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When you’re a parent, every day brings a “fresh hell” to deal with. In other words, there’s always something. Think of us as your funny mom friends who are here to remind you: you’re not alone, and it won’t always be this hard.
We’re Amy Wilson and Margaret Ables, both busy moms of three kids, but with completely different parenting styles. Margaret is a laid-back to the max; Amy never met a spreadsheet or an organizational system she didn’t like.
In each episode of “What Fresh Hell” we offer lots of laughs, but also practical advice, parenting strategies, and tips to empower you in your role as a mom. We explore self-help techniques, as well as ways to prioritize your own needs, combat stress, and despite the invisible workload we all deal with, find joy amidst the chaos of motherhood.
If you’ve ever wondered “why is my kid…” then one of us has probably been there, and we’re here to tell you what we’ve learned along the way.
We unpack the behaviors and developmental stages of toddlers, tweens, and teenagers, providing insights into their actions and equipping you with effective parenting strategies.
We offer our best parenting tips and skills we’ve learned. We debate the techniques and studies that are everywhere for parents these days, and get to the bottom of what works best to raise happy, healthy, fairly well-behaved kids, while fostering a positive parent-child relationship.
If you’re the default parent in your household, whether you’re a busy mom juggling multiple pickups and dropoffs, or a first-time parent seeking guidance, this podcast is your trusted resource. Join our community of supportive mom friends laughing in the face of motherhood!
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Fresh Take: Eli Harwood on Raising Securely Attached Kids Sep 20, 2024

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As parents, we've probably heard the term "attachment style.” But what does it really mean? Eli Harwood, author of the new book RAISING SECURELY ATTACHED KIDS, discusses practical parenting strategies for creating secure attachments with our kids.

Eli and Margaret discuss:

How we define secure attachment and why it's important
The four different child attachment patterns
Why it's never too late to start repairing relationships with our kids

Eli Harwood is a licensed therapist who has been nerding out on attachment research for the past two decades and is on a mission to help make the world a better place, one relationship at a time.

Here's where you can find Eli:

https://attachmentnerd.com
@attachmentnerd on IG/TikTok/Facebook
#raisingsecurelyattachedkids
Buy RAISING SECURELY ATTACHED KIDS: https://bookshop.org/a/12099/9781632175465

What Fresh Hell Podcast is going on tour across the Northeast US this fall! Join us for a live version of the podcast and bring all your mom friends. We can’t wait to go back on the road! https://bit.ly/whatfreshhelltour

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Helping Kids Deal with Disappointment Sep 18, 2024

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How can we empower our kids to cope with negative feelings without our help? Here's why disappointment is an important part of childhood and how to build scaffolding for their emotional regulation.

Amy and Margaret discuss:

How the purpose of having children has changed over the last century
Why disappointment is developmentally important
How to be a guide, not a fixer, for our kids

Here are links to some of the resources mentioned in the episode:

Jim Taylor for Psychology Today: Parenting: Disappointment Is Good
Katie Hurley for PBS Kids Parenting: How to Help Kids Cope With Disappointment
THE GIFT OF FAILUREby Jess Lahey: https://bookshop.org/a/12099/9780062299253
Meghan Rabbitt for Parents Magazine: How to Help Kids Deal With Disappointment
RAISING RESILIENT CHILDREN by Robert Brooks and Sam Goldstein
Emily Edlynn for Parents Magazine: How Do I Help My Mad Toddler Express Anger in a Healthier Way?
Our Fresh Take with Jessica Lahey
Our Fresh Take with Katie Hurley

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DEEP DIVE: I Really Thought This Would Be a Bigger Part of My Life Sep 16, 2024

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What Fresh Hell Podcast is going on tour across the Northeast US this fall! Join us for a live version of the podcast and bring all your mom friends. We can’t wait to go back on the road! https://bit.ly/whatfreshhelltour

This Deep Dive series is titled "Things We've Learned After Doing This Motherhood Thing for a While." Listen to the whole playlist on Spotify.

What did adulthood mean to you when you were growing up? Staying up late? Doing algebra every day? Stopping, dropping, and rolling at least once a week? We asked our listeners what they thought would come in handy or plague them daily when they grew up.

Amy and Margaret discuss:

"Oops! All Berries" Cap'n Crunch cereal
Chunky statement pieces
How to get the upper hand in "Jeopardy"

Here's the original thread in our Facebook group where we asked this question

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Fresh Take: Carla Naumburg Tells Kids How to Stop Freaking Out Sep 13, 2024

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Kids sometimes lose their cool, and it can be easy to lose ours while trying to help them. Carla Naumburg, author of the new book HOW TO STOP FREAKING OUT, discusses why kids freak out, how we can help them, and how we as parents can keep our cool.

Carla Naumburg is a clinical social worker, and a mother. She’s the author of four non-fiction books, including her international bestseller, How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t With Your Kids, as well as You Are Not a Sh*tty Parent.

Carla and Amy discuss:

Why the point of Carla's book is not for kids to stop freaking out all together
Why kids (and all of us) are wired to occasionally freak out
How we as parents can keep calm when our kids are freaking out

Here's where you can find Carla:

www.carlanaumburg.com
@carlanaumburg on IG
@CarlaGeorge22 on Twitter
@cnaumburg on Facebook
Buy HOW TO STOP FREAKING OUT

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Are Our Kids Overscheduled? Sep 11, 2024

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So many of us spend hours chauffeuring our kids back and forth to their myriad activities. Why are kids so overloaded with activities these days, and can we get off of this ride? Here are some parenting strategies for navigating this issue.

Amy and Margaret discuss:

Why kids are so overscheduled these days
How overscheduling really affects kids, beyond the mom guilt-inducing headlines
What questions to ask when assessing if our kids are overscheduled

Here are links to some of the resources mentioned in the episode:

Dr Shimi King: Overscheduling Your Kids Isn’t the Fast-Track to Success it Once Was
Solution Health: Overbooked Kids: The Overscheduled Crisis
Anna Nordberg for Slate: The Fine Art of Underscheduling
Jill Barshay for Mind Shift: Overscheduling Kids’ Lives Causes Depression and Anxiety, Study Finds
Carolina Caetano, et. al for Economics of Education Review: Are children spending too much time on enrichment activities?

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DEEP DIVE: Which Parenting Rules Can We Break? Sep 09, 2024

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This month's Deep Dive series is about flouting parenting rules and advice that don't work for us. Listen to a Spotify playlist of all the episodes in the series here.

Who makes the parenting rules? And how bendable are they? From picky eaters to sleep routines to playing outside, we all have to navigate the line between what we supposedly should and shouldn't allow as parents. But sometimes it's okay to break the rules if it works for you and your family. Amy and Margaret dive into the details in this listener-driven episode.

In this episode, Margaret and Amy discuss:

The different types of parenting rules
Which parenting rules they have broken
"YOYO" dinners

Other episodes we mention:

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Fresh Take: Dr. Jo-Ann Finkelstein on Raising Resilient Girls Sep 06, 2024

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How do we raise our daughters to feel empowered, rather than helpless, in the face of gender bias? Dr. Jo-Ann Finkelstein, PhD, author of the new book SEXISM AND SENSIBILITY, offers parenting tips to prepare our girls for the modern world.

Dr. Finkelstein, Amy, and Margaret discuss:

The limits of the "girl power" line of thinking
How to teach girls what is and isn't in their control when it comes to sexism
How to recognize and combat sexism in our own parenting

Here's where you can find Dr. Finkelstein:

www.joannfinkelstein.com
@joannfinkelstein.phd on IG/TikTok
Jo-Ann Finkelstein, PhD - Author on FB
@finkeljo on Twitter
Buy SEXISM AND SENSIBILITY: https://bookshop.org/a/12099/9780593581162

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What Happened to My Sweet Child? Sep 04, 2024

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Why do formerly-sunny kids turn overnight into little tornadoes of defiance and aggression? A listener posted this question in our Facebook group:

My four-year-old daughter has recently developed a special, defiant, boundary-testing, aggressive version of herself that she saves only for me. I can’t make sense of it at all. WFH, send help!

In this episode, we explain why

these sudden onsets of periods of dysregulation are completely normal
almost every kid will go through this—and a lot of four-year-olds, although not they do not have exclusive ownership of this sort of behavior
and why most kids alternate between periods of regulation and dysregulation repeatedly as they grow and mature.

These difficult stretches don't mean you're doing anything wrong as a parent. They don't mean you need to lock everything down because your kid will be a tornado forever. But they also don't mean mean you need to become the 24/7 punching bag for your dysregulated kid. Here's what to do instead.

Here are links to some of the resources mentioned in the episode:

Rebecca Onion for Slate: Why These Child Psych Books From the 1980s Are All Over Parenting Facebook Groups Today
Allana Robinson for Mom Halo: Here's why your 4 year old's behaviour is out of control
Uncommon Sense Parenting with Allana Robinson: What Exactly Is Stress?
Louise Bates Ames: Your Four-Year-Old: Wild and Wonderful

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BEST OF: Back to School Back-to-Ones Sep 02, 2024

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Getting-ready playlists? Choosing outfits the night before? Bringing snacks to the pickup line? We asked our audience about their favorite back-to-school tips... and we also allowed some venting about back-to-school craziness.

Amy and Margaret discuss:

To make lunch or not to make lunch
How to keep outfits clean at breakfast
The best time to grocery shop

Here are links to resources mentioned in the episode:

Read the full Facebook thread here and if you're not already part of our amazing group, you can join at www.facebook.com/groups/whatfreshhellcast!
Watch the short film Amy mentions: "How Was Your Day?" directed by Allison Hadar and Maddie Corman

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You Might Also Like: In It: Raising Kids who Learn Differently, from Understood.org Sep 01, 2024

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Today we’re sharing an episode from another parenting podcast we think our listeners will really appreciate. It’s called “In It: Raising Kids who Learn Differently.” This podcast offers perspective, stories, and useful takeaways for parents of kids with challenges in reading, math, focus, and other learning differences, like ADHD and dyslexia.

This is an episode called "After the Diagnosis: How Kids Feel About Their Learning and Thinking Differences." To listen to more episodes, search for “In It: Raising Kids who Learn Differently” in your podcast app.

Listen to "In It" here: https://lnk.to/initunderstoodFD!whatfreshhell

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