Judgy Parents Watching

We're back from Maternity Leave and our Parent of the Week, Kayla Simpson, helps us litigate the multiple crimes of Dean Profit in the rom-com (massive air quotes) Overboard.

Time for a holiday autopsy! From the cost of Griswold home repairs to which age the movie is meant for, we dissect Natl. Lampoons Xmas Vacation with Parent of the Week – Hansen Anderson.

Football, coaching, Nando's, toxic masculinity and a BIG SURPRISE! Our parent of the week, Kevin Plant, helps deliver the play-by-play for this gridiron classic.

Steve Martin, Keanu Reeves, Rick Moranis,  Mary Steenburgen, Jason Robards, Joaquin Phoenix, and our Parents of the Week, Lauren and Josh Baker, are all phenomenal casting choices for exploring the trauma and triumph of Parenthood.

The first episode of Season 3 has everything! Except of course for Naomi. Not to worry, though. Our Parent of the Week, Kristin Kreisel and our special temporary co-host help unpack this classic Roald Dahl adaptation.

Merry everything, y'all! Parent of the Week, Chris Mollo, helps us judge one of the most iconic holiday movies of all time, while Naomi educates us on this brilliantly British ensemble cast.

Happy Halloween! Or as the Sanderson Sisters call it: Virgin Awareness Day.

It's un paws ible to hound the dad in Beethoven without unleashing some empathy. Parent of the Week and first-time-Beethoven viewer, Kristin Youngblood, is back to help us judge more than Stanley Tucci's cowboy boots.

May He who illuminated this episode, illuminate me. Returning Parent of the Week, Jake Swenson, helps us judge one of the most action-packed estranged father movies of all time.

All due respect Miss Lohan, but this is the Jamie Lee Curtis version of Freaky Friday. Our Parent of the Week, Nadia Barbot, helps us judge one of the most early two-thousandy movies to ever early two-thousand.

As the old proverb says: It takes a village to raise a child and steal a whale. Brandon Wollerson—our Parent of the Week—helps us revisit our favorite parts of Free Willy. 

Does taking sides with Stu and Miranda make us bad parents or just "the boring" parents? Anetta Paver joins us as our Parent of the Week to help us judge one of the most iconic family films of all time. 

May your days be merry and bright enough to kill a pack of hungry gremlins. Filmmaker, Chris McInroy, joins us as our Parent of the Week and judges both the parents in Gremlins and the movie’s practical effects.

We invoke the spirit of Manon and the wardrobe of the 90s to break down this Halloween classic.

Spoiled children, privileged parents, opium addiction, Munchausen syndrome by proxy –– should we stop here or keep uncovering everything else hidden in the secret garden? 

We need your help deciding the movie for our next episode. Naomi and I will explain why, give you all the details of how you can participate, and share our own biased picks. 

Camp Hope or Camp Trope? Together with our special guest—and veteran camp counselor—we uncover how the real rites and rituals of summer camps measure up to the experience in Heavyweights.

Hot takes, symbolism, and one of the most problematic scenes in 90s kids movies–this episode could change the way you look at The Sandlot FOREVER! FOREVER! FOREVER!

It’s been over a year since our own global pandemic started, so we’re breaking down all the Do’s and DON’T GO IN THERES! from the parents in A Quiet Place.

Hook might’ve been a pretty good father if it weren’t for all the kidnapping, brainwashing, and murdering of minors. We breakdown how Peter Banning (AKA Peter Pan) was able to out-dad and defeat his arch-nemesis. 

Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal! But seriously, the most frightening part about Home Alone is realizing we are all the McCallisters at some point.

Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal! But seriously, the most frightening part about Home Alone is realizing we are all the McCallisters at some point.

"Cara Mia" is Italian for Couple Goals. We could all learn a lot from Gomez and Morticia Addams, especially when it comes to fully accepting every member and dismembered person in the family. 🖐

Wayne Szalinski, Walter White, same difference. We'll cover that topic and more in the very first episode.