Jams Your Parents Left You to Handle Alone: The Over-or-Under Parenting of College Kids Ep.

Send us Fan MailEpisode Summary – Plate & Ponder: Empty Nesting with Jen & Chris FentonIn this laugh-out-loud, tear-jerking, and wildly relatable episode, Jen & Chris Fenton sit down at the table (plates fully loaded) to tackle the biggest question every empty-nester is secretly Googling: How do you parent college kids who are “technically adults”?They go full debate mode on over-parenting vs. under-parenting, then things get REAL when Jen asks Chris, “What jams did you get into as a kid that your parents literally couldn’t help you with?” Chris answers… then immediately flips the script and makes Jen answer the same question. The stories that follow? Absolute gold. From there the conversation flows exactly like a real dinner table should: Philly’s greatest cheesesteak debate (they’re not afraid to name names) Why West Chester, PA feels like actual magic The sneaky reality of Spousal Separation Anxiety once the kids are gone One dog’s legendary “protest poops” campaign The sticker shock of inflated tuition bills Dairy Queen runs that somehow fix everything And the eternal love letter to Wawa (because yes, it deserves its own segment)…and a whole lot more random, wonderful, and very Fenton chaos in between.Equal parts parenting therapy, marriage mic-drop moments, hometown nostalgia, and “we’re just two empty-nesters cracking up at life,” this episode will have you nodding, snorting, texting your spouse “you HAVE to hear this,” and probably adding Wawa and Dairy Queen to your weekend plans.Grab your plate, hit play, and join the Fentons — because empty nesting has never sounded this fun… or this honest. #EmptyNesting #ParentingTeens #CollegeKids #OverParenting #EmptyNestLife #MarriagePodcast #CoupleGoals #ParentingWins #PhillyCheeseSteak #Wawa #DairyQueen #WestChesterPA #SpousalSeparationAnxiety #DogMomLife #PlateAndPonder