S2 Ep 15: Why Summer Break is a Scam

This week on Vertically Unstable, Kelly and Christy unpack the absolute delusion that is summer vacation as a parent.Because while kids think summer means freedom, moms know it actually means sports schedules, snack inflation, sunscreen battles, destroyed WiFi, emotional support camps, and spending the GDP of a small nation on volleyball and childcare.The episode takes a hilarious turn as Kelly and Christy realize they’re living completely different versions of summer. Kelly has officially entered the “grown kids and freedom” era, while Christy is still deep in the trenches of sports schedules, chaos, and trying to survive summer with kids constantly home, hungry, and loud.The girls also dive into nostalgic Gen X summers before cell phones existed, the pressure parents feel to create magical memories, why travel sports have become a full-time lifestyle, and the realization that the moments kids actually remember are usually nothing like the ones parents stress over creating.Funny, chaotic, nostalgic, and painfully relatable for every overstimulated woman trying to survive summer break.