The Unhelpful Parenting Podcast

We are back from a one-week hiatus after sick kids, with all-new parent news stories! With the news so heavy the last week, all the parent stories have been on the sidelines - so we are here to catch you up and have a laugh together. Sam starts us off with a fun fact about parenting, and that funny parents have been studied and proven to be more effective parents. Which, of course, opens up the de...

In this episode, we have some wild pregnancy cravings, from soy sauce pancakes to things outside the food groups. Then the confessional has some hilarious stories from parents, including a 'talk' gone wrong, finished off with some parent news ft. Batman! Kicking off the episode, Bec starts the yays and nays with a funny story showing how the 2yo equates farts to daddy, but nays the parenting organ...

This week, we asked for the funniest or wildest injuries your kids have caused you, plus we are back with our parenting confessional and parent news stories. Kicking off with a not-so-fun fact for Bec - did you know parents of 3 kids are reported to have the highest levels of stress? Sam and Bec catch up with their weekly yay and nays - Bec yaying their two-night getaway kid-free (sleeping til 9am...

This episode is packed with parent hacks, confessions and news! Kicking off with a random Sam thought about how our kids are going to look at us weirdly at the word 'rewind' - we quickly catch up with our parent yays and nays from this week. Bec is yaying cute mixed up words like bumblegum and double-yaying with the successful use of reverse psychology on the 4 year old. Sam is yaying the kids fin...

This week, we have a long list of wild newborn-life stories and one of the funniest parent news stories to date. From sleep deprivation to wild postpartum rage - there are a lot of stories here to relate to and more to laugh with. To kick off, we apologize for another Bluey World episode delay (it'll come one day, won't it, Sam?) before catching up with our yay and nays. Bec is yaying getting more...

Strap in for another episode of the Unhelpful Parenting Podcast. This week, we change things up, starting with Bluey news, as we welcome our first-ever podcast guests: the gnomes. But add to that the absolute outrage that the ABC didn't even attempt to get merchandising rights to Bluey and more or less started the show and gave away the profits to an overseas company (bless you BBC). The Bluey new...

Kids really say the funniest things! This episode revolves mostly around the answers we were sent to the question: What's the most embarrassing thing your kid has said in public? But to start, we first apologise for our delayed Bluey episode - we promise it's on the way! And to make up for it, there's new Bluey news at the end of the episode. With our quick catch-up yays and nays - Bec is naying s...

Get ready for funny teacher gifts and parent interview stories, some embarrassing confessions and an intro to Bluey world! Starting with a bad joke, Bec's worried she's now given Sam the opportunity to start telling dad jokes again. Catching up with yays & nays, Bec's yaying her funny middle child comment and naying the sickness sharing. Sam's yaying Bluey world and naying the kids' short atte...

This week's full of pregnancy hormone crying stories, parenting situations that have backfired on them, parent news and more. Starting with yays and nays - Bec is yaying the cute support card from her daughter before a big work meeting, and naying how overshadowed her amazing birthday cake for the 4yo was by the real life dinosaur that was Sam in a t-rex suit that showed up (not that she'd change...

This week's episode is packed full of confessions and funny stories sent in by parents! So we get straight to it, kicking off with a quick parent catch-up. Sam is yaying parent friends and being social with kids, while naying a toilet training fail. Bec is yaying almost being a tooth fairy and naying the never-ending piles of kids' clothes. The confessional this week is again full of parent confes...

Welcome to this fun-packed episode full of confessions, helpful hacks and parent news! Kicking off with some research stats, Bec is asking who these parents are that don't find parenting tiring! We catch up with yays and nays - Bec is yaying Disney on Ice and naying realising school holidays were a week longer than expected. Sam is yaying, Bec finally letting the youngest get a haircut, but naying...

Strap yourself in for this wild ride as Sam sets out to ruin our favourite childhood memories with facts, and we talk all things gender reveal parties! Kicking off with yays and nays, we are catching up on our week which included a family holidays! Nays include exhaustion and kids ruining buffets, yays include funny Batman moments and rollercoasters! Sam then takes us on his deep dive of facts he'...

Laugh along with more funny stories from parents, Bluey news and Bec's existential ageing celebrity crisis! Kicking it off with our yays and nays - Sam has been away for work again and Bec's so glad he's home. But her real yay is getting to watch Mackenzie, their daughter, grow up - soon to be getting a visit from the tooth fairy! But the nay is that she's gone into another range of clothing sizes...

We asked what's the most unexpected or funniest phase your kid went through. From toddlers to teenagers, the answers had us laughing! But first, did you know elephants are pregnant for 22 months? All the mums say 'Ouch". Sam kicks off the yays and nays this week by yaying a cute daddy-daughter date, and naying the sleeping bag houdini almost burning the house down. Bec is yaying the boon clutch di...

This week we have kids fessing up to their own confessionals, plus parent news on baby names, museums and active labor news. But first, we catch up and discover this episode is a new one - recording with the 3 year old in the episode. Sam will do his best to cut out interruptions, but there's nothing more unhelpful parenting than this! We start with our catch ups, talking yays and nays from our we...

This week's episode is answering more of 'what's the strangest thing your kid has done', with parent news and a few funny parent side tangents! Kicking off with yays and nays, Sam & Bec catch up on their week to start. Bec's yaying the sick cuddly cuddles (but not the sick obviously!), while naying the fact that they spent a whole day at the zoo with a friend and barely got a good conversation...

Get ready for all the answers to the question: What's the strangest thing you've witnessed your kid do? We have gross-weird, funny-weird, and creepy-weird stories from parents! First, we jump into the episode with a Frozen easter egg from Bec (but Sam doesn't think it counts). Our weekly catch-up with yays and nays has Sam naying the nepotism of North West's Disney performance, but yaying his self...

We asked 'what's the funniest thing your kid has said?' PLUS we have funny parent stories waiting in the confessional with some parent news to finish. But first, we start by sharing about our mother's day and how Bec got beautiful gifts that made her want only one thing more - which involves a day procedure for Sam (#snip). Sam also shares about his new name from the 3 year old (you may now call h...

"what's the funniest thing your kid has cried over?" Get ready to laugh this episode because it is FULL of stories from parents, mostly funny stories full of tantrums and tears of kids of all ages. First, Sam & Bec catch up with their yays and nays. Bec's yaying (finally) implementing a job's list for the kids, and them being in the honeymoon phase and enjoying it (for now!). She's naying the...

The parent confessions keep coming! With parent fail stories and funny moments - here's what's coming in this episode... We start with the hard-hitting questions first - are sprinkles overrated? Cast your vote in the comments for this important parenting debate! Catching up with our yays and nays - Bec is laughing at overhearing the kids' conversations, grossed out by missing showers and baffled b...

We brought back the confessional and we don't know who had more fails and funny moments this week - Bec or the parents sending in their stories! Starting with a mom confession, we launch in with our weekly yay & nays - Bec yaying getting to go to the shops by herself for the first time in what feels like years, followed by a nay from the same trip with a major embarrassing toilet moment (and t...

It's Easter time and we are celebrating with all the fun! Whacky traditions, Easter news stories and Easter eggs from Shrek! Jumping in with some heavy chocolate research, we are looking at the chocolate stats for parents and how much Easter for 3 kids will cost across a lifetime. We jump into yays and nays. A great day at the zoo, a clothes bag fail, cooler weather and snot all make the list. The...

Laughing through funny parent news stories, messages from parents and a few Easter Eggs to a favourite movie for kids and parents! Kicking off the show, Bec throws Sam the curly question the 6 year old tried asking in the car this week, before quickly jumping into the yays and nays. Bec is yaying the cute words the 18 month old is coming out with (and YES of course we've included a little sound bi...

Ready to laugh with us this week? From Bluey Easter eggs to school fails and tales - here's what's in this unhelpful parenting podcast episode! Kicking off, we catch up with our weekly yays and nays. Sam jumps in first, because he's straight in with the meltdowns and our 1 year olds new tantrum phase, but yaying his birthday! Bec's yaying her newly discovered lip tint - a working moms dream of loo...

This week's episode is PACKED full of laughs, confessions, parent news and Toy Story Easter Eggs! Sam kicks off by sneaking in his dad jokes before Bec can protest. Then we talk yays and nays as we quickly catch up, talking changing shoe sizes during and after pregnancy, not being able to remember birthdays, and school cross country events. The parenting confessional is back with three hilarious s...