Podcasts by I Shouldn

Blended Holidays — 52 from 2020-11-24T05:00

Trying to make magic and create memorable holiday traditions—especially for a newly blended family—is a pretty tall order. It takes intention, patience, and a willingness by everyone to embrace ...

Temper Tantrums: They're Not Just for Presidents — 51 from 2020-11-15T20:00

This week's episode is inspired by a POTUS unwilling or unable to accept the facts. Indeed, you can probably currently find him prone on the floor of the Oval Office, pounding his feet and ...

Adulting — 50 from 2020-11-09T22:00

Millennials are so... special. Believe us. We have one. In the Millennial generation, everybody gets a ribbon and everything gets a sticker. They even have a word for growing up. It's calle...

Imagine That: Kids and their Imaginary Friends — 49 from 2020-11-02T22:00

Imaginary friends and freaky role in the family

Uh, honey? Who are you talking to? Cue Twilight Zone music as your son or daughter turns around slowly, looks at you, cocks their ...

Tales of Terror: Little Ghouls on Halloween from 2020-10-27T02:00

A woman runs down a dark street screaming in terror.  She races up the steps to her best friend's house and pounds on the door. As the door creaks opens, the woman pulls out her (hot glue) ...

Chores and Allowance: Working Hard for the Money from 2020-10-19T22:00

On episode 47: Chores and allowance are on our minds

Is it a bad idea to pay kids to help around the house?

A house they live, eat and sleep in?

A house where their pa...

All in the (Extended) Family – 46 from 2020-10-12T22:00

On episode 46: Grandparents steal the show!

Oh, baking pies with grandma or building birdhouses with grandpa might sound like a quintessentially grandparental moment, but let's not...

Mental Health: Winter Is Coming – 45 from 2020-10-03T17:00

This week we tackle the thing on everyone's mind: How can we protect the mental health of our children during the dark months of winter? Yes it's going to be H-A-R-D. But you are absol...

Exercise Your Authority – 44 from 2020-09-29T03:00

Exercise. They need it. We know it. But how to make it happen?

Why does Minecraft win out over biking, Super Smash Bros beat a neighborhood run, or the promise of Among Us lure o...

Teenage Dating: The Rules of Engagement – 43 from 2020-09-21T22:00

One day they're in diapers; the next they're nervously picking up their first date, standing on the doorstep with sweaty palms because they're about to meet the parents. You, mean...

Quarantine Quarrels – 42 from 2020-09-14T23:00

Parenting in normal times is hard enough, but then you add in a little pandemic, a three-state inferno, political division the likes we've never seen, deadly policing, and for a little kick...

What Do You Meme? – 41 from 2020-09-07T23:00

It all started with Baby Cha-Cha. That creepy little dancing baby was the first modern meme and made its splash on Ally McBeal waaaay back in 1998. Nope. We're not kidding. 1998.

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Dating After Divorce – 40 (The Ruby Episode) from 2020-08-31T23:00

Knock, knock.

Who’s there?

Mommy’s new boyfriend.

Mommy's new boyfr– wait. Whut??!! 

It’s our 40th show—the Ruby episode—and we are celebrating with a topic hand-sel...

Love They [NextDoor] Neighbor – 39 from 2020-08-24T23:00

When the social media platform NextDoor came on the scene, it seemed perfect. It provided a place for people to connect locally, share neighborhood information, and look out for one another. You...

Puppy Love and Puppy Loss – 38 from 2020-08-17T23:00

There is little a parent can do when it comes to teen love. You can't pick your child's crush because that would just be weird. And if you don't like said crush, well, you're...

Back to School? – 37 from 2020-08-09T20:00

Back to school hasn't changed much for decades. The styles have been updated, but the old standbys still mark the start of a new year:

• Dixon Ticonderoga #2 pencils
• A 3-ri...
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Lessons from the Crib – 36 from 2020-08-03T22:00

You are a parenting ninja. You know it. Your friends know it. And, someday, your children will know it, too.

So you're feeling a little cocky one day, throwing down wisdom you fee...

Soiling the Nest – 35 from 2020-07-27T23:00

You spend nine months nesting, making your everything just right so that your beautiful newborn will know, from the very beginning, that home will always be the safe place.

Then, 18 yea...

Game On – 34 from 2020-07-20T23:00

With so many kids stuck at home, every parent under the sun is looking for ways to keep them entertained. Hold our beer.

We're talking games this week–from Minecraft to Ms. Pacman,...

Play Ball! – 33 from 2020-07-13T23:00

It starts out so innocently.

Your baby boy or girl joins a team of 5-year-olds running onto the soccer field and chasing down a ball for the sheer joy of it. Before you know it, howeve...

Don't Take No for an Answer – 32 from 2020-07-06T23:00

Kids hear "no" from the time they can reach out and rip an earring out of mommy's ear until the night they ask an adult to buy them alcohol for the senior prom. Who knew it was al...

Crappy Kids'Shows – 31 from 2020-06-29T23:00

Riddle me this Batman: Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

The world has produced incredible kids' cartoons and live action shows over the years: Mr. Rogers, Avatar, Sesame Str...

I Know You Are, but What am I? – 30 from 2020-06-23T05:00

How can it be that children around the world—especially siblings—argue about the same things, over and over and over again? Do these fight starters sound familiar?

"I call shot-gun...

Pet Peeves – 29 from 2020-06-14T23:00

"I promise I'll feed it and walk it and scoop poop—whatever you want me to do. Puh-leeeeeze, mom!?!"

So begins the everyday saga of parents folding when a child begs for...

Pomp and Shitty Circumstances – 28 from 2020-06-08T22:00

Ahhhh, high school graduation. Senior skip day. Signing yearbooks. Commencement pranks. Celebrating with family and friends. Parties (the kind with grandma as well as the kind with a keg). Sayin...

Family Traditions – 27 from 2020-06-01T23:00

Goodnight Moon. Secret handshakes. Saturday morning waffles. Every family has traditions that help define its culture. Ours has been defined, in part, by an annual, multi-family camp-out in the ...

My Kid's Better Than Your Kid – 26 from 2020-05-25T15:00

Do you know a parental one upper? You know, the parent whose kid is a little faster, a little smarter, or a little more talented than anyone else's? It's the parent who truly believes ...

I'm sorry. You did what? – 25 from 2020-05-18T23:00

Parenting is hard, sure, but mostly because kids sometimes do the dumbest things!

This week, stories from grown-ass adults who did things when they were young that are at least as ques...

Sneaky Teens – 24 from 2020-05-11T20:00

Sneaking out of the house is a rite of passage for lots of teens. And they'll tell you that it's as easy as 1-2-3.

Step 1: Slip out of bed and use an extra blanket to create a...

I Spell Stress C-O-V-I-D – 23 from 2020-05-04T23:00

As if raising kids wasn't stressful enough: let's layer on a pandemic while we're at it. Then  ask parents to work, teach, cook and discipline all at the same time. Oh, and don&ap...

Bow Down to Teachers – 22 from 2020-04-27T22:00

This week's episode is an ode to the Mighty Teacher. Most of us didn't really understand just how essential these hard-working men and women were to our kids, our daily routine, and ou...

Blended Weddings – 21 from 2020-04-20T23:00

Planning a wedding typically means making a boatload of decisions in rapid-fire succession. When you're a blended family, however, you can add an additional layer of complexity to the situa...

Food Fight – 20 from 2020-04-13T23:00

Quarantined at home with COVID-19 means every parent is now the host of their own cooking show—and kids are the audience. Talk about a tough crowd. 

What do you do when said audience turns...

Summer Fever – 19 from 2020-04-06T22:00

Remember when spring meant a million end-of-the-year school events, figuring out who would watch the kids for the summer, and a frantic dash to get their summer activities selected, booked, and ...

Coping with Covid – 18 from 2020-03-30T22:00

They say laughter is the best medicine. Well, we call BS. A vaccine against this damn virus is truly the best medicine. Until it arrives, however, we'll have to make do with a little laught...

Raising Boys vs Raising Girls – 17 from 2020-03-23T22:00

While the world spins out of control, we hunker down in the Bombcast Studio to compare notes on the differences between raising boys and raising girls. And don't you even suggest that there...

Sharenting – 16 from 2020-03-16T23:00

Sharenting
Covid-19 has turned the world on its ear! Schools are closed. The world is working remotely. And Lola is home from college until the next school year. WTF? So what do paren...

Quarantined with Kids – 15 from 2020-03-09T21:00

Covid-19 is turning our lives upside down and inside out. There's a weirdo run on toilet paper, schools are taking classrooms online, and many parents here in the Pacific Northwest are quar...

Nannies and daycare and sitters, oh my! — 14 from 2020-03-02T22:00

For some of us, having our hearts ripped out and eaten by cannibals would be better than leaving our children with relative strangers when we return to work after parental leave. Others, however...

Parent Volunteers Deserve A Special Place in Heaven – 13 from 2020-02-23T15:00

Parent volunteers are saints. In fact, we think there's a special place in heaven for every damn person who has ever served as President of the PTSA. And if you ask the most dedicated of th...

Near Misses: When Kids Don't Engage Brain Before Acting – 12 from 2020-02-17T22:00

For the love of god, why don't kids look before they leap? Let's be honest. Parenting is a journey punctuated by heroic endeavors to save our children from themselves. In this week&apo...

Same-sex Parenting – 11 from 2020-02-09T14:00

If you're straight, you might not know the kinds of hoops that same-sex parents jump through in their effort to raise and protect their kids. Never ones to shy away from the taboo, Bonnie a...

Crime and Punishment – 10 from 2020-02-02T21:00

Let's be honest. All kids make bad choices, break house rules, and openly defy parental boundaries. It's kind of their job. Our job is to let them know that they've stepped in the...

Homework Hell – 9 from 2020-01-27T22:00

It's the Great American Parenting Nightmare. Too much homework. It turns households into battle grounds, kids into sleep-deprived zombies, and parents into puddles of frustration. Are we wr...

Traveling with Kids: Are We There Yet? – 8 from 2020-01-20T22:00

Planes, trains and automobiles. Regardless of how you do it, traveling with kids is always a crap shoot. It's not like they stop arguing, eating, or costing an arm and a leg just because yo...

That Takes the Cake – 7 from 2020-01-14T00:00

How do you know when you've gone too far for a child's birthday party? How about when they bring in the snakes.

Some of us evidently operate under the impression that the perf...

College Bound – 6 from 2020-01-07T06:00

Send in the S.W.A.T. team!  Preparing, applying, and paying for college has handcuffed our family and is holding us hostage. 

On this week's podcast:

• A California colleg...
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Gift-Giving Fails – 5 from 2019-12-30T19:00

Wrapping up 2019 with gift-giving fails

When it comes to gift giving during the holidays and beyond, we have failed just as often as we've succeeded—especially with our kid...

Put your damn phone down! – 4 from 2019-12-21T00:00

Little did we (or you, or any other parent in the world) ever imagine the headache smart phones would create in our lives. Do any of these lines sound familiar to you?

"Please look...

Jingle Balls – 3 from 2019-12-16T22:00

We just wanted to share our favorite holiday movie with Tigger, our oldest son. We invited him to join our annual Christmas tradition of watching Love Actually while wrapping gifts. He&...

The Sex Talk – 2 from 2019-12-03T07:00

Having the sex talk with kids is fertile ground for comedy—especially for this same-sex couple trying to get it right raising their three boys.

Life Hack segment: from 2019-12-01T16:00

Meet the hosts and hear what this comedy parenting podcast is all about. Start laughing before you even start listening to the first episode of I Shouldn't Have Kids!

Bonnie and El...

Trailer: What's this podcast about? – 1 from 2019-12-01T16:00

Meet the hosts and hear what this comedy parenting podcast is all about. Start laughing before you even start listening to the first episode of I Shouldn't Have Kids!

Bonnie and El...

Trailer: What's this podcast about? – 1 from 2019-12-01T16:00

Meet the hosts and hear what this comedy parenting podcast is all about. Start laughing before you even start listening to the first episode of I Shouldn't Have Kids!

Bonnie and El...