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This Is Not What I Was Expecting — 110 episodes · page 1 of 2

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Living With Adult Kids: Boundaries, Money, and Letting Go

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The Friendships you Lose and the One You Find

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When to Step Back and Let Your Teen Figure It Out

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When Your Kid Is Melting Down and You’re About to Lose It Too

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How To Speak Up For Your Child Without Feeling Like That Parent

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What's for Dinner? Why This One Question Feels So Overwhelming

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The Parenting Badges We Wish Existed

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When Your Family Doesn't Understand Your Child's Struggles

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Your Child Was Excluded by Another Parent… Now What?

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What If Your Kids Don't Remember The Things You Feel Guilty About?

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Pride, Pressure, and ‘What’s Next?’ After Graduation (The Part No One Talks About)

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The High Cost of Being a Good Parent Right Now

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When Your Life Is a Dumpster Fire But You Still Have to Be a Mom

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Why is parenting my teen harder than I expected?

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The IEP Says They’re Fine — But Real Life Is Telling a Different Story

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When Everyone's Needs Are Urgent and Yours Are Always Last

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Extended School Year: What Parents Should Be Thinking About Now

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Parenting Is Problem-Solving Until You’re Allowed to Sleep

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Grab a Pen. We're Taking a Break

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Raising Independent Kids

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Parenting in the Digital Age

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Parenting in the Digital Age

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Because Sometimes Parenting Takes Creativity

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Making Memories, Not Debt

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Roblox, Screen Time, and Sanity

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Homework battles and WiFi Wars

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When Insurance Says No (Again)

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I love my kids but also, please go back to school!

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It’s Not Just You. Friendships Are Hard

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We Get Therapy for Our Kids—But What About Us?

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I did her homework and only got a 68

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No One Prepares You For Senior Year (So We Will)

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We’re Fine. Totally Fine. Probably.

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If You Want a Day Off, You Might Have to Plan It Yourself

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Rediscovering What Fills Your Cup

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Mama’s Tired: The Mental Load Is Real

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Navigating Sibling Dynamics

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Parenting Battles

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Chaos, Creativity, and Keeping It Together

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Flexible instruction days, Christmas Chaos, and Hot Mess Realities.

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How about some bad parenting advice?

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From Meal Planning to Meltdowns: Tackling Decision Overload

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Running on Empty: Finding Space for Yourself as a Parent

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Heart over DNA: Mental Health Journeys for Non-Bio Families

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A Little Kindness Goes a Long Way

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Things We No Longer Do

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How Can I Manage It All

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Parenting with a mental health challenge

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Is it time to make dinner, again?!

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Back to School Prep

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It's OK to not be the popular parent

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Who has time to be bored?

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What happens after high school?

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A funny thing happened

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What mom's really want for Mother's Day

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Why Is My Child Behaving This Way?

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So many fights

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Can my child say no to mental health treatment

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Parental Guilt

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No break for you!

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Why doesn't my insurance cover what my child needs

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There's no upside to organizing

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Why is this happening?

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Are we babying our children too much?

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Parenting Curveballs: Real Talk on Picky Eating & Sensory Challenges!

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Winter blues

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Managing your relationship with your adult children

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Extended School Year services (ESY): Why you need to plan for the summer now

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How do I keep my kiddos busy over the holidays

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What I wish my family knew about my kiddo (holiday edition)

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Holiday mishaps

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Tough conversations

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It's so nice when we can get together

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It's beginning to look a lot like stress season

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So much anxiety

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How's the school year going?

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They'll let my child be bullied 399 times

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Bullying, ADHD, and Dyslexia. Oh my!

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Friendships and so much more

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Some days are harder than others

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You're out of what?!

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An insiders trick to getting results

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Our babies are all grown up

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They're going back!

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Mental Health Days?

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Summer is way harder now then when we were kids

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Stay at home parenting with ADHD

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Time for Kindergarten

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Cha-cha-cha-cha-changes

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Replay - With Power Comes Responsibility - Act 65 of 2020

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Insecurities and Changes: The Story of Sunny Days

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I Think It's Time to Talk

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BE a Normalizer. NOT a Stigmatizer

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I Can't be Everywhere at Once

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Summer Series Part 2: Keep the Messy Play Outside!

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Summer Series Part 1: More of the Logistical Side

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Sometimes We Just Need a Break

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With Power Comes Responsibility - Act 65 of 2020

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Back to Basics with some Tips & Tricks

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Why is it so hard finding my child's interest?