The favorite child, toddler communication & how do we divide household chores fairly?!

July 22

1h 19m

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Episode Description

Welcome back to another episode of Two Parents & A Podcast — happy HUMP DAY (lol). Harrison is BACK from Minnesota and we get a little behind the scenes look on what it's like to drop an exclusive collab with Target (everyone go try the Flock Turkey Bacon Strips!!) before we get into our topics for the day.

Here are the big ones: the favorite child (apparently most parents have one) — we talk about what we learned about how this impacts BOTH the favorite AND the non-favorite sibling. Big communication episode too: 1) we talk about adult conversationalists — askers vs. sharers (we're big on both, but apparently either can be considered rude if you go too far), and 2) toddler communication — Tate is starting to be able to answer questions (but from what we've learned, she's just matching our vibes and not understanding quite yet!). Finally, while Harrison was gone, Alex wrote a FREE Substack about division of household labor (the tip: do this exercise with your partner!! the BTS: was this an overshare??).

And of course there's a bunch of other fun stuff: audiobooks vs. reading for the millionth time, Jules is learning Spanish, schools have gotten rid of smart boards, when your kid transitions from "dada" to "daddy", the first name vs. Miss/Mrs. debate, Hinge's new friend prompts feature, & the most important question: should Harrison shave his beard?! (Lol)

Alright, be back Friday!!!! LOVE YOU GUYS!

Timestamps:

00:00:00 Welcome back to Two Parents & A Podcast!

00:05:28 Flock Turkey Bacon Strips are now EXCLUSIVELY at Target!!!

00:14:06 Does listening to an audio book count as reading?! (pt. 298374)

00:16:01 Was Alex's Substack about the chore division an "overshare"?!

00:21:22 Harrison's Minnesota travel fiasco

00:25:38 The 2 types of conversationalists: askers vs. sharers

00:31:40 Tate is officially playing CATCH?!

00:32:50 Is Tate really answering our questions?! (prosodic matching explained!)

00:35:56 Do you have a favorite child?!

00:42:20 IN THE COMMENTS: when do you transition from "mama/dada" to "mommy/daddy"?!

00:44:40 Is Duolingo the antidote to doomscrolling?!

00:47:38 Schools no longer have Smart Boards?!

00:50:32 IN THE COMMENTS: should kids call adults "Mr." & "Mrs."?!

00:51:58 Follow up on Alex’s viral CALLIE video

00:58:50 3 businesses people are googling but no one has created

01:07:04 Hinge’s new friend prompts feature

01:09:43 Our pilot officially SETTLED the plane seat debates

01:14:37 Should Harrison shave his beard?!

01:15:45 Europeans planned the American World Cup halftime show?!

01:17:30 LOVE YOU GUYS!

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