Letting your kids play outside alone or walk to school: Is it bad for kids, or just bad for parents?
Do you let your kid walk to school alone? Or to the park? Or to the neighbor’s house to play? But more importantly, have you ever let your kid go out alone…and lied about it for fear of repercussion? Today on the latest Episode of Spawned, Kristen and Liz...
Should you pay your kids for chores? Ohhhh the various opinions.
Sometimes we agree on topics, sometimes we disagree, and sometimes we just figure it out as we talk it out. Sometimes, it’s all three! Which is in part why we think you’ll really enjoy this week’s discussion on the Spawned podcast about kids’...
Kids and activities: When to start, when to stop, and everything in between
With school starting, that means activities are starting up too, and both of us are a little overwhelmed about what to do with our own kids. (Also, Minecraft isn’t necessarily considered a viable skill that will get them a college scholarship. Or is it?) If...
Should every kid get a trophy?
This week’s outrage du jour is brought to you by football star James Harrison and his now controversial Instagram photo in which he threatened to take away his kids’ participation trophies. So of course we tackle (puns! puns!) this controversial stance on...
Target removes boy and girl toy signs, Internet implodes.
Geez, Target! Change a few signs in your store and you blow up the whole entire Internet! In the past, we’ve discussed our issues with labeling girls toys vs. boys toys, as opposed to just calling them, oh…you know. BLOCKS. And DOLLS. Well,...
Spawned Episode 10: Escape from Caillou
If you need a break from all child-media, ooh, you’re in for a treat today! Check out our newest extra-special, slightly (okay, very) R-rated episode of SPAWNED with Kristen and Liz this week on Soundcloud right now. Or, subscribe to Spawned on iTunes and listen...
Spawned Episode 9: You Are Not a Crappy Parent
This week on SPAWNED, we talk about sending our oldest daughters off to sleepaway camp, the good, the bad, and the hilarious. And wow, we’ve gotten so many amazing emails from our listeners thanking us for giving you new-ish parents hope that it does get...
Spawned Episode 8: “You let us watch death, mom!”
Don’t be afraid of the title of our most recent episode of SPAWNED. To be fair, Kristen did let her kids watch death, or as you might know it, The Princess Bride. It actually led to a very lively discussion about kids and media. How do you know what to let your...
Spawned Episode 7: Kale, no.
On our newest episode of SPAWNED with Kristen and Liz, we’re chatting about Liz’s some-number high school reunion (her stories are hilarious) and we discuss a few surprising benefits of turning 40. Then, we tackle the tough topic of picky eaters, sharing...
SPAWNED Episode 7 (because we skipped 6): PANTIES. AGAIN.
We know, we know, we’re talking about panties again on our latest SPAWNED with Kristen and Liz podcast episode. But this time, it’s literal grown-up panties at the request of a listener, not metaphorical ones like we did a couple of weeks ago. We chat...
SPAWNED Episode 5: Girls Toys vs. Boys Toys.
It’s that time of the week! Our newest episode of SPAWNED with Kristen + Liz is live, and it’s a fun one. Well, we think they all, are but we had a really good time with this one in particular. Join us as we talk (and yes, rant a little) about summer...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz!
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