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First Phones & Digital Responsibility: Voices 78 with Catherine Pearlman
August 05, 2022

When to get kids their first cell phone brings up all kinds of questions: How do you know when your child is ready? How to talk to kids about safety? How to help kids develop a healthy relationship wi

College Plans & Family Culture (Hopes, Dreams, Memories & More): Episode 376
August 02, 2022

College decision-making is influenced by so many things--parents, peers, teachers, family members, your larger community and more. And as with everything else: all families approach this differently!

Listener Questions (Vol. 41): Episode 375
July 26, 2022

What are Meagan and Sarah’s best tips for getting kids started with their first phone? And with a new school year right around the corner, a mom asks how to prepare her child for the first day of kind

Listener Questions (Vol. 40): Episode 374
July 19, 2022

What’s a mom to do when one kid feels left out of outings his younger sibling gets to do while he’s at school? A listener about to move to a new city for just one year wants tips for finding mom frien

More Than Mom: Advice (Giving It, Getting It & More)
July 17, 2022

Today we're talking about advice: asking for it, giving it, and consuming it in general. Things have come a looong way since the days of Dear Abby (we're looking at you, Facebook crowdsourcing!), and

Self-Improvement & Self-Acceptance In Motherhood: Episode 373
July 12, 2022

We get dueling messages from our culture: On the one hand, come as you are! Accept yourself fully, imperfections and all. On the other hand, you deserve better! Here's what to do (and buy) to sleep be

What’s New In Baby Gear & Baby Shower Registries: Voices 77 with Kia Hammond and Katherine DeVries
July 08, 2022

Meagan's first baby shower was - wait for it - twenty-five years ago this summer. To bring her up to speed on how things are done nowadays and what's new in baby gear, gifting, and registries, Meagan

Growing Families, Grown Kids, And The “Someday Family Dinner Table”: Episode 372
July 05, 2022

"How do you know when your family is complete?" is one of the most common listener questions we receive. Meagan and Sarah both now have several years of hindsight separating them from the baby and tod

A Week Of Real-Life Housework (Part Two): Episode 371
June 28, 2022

Not feeling like an expert in the housework realm? Turns out, very few of feel like we know what we are doing. Last week Meagan and Sarah talked about WHAT we do to keep our households in a state of "

More Than Mom: Meagan & Sarah As Kids & Teens
June 26, 2022

What we remember from childhood helps build our narrative of who we were - even if those memories are fuzzy or slightly flawed. Today Meagan and Sarah get in the way-WAY-back machine and reflect on wh