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When Mom Leaves Town
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Does it seem like just as much work to leave your kids behind for a couple of days as not to go in the first place? Do your instructions for family operational procedures during your absence run more than five pages?
Getting away from our kids—for work, for the weekend, for a friend’s 40th—isn’t just good for us. It’s also an opportunity for our kids to realize that “only Mommy” stuff they pull when we’re around is not as necessary as they might have thought.
Margaret and Amy discuss:
- Why our kids may behave better when we aren’t around (and why it's not a bad thing)
- Why the best time to call your kids when you travel is in the morning
- How the instructions you leave behind can change as your kids grow
Here are links to some of the resources mentioned in the episode:
- Kari Bodnarchuk for The Boston Globe: Preparing Kids for When a Parent Travels
- Smart Women Travelers: Keeping Mom’s Business Trip from Being Mom’s Guilt Trip
- Our episode "We Forgot What Little Kids Were Like"
- Kara Williams has great advice for vacationing with kids of all ages
What Fresh Hell Podcast is going on tour across the Northeast US this fall! Join us for a live version of the podcast and bring all your mom friends. We can’t wait to go back on the road! https://bit.ly/whatfreshhelltour
We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website:
https://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/p/promo-codes/
mom friends, funny moms, parenting advice, parenting experts, parenting tips, mothers, families, parenting skills, parenting strategies, parenting styles, busy moms, self-help for moms, manage kid’s behavior, teenager, tween, child development, family activities, family fun, parent child relationship, decluttering, kid-friendly, invisible workload, default parent, travel
858 episodes
When Mom Leaves Town
What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood | Parenting Tips From Funny Moms
Manage episode 429310687 series 2430667
Does it seem like just as much work to leave your kids behind for a couple of days as not to go in the first place? Do your instructions for family operational procedures during your absence run more than five pages?
Getting away from our kids—for work, for the weekend, for a friend’s 40th—isn’t just good for us. It’s also an opportunity for our kids to realize that “only Mommy” stuff they pull when we’re around is not as necessary as they might have thought.
Margaret and Amy discuss:
- Why our kids may behave better when we aren’t around (and why it's not a bad thing)
- Why the best time to call your kids when you travel is in the morning
- How the instructions you leave behind can change as your kids grow
Here are links to some of the resources mentioned in the episode:
- Kari Bodnarchuk for The Boston Globe: Preparing Kids for When a Parent Travels
- Smart Women Travelers: Keeping Mom’s Business Trip from Being Mom’s Guilt Trip
- Our episode "We Forgot What Little Kids Were Like"
- Kara Williams has great advice for vacationing with kids of all ages
What Fresh Hell Podcast is going on tour across the Northeast US this fall! Join us for a live version of the podcast and bring all your mom friends. We can’t wait to go back on the road! https://bit.ly/whatfreshhelltour
We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website:
https://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/p/promo-codes/
mom friends, funny moms, parenting advice, parenting experts, parenting tips, mothers, families, parenting skills, parenting strategies, parenting styles, busy moms, self-help for moms, manage kid’s behavior, teenager, tween, child development, family activities, family fun, parent child relationship, decluttering, kid-friendly, invisible workload, default parent, travel
858 episodes
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