The Unhelpful Parenting Podcast

Get ready for the most mind-boggling confessional and dad fail we've been sent by a parent! This episode we have 3 epic confession stories and are back with would you rather 2.0. Starting with our yays or nays, Bec is yaying her reverse nesting doing the baby stuff chuck out (but the resulting chaotic mess is Sam's nay!). Bec is naying the insanity it is to juggle 3 kids' schedules plus her own, w...

Warning! By the end of this episode Bec almost wets herself laughing! We are back with a whole lot of parent support through laughter! Whether you're looking for parent conversations or some solidarity through the stories we get sent in - we are here for you! We start every episode catching up with our parenting yay or nay for the week. Bec is yaying celebrating their child's 1st birthday, survivi...

We are back with the Unhelpful Parenting Podcast, this week with more confessions, funny stories, un-motivations and would you rathers. Kick starting with the yays and nays, we catch you up on our highs and lows of parenting this week. Sam is yaying the cute personalities coming out as each kid grows, but naying the way we sometimes just snap as parents (especially at 1am in the morning!!). Bec is...

It was our father’s day on the weekend so here are some hilarious dad fails and stories as we laugh together at the parent life realities! But first, our *croaky* voices are back and still in recovery, just in time for our 11 month old baby to start teething. For obvious reasons, Bec’s yay is baby Panadol – cos what did parents do without it?! And her nay is the teething and how she forgot the mol...

We are back from our completely unplanned 2 week sick break! We’ve got all the laughs and heaps of your stories built up and ready to go though! There may still be a cough or two, but we share a small insight into the hell that parenting while sick is. Sam’s YAY for the week was spending some one-on-one time with the baby (which doesn’t happen often cos he’s #3!), and his NAY was WHAT THE *F*LU?!...

Well we aren’t really back this week! We are down, out and feeling rubbish. Baby, toddler and 5 yo down with the flu bug – IYKYK! Rather than leave you hanging (especially if you’re new here!), we’ve pieced together some of the best parenting stories and confessions we’ve been sent since we started earlier in the year. This is only a few favourites – comment and tell us which is your favourite! We...

Welcome to this week’s Unhelpful Parenting Podcast with an Olympic twist! To start we are doing our Yays and Nays, talking school drop-offs, getting kids to focus on any activity for more than 5 minutes, our love for the tuckshop apps and frustration at gold coin collections (because who has cash on hand these days?!). Before we get to talking parents at the Olympics, parenting and the Olympics an...

Welcome back to the unhelpful parenting podcast where we are laughing through another week of parent fails, funny kid moments and a this or that quiz from SAM instead of Bec for a change. We kick the episode off with our Yays and Nays (highs and lows if you’re new!). Bec braved the grocery shop with all three kids for the first time this week – something she’s been putting off for a long time but...

Get ready for the laughs as we head into episode 21 of the Unhelpful Parenting Podcast! Sam and Bec say hi in their unintentionally matched outfits, talking their yay and nays for the week. Bec is yaying insulated cups that are the ONLY way mums get to drink tea or coffee hot and naying the fact that you can drive thru alcohol but not bread, milk, eggs and bananas! Sam is naying his top golf exper...

Today we are laughing our way through parenting even when the wheels fall off and the rollercoaster is on fire! We say hello with our yay and nay's for the week - Sam talking all about his amazing weekend with the kids, but the killer cost of living as a parent. Bec is also talking the parent wins of happy kids with her dinosaur birthday cake, while nay-ing the winter clothing debacle of baby vomi...

Welcome to the unhelpful parenting podcast episode that was so good we had to do it twice! Just kidding… Sam forgot to hit record the first time so you’ll get to laugh with us about an extra fail this week XD   We are coming for the Bluey minisodes this week, and Sam has a good soul cleansing whinge about Australian food after a weekend at a French festival eating real pastry (not quite paren...

Get ready for a barrel of laughs this week with the intro of the bad dad jokes segment! But before you get there we've got all the good stuff - like talking about how Bec's school comment last week had the keyboard warriors going, Sam heading towards insanity after the same song played 20 times in the car, and winning costume competitions. And that's just us! There's another 3 confessions you sent...

This week is brought to you by the worst parenting advice you’ve ever received and a few hilarious parenting confessionals. Sam and Bec kick off with some of the things they are ‘yaying’ and ‘naying’ like vacation child care (yay) and the cost of houses and cheese (BIG nay) – before launching head first into the parenting confessions full of funny parent fails and a ‘what do I do’? story. The conf...

We are back! We survived the week of sickness and PLAGUE that hit us, making us skip recording last week's episode. But we are back with heaps of laughs and relatable parenting real-ness. Starting with our yays or nays that leads us into a little heated conversation about the AWFUL keyboard warriors that give parents a hard time for talking about the hard parts of parenting. Then we've got some sl...

This week we are laughing to the tune of one of our funniest parenting comedy episodes yet. With our usual yays, nays and relatable parenting memes, we've got three confessions and a hilarious new 'Bec presents' segment as we go through the range of terrible kids toy fails she found - some so bad you have to see it to believe it. We are talking sleep deprivation, cute snuggles, germy kids and todd...

Laugh with us this week as we return to the school fails and tales! Catch up with us as we say hi, with our weekly yays, nays and Sam's favourite meme, and strap in as we start the ride of school fails and tales. Story after story we were sent in from parents and teachers about the things that can go wrong at school. Got a funny story to share? SEND IT TO US! Our confessional and segments lik...

We are back to the confessional with 4 hilarious parenting stories that have us talking about everything from kids drawings, swearing, bad singing and kid insults to baby bag fails. We also come back to the poo show to say goodbye... Retiring it with Sam's AWFUL nightmare of a story! Poo is one of those subjects that is still sure to come up, but we won't be doing a WHOLE segment on it like this f...

We're in for a ride launching the new "Great Parent Debate" segment! Don't worry - it's all laughs and a little bit of horrific nostalgia for the 90s parents as we ask the question 'was kids TV better in the 90s/early 2000 compared to now?' Stay tuned cos you'll see the rare sight of Sam and Bec agreeing at the end of a debate! There's all the usual fun still too, with some funny confessions, some...

It’s mother’s day week here in Australia and we are talking all things mother’s day gift fails, and some cute and hilarious ‘I love my mum because’ kids quotes! We’ve still got our usual laughs with our ‘yays and nays’, a meme for good measure and a confessional, but strap yourself in for some absolutely atrocious mother’s day gifts and the hilarious conversations that they bring. If you love moth...

This week we are laughing our way through some more confessions and the funny things your kids say. From Bec's cleaning nightmare and the snotty, sick kids breathing on our faces, to dad fails and sleep-deprived wardrobe malfunctions - we are ready to laugh! The funny kid quotes and stories you sent in were awesome, and we end this episode in tears cos we don't really recover from one of them eith...

This week we are talking parenting confessions, school fails and heaps of highs and lows. We talk about the new Bluey episode - because even if you don't have young kids you've probably heard about it! The confessions have us self-confessing to inappropriate Titanic scenes, while one mum sent in her son's hilariously bad haircut story that is going to make the 21st photo album. The school fails an...

In our latest #parentingpodcast episode we are back to the parenting confessional with 3 hilarious stories that have been sent in from parents that lead us to talking all things Wiggles vs baby shark vs the *C* word (not the one you may be thinking...!). We also hear some funny answers to the question 'what's the funny words your toddler has gotten wrong', and laugh at the translations. This light...

This week we are having fun with a new version of 'this or that' and the answers you sent in to our question: what song lyrics did your kid get wrong? Play along and test your baby name and celebrity knowledge while we look back on how hard it can be to name a baby! And get ready to send in your answers for next week's question that we'll turn into a guessing game - what's your funniest toddler wo...

Ever been fat-shamed by a four-year-old? Or reminded by a toddler that you're not getting any younger? Buckle up, parents, because you're in for a wild ride of relatable stories and face-palms of raising our little truth-tellers. In this hilarious episode, we dive right into the hilariously brutal honesty of kids in our new segment: from the mouth of babes! Sharing their unfiltered comments on our...

Talking all things parenting and sleep deprivation - with some hilarious fails, confessions and stories to share! Whether you're here for a laugh or here for validation (you're not the only one!), we are ready for you. Catch questions and story requests on our social media accounts, or send us in your confessionals through our website. Subscribe to YouTube, rate on Spotify and review on Apple and...