All Episodes

Lacey - "I Had Four Little Girls Come To My House In The Middle Of The Night...That Started My Journey Into Motherhood"

Kaitlin - "I Was A Little Too Focused On What I Thought The Bigger Picture For Us Should Have Been, Rather Than Her Big Picture In Her Mind"

Ingrid - "You Never See A Bill...As Long As Your Baby Or You Need To Be Taken Care Of, It's Done"

Melissa - "I Don't Want To Do Things That Will Leave A Bad Taste In Her Mouth; I Want Her To Do What We Want To Do"

Fern - "My Level Of Denial Got Deeper And Outside Pressure To Do Something Got Stronger...It Created A Lot Of Emotional Turmoil"

Veronica - "My Kids Are Going To Go Into This World, How Can I Arm Them Against Alcoholism And Addiction? Because It's Just So Prevalent"

Melissa - "She's The Perfect Person In My Eyes, So It's Hard To Do What She Did, But I Try To Do The Best That I Can In Her Memory"

Katie - "You Just Go Where The Work Is...We Call It The Freeway Philharmonic"

Mia - "I Was Nervous As A First Time Parent And I Work Here...But My Advice Is To Get Involved And Stay involved"

Jan - "Foster Independence At A Very Young Age...They Can Do A Lot More Than You Give Them Credit For"

Catherine - "He Was A Prime Example Of That Dad That Is Not Connected Until That Child Is Tangible To Them, But Once It Happens It's The Best Thing That Ever Happened"

Leah - "We Explain Emotions To Girls And We Dismiss Emotions With Boys...I Think That's Completely Wrong"

Mark - "Husbands Are Fully Capable. You Can Leave The Kids With Us For Days On End, They Will Still Get Bathed, Fed, Go To Bed At A Reasonable Hour"

Kendall - "When I Started My Company I Thought 'Well, It'll Work Or It'll Be A Colossal Failure, And That Wouldn't Be The End Of The World'"

April - "It's A Lot Of Missing Each Other And Struggle And Stress, But Then Enjoying The Moments We Can Together And Finding Those Moments When The Time Allows"

Alex - "I Knew In My Heart That They Were Going To Come Together, However, I Didn't Think It Would Be So Soon"

Amanda - "I Don't Want Them To Feel Like They Have To Choose - Do I Sit With Mom Or Do I Sit With Dad?"

Alyse - "They Remember The First Overdose...They Remember Details That I Don't Even Remember From That Day"

Aki - "I Try To Help People To Make Decisions That Make Sense But Also Allow Themselves To Be Human And Also Model That For Their Children"

James - "I've Had People Give Me Weird Stares, But When I'm With My Daughter People Think I'm The Cool Dad"

Staci - "We Want Her To Grow Up To Be Polite And Care About Other People And Be Empathetic, And All Of Those Values Exist Without Religion"

Pat and Cristina - "We Might Disagree On Tactics, But We Have The Same Vision. The Big Picture Is The Same"

Laura - "I Was Open To Feeding Him However He Needed To Be Fed. I Didn't Have Any Guilt; For Me It Wasn't An Issue"

Brandi - "We Had Just Gone From Telling Our Families And It Being One Of The Best Days Of Our Lives...To Three Days Later And Now There's Nothing"

Jen - "I Was The Pinterest Perfect Mom - But If I Were At The End Of My Life And Asked My Kids 'What Do You Remember About Me?' They Would Say 'You Were Grumpy, Tired And Exhausted'

Dana - "Being A Blended Family, Having Gone Through Divorce, Seeing What That Does To Kids...Knowing That We Have Similar Parenting Skills, We Knew It Was Going To Be Okay"

Chaz - "It's Gonna Be Intense, Because All Of A Sudden You're Responsible For This Whole New Human"

Becky - "Nothing Else Worked. We Tried Medication, Diet, Therapies, Schools...We Couldn't Live Like This"

Bobbie - "Daughters Look Up To Mothers...I Didn't Want My Daughter To Grow Up Thinking That It Was Okay For A Man To Yell At Her Or Call Her Names"

Megan - "I Feel Like It Gets Worse, Not Better...But You Just Get Through It. You Take Strength From Your Kids"

Elizabeth - "Knowing And Understanding My Worth, Being Able To Claim The Things I Do Well, That's Been A Real Asset In My Parenting"

Michelle - "Everyone Knew This Was What I Wanted To Do...But Can You Make Money?"

Sam - "I Have Extreme Chest Pains, I Have Pains Going Down My Arm...It Almost Feels Like A Heart Attack"

Abigail - "Early Intervention Has Been Proven To Be The Most Effective For Children With Autism"

Laurie - "Anyone Can Be Strong And Smart, But You Have To Put In The Time To Achieve It"

Monica - "We Know How To Build A Following...This Is the Punk Rock Way To Start A Business"

Barbara - "I Did All Of Those Things That Her Mother Missed...Those Things Are Precious To Me"

Lori - "We Understand There Are Milestones He Needs To Reach, But We Need To Let Him Just Be A Kid"

Karlo - "I Can't Imagine What It's Like To Build A Future Without Family"

Alie - "I'm Always Present...I'm Never Worried About Missing Something Because I'm Hungover"

Jane - "As Soon As I Heard The Front Door Close, I Remember Thinking That I Had To Push"

Jen - "If A Cop & A Teacher Can't Afford To Have A Disabled Child, Our Priorities Are Wrong"

Jenny - "When I Had My Miscarriage It Was News To Me That It Was A Common Experience"

Maria - "It Was Very Emotional To Stand In The One Place That I Knew His First Mom Was"

Rocki - "You Don't Know What You Can Get Through Until You Get Through It"

Suzanne - "We Don't Learn Our Lessons From Safe, Happy Places. We Learn From Hard, Gritty Places."

Nicole - "Try To Get Involved In Something You Are Passionate About"

Kristin - "It Has Not Really Hit Me That She Is Going To Go"

Lauren - "I Remember Googling At Two AM One Night 'Why Does My Stepdaughter Hate Me?'"

Bre - "We Have Their First Embryo Pictures Framed. That's The First Picture Of Them."

Maggie - "Everywhere We Live, I Have To Redefine Myself"

Andee - "I Can Remember Bob Rocking My Youngest And Her Matching Pitches With Him"

Eric - "I Can't Fix This. I Can't Bring My Daughter Back."

Jes - "Seraphina Was A Bright Light...She Was Kind, She Was Smart"

Jessica - "We Are Looking For A Different Life"

Tim - "I Still Have Not Mastered Braiding Hair, But I Will Give It The Old College Try"

Raven - "We Are Growing Up Together"

Elizabeth - "It Can Be Beautiful And Hard And Scary"

Shelley - "I don't like being seen as a victim. These are battle scars."

Mary - "We Talked To Them. We Listened To Them. And Now We Get Together And We Don't Shut Up."

Emily - "It's Your Kids Life, And It Means A lot When Someone Trusts Me With It"

Lisa - "I'm Not A Saint"