We resume discussion of the Surviving Summer. It doesn’t have to suck. There are ways to make it fun for everyone without breaking the bank. Lots and lots of things to do to keep the kids engaged, out of brain rot mode, and not driving you bonkers with boredom. We go over a few ideas. Plus, Gwenna made a complete summer survival guide as a free download! Check it out if you’re out of ideas or if your idea generator is tired. We gotchu!And let us know what you're doing this summer, we want to hear from you! [email protected]

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Gwenna's New AudiobookAlso - for those of you who are really into reading captions, please know we have a big announcement coming up. Stay tuned.

Summertime is nearly upon us. Closer for some than others but the school year is wrapping up and these kids are about to be home all day. Every day. Why are summers so hard for parents? Tori and Gwenna try to deconstruct why summers kinda suck and discuss a few ways to make them suck a little less. At least that’s what they try to do. They get distracted. A lot.

What are your favorite summer activities? Do you stay busy or go with the flow? Let us know, [email protected]

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Tori's History SeriesGwenna's New Book

Today’s episode of the Childproof Podcast is diving back into our email box and comment sections to hear what you have to say. We beg you to email us all the time and it only feels fair that we share with the rest of the class. If you have a question, comment, or idea for the show please email us at [email protected] or leave us a comment. This episode is proof we do actually read them just like we said.

And we can’t honestly remember if we need this so we are gonna pop it down here just in case. No part of this episode should be viewed as legal or medical advice. Tori and Gwenna aren’t licensed for any of that. We share from our experiences, not our expertise. Thanks!

Merch: Click HereCatch Tori’s American Revolution series here: Click HerePick up a copy of Gwenna’s book (now available in audio form, read by Gwenna herself) here: Click Here

American cheese may or may not be food. Blue is a flavor. As is purple. Cosplayers and Sports Fans are basically the same. Raisins are definitely not food. There is crying in the zombie apocalypse. These are the hills we shall defend until the bitter end. And this episode makes no sense. We’re not going to pretend otherwise. Enjoy. And be sure to email us to argue about any of these hills we are willing to lay down up to defend. We love to argue and we'd love to hear from you, what hills have you climbed to the top of? Email us [email protected]

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Click Here for the video promised on what exactly is Blue Raspberry from Weird History Food.

We know we have to let our kids mess up. We have to let them learn. Sometimes we have to let them learn the hard way. They mess up and they have to find out. This episode of Childproof covers just what it takes when we have to take a step back and let our kids find out.

Disclaimer: Sensitive viewers & listeners take note, death, dying, grieving, pet loss, family loss, and funerals are mentioned and discussed in this episode. 

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Be sure to check out Tori’s YouTube series on The Founding Father’s and pick up Gwenna’s new book, The Soul’s Guide to the After Death everywhere you buy your favorite books online.

We want to hear from you! Email us: [email protected]

What happens when two sarcastic people make children together? You end up with a kid who is genetically built to be sarcastic. That’s what. Ask us how we know. This episode we are talking kid jokes, learning time and place, how sarcasm can still be empathetic, and then more kid jokes. We like kid jokes.

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Tori's History Series: Click HereFind Gwenna's new book, "The Soul's Guide to the After Death" here: Click Here

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Being a twenty-first century parent is a lot. You have to find time for yourself while prioritizing yourself. You can’t pour from an empty cup. Take care of yourself. Be yourself. But how are you supposed to do that when these kids rely on you for almost everything. How do you find time to be yourself, or even remember who you are while parenting? The answer: we don’t know but here’s a few things we do just for us - ways we try to balance the person with the parent. 

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Sometimes you gotta do it anxious. There’s a difference between feeling anxious and living with anxiety. No matter what level of anxious you feel, you still have to parent and adult and work and live. This episode we discuss how anxiety impacts us, how we help our kids process their anxiety, and how anxiety isn’t all bad all the time. 

We want to hear from you, email us: [email protected]

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Your kid is sick. Is it time for an ice pack and a nap? Or is it doctor time? When do you give Tylenol? Is Motrin safe for babies? Did I do something that got my kid lice? What do you mean my kid can’t wear their coat in their car seat? Parents hit up Google a lot. This episode of Childproof dives a little deeper and provides real-time parenting insight to some of the most common reasons parents find themselves in Dr. Google’s waiting room. 

Want to hear from actual doctors on some of this? Check out some of our favorite pediatric creators.

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We like to read. We really like to read. Books have been a constant companion of both Tori and Gwenna and we are working on passing that love of reading on. It’s a slower process that we expected with some of our kids. Others jumped right in. This episode we discuss how we help our kids choose books, series they love, series we love, and how we find time as parents to read. (Spoiler: Mostly audiobooks and pickup line time.)

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