Don't Have to Carry It All: Ditch the Mom Guilt and Find a Better Way Forward." Paula shares that about 80% of working moms in America struggle with mom guilt, and her book sets out to show you how to ditch it! Paula gives insightful and practical steps for better working, momming, and living, allowing us to learn through her unique lens as a successful journalist and working mom as she reveals what it would look like to give mothers the support they need and deserve.

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Moms Speak Out After Prestigious High School Withholds Merit Awards To College-Bound Seniors Mar 04, 2023

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We're Momming Today with Asra Nomani and Shawnna Yashar about Thomas Jefferson High School in Loudoun County, Virginia, denying students their merit awards in time to meet their early college application deadlines. Mothers say the school and district put wokeness over hard work, and fear their kids will pay the price.

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What Exactly Is 'School Choice' and Why Should Parents Know About It? Feb 25, 2023

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We're Momming Today with Corey DeAngelis, Senior Fellow at the American Federation for Children, about the new hot button issue: school choice. A lot of parents out there find themselves saying 'What school choice?' We spend about $16,000 per student per year in the government-run school system, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2020 data. And it's probably a lot higher now in 2023... Corey shares with us why we're seeing school choice policies, which allow that same money to follow the child to the education provider of their choosing, move through state legislatures this year in particular.

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How To Have the New "Say No To Drugs" Conversation As Teen Overdoses Skyrocket Feb 18, 2023

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“We’re Momming Today” with Amy Neville, President of the Alexander Neville Foundation, in honor of her 14-year-old son who died from taking a fentanyl-laced pill he bought on Snapchat. Neville says social media is to blame for grooming kids into being drug dealers and users, and tells parents how to have not only the “drug” conversation with their kids, but also the social media conversation that needs to accompany it.

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College Counselor Mom Says It's Not Important To Even Have A "Dream School" Feb 11, 2023

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“We’re Momming Today” with Allison Slater Tate, mom of four and college counselor. Tate shares her advice on helping your child make those important college decisions. She says visit the worst university first, don’t even list a dream school, and above all else: prioritize your teen’s mental health.

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Jinger Duggar Vuolo of '19 Kids and Counting' On Why She's Raising Her Daughters Differently Than She Was Raised Feb 04, 2023

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"We're Momming Today" with Jinger Duggar Vuolo from TLC's "19 Kids and Counting" and author of "Becoming Free Indeed" about how she broke away from the cult-like faith she was taught as a child, and why she's chosen to model Christ differently for her children.

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Tipping Gone Wild! Marketing Expert On When It's OK To Not Tip For a Good Or Service Jan 28, 2023

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“We’re Momming Today” with Ismail Karabas, marketing professor at Murray State University in Kentucky, who has done extensive research on the services industry and the impact of tipping. Karabas says tips are always appreciated, but not always necessary, even though it may feel like it when most merchants’ point-of-sale devices offer a tipping option – that sometimes starts at 20 percent.

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It's Actually Far Less Than 'One Pill' That Can Kill Thanks To Fentanyl Crisis Jan 21, 2023

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“We’re Momming Today” with Andrea Thomas, founder of Voices for Awareness, an advocacy group she set up in the aftermath of her daughter’s death from taking half of a fentanyl-laced painkiller. Thomas calls the drug dealer a mass murderer. He was given a life sentence for knowingly selling and killing Thomas’ daughter and many others. Thomas remembers her daughter through her advocacy and by raising her grandson.

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Pandemic-Recovered Restaurant Owner Rewards All Staff with Free Trip to Disney Jan 14, 2023

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“We’re Momming Today” with Jessica Travis, owner of Toast restaurant in Hull, Massachusetts, who rewarded all 13 of her employees and their families with a week-long trip to Disney as a thank you for their hard work and dedication since opening her breakfast cafe’s doors in late 2019.

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The Warning Label Parents Are Slapping On 'Dangerous' Social Media Jan 07, 2023

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"We're Momming Today" with Marc Berkman, a father and CEO of the Organization for Social Media Safety on how social media can be addictive, even deadly, and how parents can keep their kids safe on it.

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