POTY Podcast – Where We Make Fun of Parents Like us, PARENTS OF THE YEAR

Ep. 38: Don’t get too close, use lots of hand sanitizer, Lysol your earbuds–WE HAVE THE FLU.

Ep. 38: Don’t get too close, use lots of hand sanitizer, Lysol your earbuds–WE HAVE THE FLU. by Ben and Sarah Jedd

Ep 37: You’re my Life Coach

Ep 37: You’re my Life Coach by Ben and Sarah Jedd

We talk about bad posts about ADHD and tackle football for tots.

Ep 36: Today We Analyze the Internet (and other dumb stuff Ben says)

On this episode, we talk about why you should drag your kids to the store, why you should have more sex with your partner, and why you should cool it with the birthday parties already. Plus, we talk about how we juggle mornings and nights, who’s the week’s good parent and who really sucked it up, and what to do when your kids don’t get along.

Join our convo about this Washington Post article about millennials killing Costco, this HuffPo piece about sexless marriages, and this Today Show segment on crazy birthdays.

As always, follow Sarah on Instagram, Ben on Twitter and our Harry Times blog. You can also email us at potypodcast@gmail.com.

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Ep 35: That’s our dog throwing up. She’s just yackin on a bone.

We talk about going back to work and bad parents on TV, and we introduce a new segment we call The Juggle.

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Ep 34: Helicopter Parenting’s Not So Bad

We talk about winter break, the witching hour, and why helicopter parenting may not be so bad.

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Ep 33: New Year’s Resolutions and Habits of Resilient Couples

We recap the holidays and our gobs of extended family time and talk resolutions and resilience.

You can find my best books of 2017 here and my New Year’s Resolutions here.

We talked about this Huff Po article.

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Ep 32: Spendy Santa and the Myth of Bootstrap America

We talk about Santa and income inequality, the misery of winter break, and supplemental insurance.

This Scary Mommy article sums up the Santa controversy.

If you want to make fast and delicious cookies for Santa, use this recipe (this icing is good, too, and the almond extracts compliment each other.). We also had shocking success with this gingerbread house recipe, and the dough was so good, we are making some non-gender-specific gingies to go with it.

But, I mean, obviously our gingerbread house LOOKS insane.

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Ep 31: Don’t Be a Holiday Jerk

We talk about why the Elf on the Shelf is a downer and why holiday threats are bad parenting. We also continue our gubernatorial primary candidate series with an interview with Jeff Rumbaugh. Plus! Blended holidays and a big family– how to handle them.

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Ep 30: Gendered Holiday Magic?

In this episode, we share some tips for hosting a holiday, discuss the gender dynamics of making holiday magic happen, and talk to Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Michele Doolan.

We though Gemma Hartley hit it out of the park with her Harper’s Bazaar essay on emotional labor, but we weren’t as sure about her new holiday labor piece or Huff Po.

Also! Wisconsin gubernatorial primary candidate Michelle Doolan talked to us about being a concerned citizen in the race.