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EPISODE · May 19, 2026 · 31 MIN

Ep 22: Playdate Horror Stories, Bad Parenting & Kids With ZERO Survival Skills

from Hold My Baby · host Alex Alvarez, Erik Rivera, Kira Soltanovich

Welcome back to **Hold My Baby**, the parenting podcast where we love our kids… but we are *this close* to following them to every playdate like undercover agents. In this episode, we ask a very simple question: **Why are other people’s kids… like this??** Things spiral immediately into: * Dropping your kid off at a “safe” house… * Parents not knowing where the kids actually are (cool, cool, cool…) * Why communication between parents is apparently optional now * The missing survival skills in this generation (???!!) * Kids having everything… and still having zero motivation * Are kids actually depressed, or just too comfortable? If you’ve ever dropped your kid off somewhere and immediately thought: *“I made a mistake…”* — this episode is for you.  #holdmybaby #parentingpodcasts #funnyparents #millennialparents #parentinghumor #modernparenting #comedypodcast  If this episode made you laugh, stress out, or want to track your kid with GPS: 👍 Like the episode 💬 Comment your worst playdate horror story 🔔 Subscribe so you don’t miss the next parenting breakdown 📤 Share this with a parent who says “they’re fine” without checking Because parenting is hard…but trusting other parents? **That’s the real risk.**

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Welcome back to **Hold My Baby**, the parenting podcast where we love our kids… but we are *this close* to following them to every playdate like undercover agents. In this episode, we ask a very simple question: **Why are other people’s kids… like this??** Things spiral immediately into: * Dropping your kid off at a “safe” house… * Parents not knowing where the kids actually are (cool, cool, cool…) * Why communication between parents is apparently optional now * The missing survival skills in this generation (???!!) * Kids having everything… and still having zero motivation * Are kids actually depressed, or just too comfortable? If you’ve ever dropped your kid off somewhere and immediately thought: *“I made a mistake…”* — this episode is for you.

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