Moms of the Millennium

Reddit’s most-recommended sleep training book ruined Rosie’s life! Until she threw it in the trash. This week Rosie finally reads all 300 pages of Precious Little Sleep by Alexis Dubief: MBA, blogger, self-described sleep expert and Spartan racer (of course). The actual advice would fit on about 20 pages. The rest is 2010s-era blog humor, a lot of charts, and a child psychologist explaining why le...

Trick or treat, Millennial Moms! 🎃 This one-time Halloween special trades the parenting books for something a lot more fuzzy. On a summer family vacation, Rosie’s brother, a die-hard horror fan, needed a stand-in co-host. So Rosie appeared as her goth alter ego, Lydia Blackthorne , and took the hot seat as the reactor for once, while “Grimmy” explained a movie she has never seen: the 1961 classic...

Everyone’s heard the health claims about breastfeeding. This isn’t that episode. Rosie is tired of formula always being called “the easy option” and breastfeeding being treated as pure sacrifice. Drawing on her experience nursing two kids in Germany, she argues for a side of the debate that almost never comes up: the ways nursing can make your life easier. Along the way, she takes on a statistic f...

Two brain scientists wrote a bestseller on raising kids. Two moms read it so you don't have to. This month Rosie and Sarah discuss The Whole-Brain Child , the bestselling guide by neuropsychiatrist Dr. Daniel J. Siegel and Dr. Tina Payne Bryson that parents are still recommending more than a decade later. Inside this episode: A birthday cake gone wrong Why the internet loses its mind over des...

Ariel gave up her voice for a man. Cinderella just needed a prince to save her. Jasmine was "speechless" until Disney fixed her in the remake. You've heard it all before ... and Rosie is done letting it slide. In the first-ever Rosie's Rant, she goes to bat for the most maligned girls in the Disney canon, pulling apart what actually happens on screen versus what the discourse c...

One year ago, this podcast started because Rosie couldn't stop ranting about Bringing Up Bébé, Pamela Druckerman's million-copy bestseller on the wisdom of French parenting. So for our anniversary, we're going back to where it all began, except this time we're dropping the diplomatic book report and just roasting the book outright. Bon appétit... or not, because French women sh...

Science says fatherhood physically rewires the male brain . The policy proposal is asking corporations, very nicely , to offer a "care day." Rosie has notes. For their first ever Dad Book, the moms dive into Dad Brain by Darby Saxbe, PhD : a tenured professor with 20 years studying fathers, her own lab at USC on the transition to parenthood, 80+ peer-reviewed papers, and a truly unhinged...

Send us Fan Mail Two moms, one giant stack of picture books, and zero filter. In this episode of Moms of the Millennium, hosts Rosie and Sarah break down what actually makes a great children's book. Rhyme and meter, illustration quality, a fun story, and (sometimes) a good moral lesson, using their kids' real bedtime favorites as evidence. They also confess to their Wall of Shame: the bo...

Send us Fan Mail Does the ultimate "potty bible" actually work? 💩 In this episode of Moms of the Millennium , hosts Rosie and Sarah tackle the infamous, ultra-popular Oh Crap! Potty Training method by Jamie Glowacki. Rosie breaks down the book's method step-by-step. Is the "naked weekend" actually a foolproof strategy, or just a recipe for carpet disaster? The girls share...

Send us Fan Mail Nakia, a mother navigating the complexities of raising a non-binary teenager with autism, joins hosts Rosie and Sarah in this deeply moving and enlightening episode.  Moving away from the medical model to focus on cultivating joy, Nakia shares tangible ways that friends and community members can provide genuine support. For example, the simple act of picking up specific preferred...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Rosie and Sarah take a sharp, analytical look at the 2011 cultural phenomenon Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother . While the book is often framed as a "clash of cultures," Sarah peels back the layers to look at the darker psychological undercurrents of the "Tiger" philosophy.  Rather than focusing on the individual chores or practice hours, Sarah reflec...

Send us Fan Mail Stop Shouting into the Void: The Toddler Whisperers Are Back! Ever felt like your parenting strategy is just a series of increasingly loud “becauses”? You’re not alone. This week, Rosie and Sarah are diving back into the parenting trenches to wrap up their deep dive into the modern classic, How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen. In Part 2, the Moms of the Millennium move past the...

Send us Fan Mail Tired of the toddler power struggles? This month on Moms of the Millennium , Rosie and Sarah are ditching the "because I said so" mantra and diving into the game-changing philosophy found in the best selling book,  How to Talk So Little Kids Will Listen . Rosie goes through the book step by step, summarizing the advice for you so you don't have to read the whole thi...

Send us Fan Mail A deep dive into the realities of raising a family abroad. In this episode of Moms of the Millennium , your hosts Rosie and Sarah are joined by a very special guest and dear friend, Catherine. As three American moms living abroad , they compare notes on the cultural shifts, the logistical hurdles, and the surprising joys of parenting in Europe. From the structured playgrounds of G...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back, Millennial Moms! In Part 2 of our deep-dive into Emily Oster's game-changing book, Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong—and What You Really Need to Know , hosts Rosie and Sara are back and armed with more questions than answers. The book uses a data-driven , economist's approach to debunk pregnancy myths—challenging "rules&q...

Send us Fan Mail Ready to stop stressing about every pregnancy rule ? Join Sarah and Rosie , as they tackle Emily Oster's highly-debated book, Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Pregnancy Wisdom Is Wrong—and What You Really Need to Know . Or is the conventional wisdom right actually? In this episode, we provide a full summary of the book's core arguments. While we appreciate the call...

Send us Fan Mail Are German kids really that self-reliant? 🤔 Rosie and Sarah dive headfirst into the fascinating world of German parenting, inspired by Sara Zaske's book, Achtung Baby: An American Mom on the German Art of Raising Self-Reliant Children . This week, the Millennial Moms unpack concepts that might make helicopter parents clutch their pearls: "free-range" kindergarten (...

Send us Fan Mail What does parenting look like in Indigenous communities around the world? Can we use lessons from Indigenous moms and dads in our own families? These questions and more are explained in the book, "Hunt, Gather, Parent" by Michaeleen Doucleff. The author visited Maya, Inuit, and Hadza people to ask them about their parenting philosophy. In this candid and insightful conve...

Send us Fan Mail French moms : blink twice if you need help! According to the popular parenting book, "Bringing up Bebe," you're out there living your best glamorous life and you absolutely love when your baby's pediatrician calls you fat. And going on a diet at 3 months post partum because your husband is entitled to a hot wife, is good actually!  In this episode, Rosie gives...