Spawned Parenting Podcast with Liz of...
Discover practical parenting tips, relatable insights, and lots of commiseration from host Liz Gumbinner, of Cool Mom Picks and Mom-101 fame, and her incredible expert guests. (Celebrities! Authors! Activists!) For more than a decade, Liz has been helping us all navigate the insane ups and downs of parenting with common sense and good humor, and she's not going to let you down now. Spawned has been celebrated for its support of diverse families, named a top podcast for parents by The Washington Post, Mental Floss, Business Insider, and Fatherly, and won the 1st annual Iris Award for best parenting podcast.
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Ep 41: Young moms vs. Old moms - The new mommy ...
How age affects motherhood
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Ep 40: Trips from hell: Travel with kids
How to survive flying with children
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Ep. 39: How to talk to your kids about politics...
Tips for talking about politics with kids
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Ep. 38 Oversharenting: Where do you draw the line?
When does sharing about your kids go to far?
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Ep 37: LeVar Burton: Tips for inspiring a love ...
Reading Rainbow Skybrary
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Ep. 36: The Gift of Failure with Jessica Lahey
How letting kids fail helps them succeed.
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Ep. 35: Talking Sex with Rosie Pope
Sex after pregnancy
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Ep. 34: The 14 tips every new parent needs to know
Tips for new parents, from former new parents
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Ep. 33: The single married parent
Parenting alone when you're coupled
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Ep 32: The Euphemism Episode
Grease Live! and Valentine's Day
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Ep. 31: The buzz about the big Barbie makeover
It's true! After only sixty years or so of women complaining about Barbie’s unrealistic figure, Mattel has decided to get with the 21st century zeitgeist and the changing look of the world, releasing Barbies with three new body...
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Ep 30: Making friends after kids. And kids afte...
This week, we tackle a question from listener Shari who wanted us to talk about making friends after kids. Or as Liz added, "Or kids after friends."
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Ep 29: Expert organization tips (that aren't bo...
Yes, perhaps it's a bit cliche' but we couldn't help but tackle organization with inside tips and tricks from five top organizational experts. Maybe you, like Liz, will find something that will finally click and magically whip your house into shape....
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Ep 28: Where is Rey?
You guessed it, listeners! We're talking Star Wars. Do we still need a spoiler alert? Like the rest of the world, we're wondering where the heck all the Rey toys are, and not just for our girls, by the way. Plus, we've got the scoop on one of the...
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Ep 27: The good, the bad and the broken
Welcome to our last episode of 2015! Kristen and Liz are closing out the year with a discussion about New Year's Resolutions: Why those three words, when all together, completely suck. We've got some better ways to think about them so you might...
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Ep 26 Talking about Santa with kids: Magical st...
Today, Kristen and Liz take on the Santa debate: Is it all about childhood magic and the spirit of giving? Is it a great big lie that will destroy the trust with your kids for all of eternity? And what do you say when kids ask the big question? Wow,...
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Ep 25: The great holiday shopping episode, Part II
Today Kristen and Liz are determined to help you with all the hard-to-shop-for adults on your holiday lists! From budget ideas and DIY gifts to charitable donations and great big splurges, we've got ideas for your mother-in-law, your partner, even...
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Ep 24: The great holiday shopping episode, Part I
Today Kristen and Liz are talking holiday shopping, the hell that is Black Friday (unless you shop from home in PJs like we do), the apps that save you money, and some of our very favorite gift ideas for kids of all ages. Basically, it's like an...
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Ep 23: Retouched by an angel
Okay so yeah. The Starbucks red cup controversy. We just couldn't help but weigh in on whether we approve of Satan's own minimalist design. Then Kristen and Liz talk about raising kids in a world that's so obsessed with beauty and image. How do we...
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Ep 22: It's Spawned Listener Day!
We've had so many emails from our awesome listeners on topics from helicopter parenting to our musical tastes (and lots in between!), we thought we'd take them on one by one in our first ever very special Spawned Listener Day episode. Whoo! Plus,...
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Ep 21: Beware of Pinterest Syndrome!
Whoo, we're legal! Well, actually we're 21 weeks but that's legal in podcasting years, so Kristen and Liz have a very funny discussion about what we were actually drinking at 21, versus now. (Uh, Kristen is mixing vodka with WHAT?) Then we have a...
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Ep 20 Thank you for the lovely brass knuckles
Kristen and Liz talk thank you note etiquette because wow, our Facebook fans have strong feelings about this one! Are we all doing it wrong? Will a text message thank you or an email blacklist you from parties forever? And what's with those weird...
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Ep 19: Death To Reply:All!
After one of you awesome iTunes subscribers mentioned you'd have Liz and Kristen at your famous person dinner (aw!), Liz and Kristen discuss who would be at their own famous person dinner... well, beyond Kristen's request for a table of hot...
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Ep 18 Kids and all that f*$king cursing
So let's talk about kids and cursing. Kristen has some interesting rules at home that really surprised Liz! Actually, we talk about parents and cursing too -- what do you say around your kids? What do they say around you? What do they say when they...
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Ep 17: What manners do kids need to know?
Here's hoping Emily Post doesn't roll over in her grave after hearing Liz and Kristen's discussion about kids and manners. What should kids know? How do you decide what to teach your kids? Also, Kristen and Liz talk about Halloween costumes for kids...
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