Don't Tell the Kids

Before kids, we had a long list of things we’d never do — screens at dinner, leashes at the airport, Gatorade at baseball. Then we became moms. This week, Mal and Siobhan get honest about the quiet judgments we all make (and receive), from impatient dads on airplanes to the kindergartner with a brand-new iPhone. They dig into why we over-parent when strangers are watching, how moms and dads parent...

We're circling back to regretful parenting — but this time we actually did our homework. After friends kept telling us how huge this topic is on Reddit, we dove into the threads where parents say the things no one says out loud: the loss of self, the relentlessness, the boredom, the guilt, and the love that runs underneath all of it. We get honest about grieving the person you were before kid...

Don't tell the kids... but we stumbled onto something this week that we couldn't stop thinking about. There are these anonymous groups online — thousands of parents, pouring out the thing nobody says out loud: that sometimes, they regret it. Parenthood. All of it. And our first reaction was, how could you? How could you look at your child and feel that way? But the more we sat with it, t...

You know that feeling when something in your gut won't quiet down, even when every "expert" in the room is telling you you're overreacting? This week we go there. We start where we always do — somewhere completely random, this time Dirty Dancing and the back rooms where men used to go rent their, ahem, movies — and somehow end up on the stuff that actually keeps us up at night....

Okay, this one gets real. Mel and Siobhan start out somewhere lighter — Miami rain, cycle phases, sensual Sundays, and whether scheduling intimacy actually ruins the magic or just keeps it alive (jury's still out). And then Siobhan brings the question she came with: when you stay with someone after they cheat, does it ever stop coming up? Mel doesn't dodge. She talks about the years her...

This one starts in the most ordinary place — kids and chores, the boys negotiating their way out of dishes, the rotting calamari Giacomo left in his fishing bag for a week, and the word "disappointed" and whether we should even be using it on our kids. From there it turns into a real conversation about people-pleasing, alignment, and how the energy you carry shapes everyone around you —...

Buckle up, this one goes places. Mel and Siobhan start out talking about how Siobhan is never going to be the organized, 4 a.m.-journaling type — and how living next to someone that disciplined can quietly make you feel like you're doing life wrong (you're not). From there, it somehow turns into a conversation about who we become inside long relationships, the parts of ourselves that get...

If you've ever stood in the kitchen mentally running tomorrow's lunches, three carpools, and what's defrosting for dinner while your husband walks in and asks what you're thinking about... this one's for you. Siobhan and Mel get into the invisible mental load women carry and how differently our brains work from the men in our lives. It started because some guy on Instagram...

This episode, just like every other one, gets real. Siobhan and Mel sat down to talk about their moms — what they taught us about being women, what they didn't, and all the messy in-between stuff that we're still untangling as we raise our own kids. We get into it: the houses we grew up in (one filled with baked goods and zero visible conflict, the other with a mom who was amazing 20 day...

Okay mama, pour the coffee (or the wine, no judgment here) because this one's a ride. We're getting into ALL of it this week — like the fact that we're suddenly the moms holding the menu at arm's length and using our phones as little telescopes because nobody wants to admit they need readers yet. We're talking about the time a certain THC kombucha at a Miami get-together s...

This conversation started light… and then got real. Because once you actually think about consent today — not just the idea of it, but what it looks like with phones, Snapchat, alcohol, all of it… It’s not simple. It’s layered, it’s messy, and honestly… it’s a little scary when you’re raising boys in it. We didn’t solve anything — but we talked about it. Don’t tell the kids.

Okay… this is your warning: do NOT play this one in the car with your kids 😂 We went there. Like really went there. It started with a very innocent question—does your vagina get ruined after kids?—and somehow turned into a full-blown, no-filter conversation about sex after babies, peeing when you laugh, what no one tells you about birth, and the stuff we all secretly wonder but don’t say out loud...

This episode starts with our most embarrassing moments… and somehow spirals into everything we weren’t planning to say. It’s raw, it’s unfiltered, and yes — there are parts we maybe should’ve kept to ourselves. But that’s kind of the point. Real life, real stories, and the kind of honesty you usually save for your group chat. Press play, laugh with us (or at us), and feel a little less alone in th...

This one is for the moms who are quietly wondering… am I making this too easy for them? We get into one of those moments that hits way deeper than it should—your kid says “you can’t make me”… and suddenly you’re spiraling into are we raising resilient humans or just really comfortable ones? We talk about sports, commitment, chores, divorce guilt, overcompensating, and that constant push-pull betwe...

This episode goes everywhere moms of older kids know life suddenly starts to go: awkward questions, changing bodies, inappropriate song lyrics, sex talks you were not emotionally prepared to have, and the slow realization that your sweet little boys are somehow becoming actual teenage boys. We’re talking about all of it — from parasite group chats and full moon theories to sextortion, porn, kissin...

Why are we here? Honestly… because motherhood can be lonely, life can be a lot, and sometimes you just need one place where you can say the quiet part out loud. In this episode, we’re sharing the real reason we wanted to start this podcast: to make space for honest conversations about friendship, parenting, marriage, divorce, work, identity, aging, and all the things women carry that rarely get ta...

Somehow, your 40s got terrible PR. All anyone seems to talk about is perimenopause, hot flashes, hormones going wild, and moms complaining about their kids. Like the minute you hit 40, life just becomes one long hormonal spiral and a countdown to bedtime. But… is that actually true? In this episode, we’re talking about why life in your 40s can actually be better than life in your 20s in some reall...

Friendships as an adult are… complicated. Not middle-school complicated. Not “she sat at another lunch table” complicated. More like real life, grown-up, navigating divorce, boundaries, busy kids, and limited social battery complicated. In this episode we start with a simple question that quickly turns into a full spiral: what happens when a couple you know gets divorced… and suddenly you’re heari...

This is the part where we introduce ourselves… which already feels a little uncomfortable. Don’t Tell the Kids is what happens when two moms sit down and say the things we’re probably not supposed to say out loud — about motherhood, marriage, friendships, identity, resentment, joy, ambition, and the weird in-between stage of life where you’re raising humans but still trying to figure yourself out....