PaRANTing

Stage One is learning how to drive. Stage Two is having to teach your kids to drive and then wondering how your parents ever survived with you behind the wheel. Mark Adam also describes a hill in Winnipeg that brings a new meaning to "sweep it under the rug" but instead its garbage topped with dirt.

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Poor decisions, questionable piercings and 90s TV shows… what a great episode line-up!  Right? Mark Adam and Katie G are feeling nostalgic and a little disturbed reminiscing the “good old days”.

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Would you let your teenager get a tattoo? What are some of your rational or irrational fears? You know the drill by now... We start on one topic and 20 minutes later we can’t remember how the conversation started. This week is no exception!

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Being a parent can be exhausting. Who's kidding who, simply being an adult is exhausting but no matter how many times we tell our kids to just enjoy being a kid, they want to grow up so fast. Paraphrasing the late George Bernard Shaw "Youth is wasted on the young"... le sigh.

Also, a big shout out to all moms or those who have the role of "mom" tomorrow! Thank you for everything you do!

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Setting boundaries shouldn't be a negative aspect to life.  We want to teach our kids that vocalizing your expectations in a relationship, whether it be romantic, plutonic or with colleagues to work, sets the foundation of how you expect to be treated and how you wish to treat others. Also, this week's PSA to all parents is "Stop being so hard on yourselves! You are all doing the best you can and we admire and support you."

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Would you let your kids try alcohol at home? What about purchasing alcohol for them? This week Katie G and Mark Adam discuss their thoughts on this topic and also share some of their own experiences when they were teenagers and how they made some questionable decisions we hope our own kids will not make. There are just some things you don't want your kids to learn the hard way.

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Why is it that our kids are physically unable to put things back where they belong or, if they do, its empty (or almost empty)? Yes, we would love to have to fill the Brita container before being able to get a glass of water and we didn't really want that granola bar anyway, thank you. Also, Happy Easter weekend! Top Tweets: @MikeMitchNH, @XplodingUnicorn, and @sarcasticmommy4 Merch: http://www.parantingpodcast.com Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/parantingpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parantingpodcast Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/paranting Facebook: https://facebook.com/paranting YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj8Sfil60Vk0Y7x1KFNAPkw

New week, same nonsense! Mark Adam enlightens us on his discovery of the recent "Dad Bod" style, which also happens to pair nicely with a fun night out with friends. Top Tweets: @mommy_cusses, @maryfairybobrry and @beebinc Merch: https://store.streamelements.com/paranting Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/parantingpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parantingpodcast Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/paranting Facebook: https://facebook.com/paranting YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj8Sfil60Vk0Y7x1KFNAPkw

Tech, video and audio issues were not going to stop Mark Adam and Katie G from recording this episode!  Amongst all of the chaos, there was still room to remind our families "That is not how you load the dishwasher."

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Remember the days when you would leave your house as a kid and 95% of the time your parents didn't know where you were or who you were with and the only stipulation was coming home when the lights came on?  Now we do everything but a full background check on who our kids are with.  Ah, how times have changed.  

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