Down with the Kids

Sarah has been on holiday - without her children! Was she riddled with mum guilt or glad to be away?  They also discuss what a nightmare it is to travel alone with a toddler and what they want to be when they grow up.

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Hosts: Kylie Pentelow & Sarah Turner

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parenting podcast, motherhood, fatherhood, honest parenting, family life, parenting fails, school milestones, parenting clichés, toddler life, raising boys, working parents, social media and parenting, family outings, toilet training, parenting humour, parenting pressure, parenting community, summer holidays with kids

Sarah’s son has a girlfriend over, Kylie is itching to sort out the Hot Wheels and both wonder where their boundaries went. They discuss parents evening, play kitchens, what “he’s a G” means and how everyone has an opinion when you’re deciding on schools.

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parenting podcast, motherhood, fatherhood, honest parenting, family life, parenting fails, school milestones, parenting clichés, toddler life, raising boys, working parents, social media and parenting, family outings, toilet training, parenting humour, parenting pressure, parenting community, summer holidays with kids

Sarah and Kylie chat about how they haven't felt totally well since having children - with Sarah even having electric shock to try to feel better!  Kylie updates us on getting rid of the dummy.  And although they both know they scroll way too much, how advice for limiting your social medial scrolling just doesn't cut it.

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parenting podcast, motherhood, fatherhood, honest parenting, family life, parenting fails, school milestones, parenting clichés, toddler life, raising boys, working parents, social media and parenting, family outings, toilet training, parenting humour, parenting pressure, parenting community, summer holidays with kids

Kylie and Sarah are back!  The first episode of 2026 is a chatty catch-up covering New Year's resolutions, The Dummy Fairy,  the awkwardness of accepting compliments and possibly not doing dry January this year...

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parenting podcast, motherhood, fatherhood, honest parenting, family life, parenting fails, school milestones, parenting clichés, toddler life, raising boys, working parents, social media and parenting, family outings, toilet training, parenting humour, parenting pressure, parenting community, summer holidays with kids

In this week’s episode, Sarah is going back to uni, Kylie can’t park when she’s on her period, Sarah is losing control of the chin-hair situation and both are looking forward to Christmas… though should the big FC get all the present-bringing credit?

WARNING: Kylie and Sarah discuss Santa so maybe don't listen around little ears!

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Hosts: Kylie Pentelow & Sarah Turner

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parenting podcast, motherhood, fatherhood, honest parenting, family life, parenting fails, school milestones, parenting clichés, toddler life, raising boys, working parents, social media and parenting, family outings, toilet training, parenting humour, parenting pressure, parenting community, summer holidays with kids

In this week’s episode, Kylie goes to B&M, Sarah’s angry about Facebook Marketplace and the pair discuss school trips, small acts of love for their kids and their failing endeavour to understand TikTok. Plus light-up shoes, Clubcard woes and the humble jacket potato.

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parenting podcast, motherhood, fatherhood, honest parenting, family life, parenting fails, school milestones, parenting clichés, toddler life, raising boys, working parents, social media and parenting, family outings, toilet training, parenting humour, parenting pressure, parenting community, summer holidays with kids

Episode summary

Join Kylie and Sarah who discuss the four main parenting styles and how we all strive for the best, but often have epic fails. Sarah shares all of her Italian brainrot knowledge - which Kylie knows nothing about. They both get frustrated about how they are the only ones who pick anything up off the stairs (hear about the legendary stair basket) and Sarah reveals how she doesn’t really like her instagram name anymore. 

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parenting podcast, honest parenting, motherhood, fatherhood, parenting humour, family life, clutter, stair basket, Italian brain rot, AI memes, kids slang, emojis, gentle parenting, parenting styles, Baumrind, boundaries, school run chaos, sports parents, football sidelines, tennis tots, proud parents, shared parental leave, mental load, equality at home, performative parenting, nursery life, wardrobe battles, grandparents, toddler classes, baby sensory, teenage fashion, jorts

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parenting podcast, motherhood, fatherhood, honest parenting, family life, parenting fails, school milestones, parenting clichés, toddler life, raising boys, working parents, social media and parenting, family outings, toilet training, parenting humour, parenting pressure, parenting community, summer holidays with kids

Episode summary

Kylie and Sarah chat about the ultimate Mum sacrifices, how Vinted causes Sarah to have a split personality and how Kylie is the perfect parent, for approximately 30 minutes a day. They also catch up with Helen McPherson whose instagram captures what it was like to be a child in the 90s and how life is now very, very different!

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parenting podcast, honest parenting, motherhood, fatherhood, parenting humour, family life, mum friends, parenting guilt, Vinted, 90s childhood, nostalgic parenting, gentle parenting, apologising to kids, grandparents, working parents, parenting community, school clubs, family chaos

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parenting podcast, motherhood, fatherhood, honest parenting, family life, parenting fails, school milestones, parenting clichés, toddler life, raising boys, working parents, social media and parenting, family outings, toilet training, parenting humour, parenting pressure, parenting community, summer holidays with kids

Episode summary

This week, Kylie borrows a cat to save face at nursery, Sarah’s on a confession roll and the pair are officially declared BFFs. They also discuss birthday present pressure, forgotten Easter bonnets and the relentless mental load of parenting. Plus, midlife Google searches, beef fat skincare, Botox guilt, and the challenge of managing screen time.

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parenting podcast, mental load, school admin, nursery life, honest parenting, motherhood, fatherhood, borrowed cat, screen time battles, Fortnite kids, Botox, midlife crisis, social media pressure, parenting humour, supportive parenting community

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Hosts: Kylie Pentelow & Sarah Turner

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parenting podcast, motherhood, fatherhood, honest parenting, family life, parenting fails, school milestones, parenting clichés, toddler life, raising boys, working parents, social media and parenting, family outings, toilet training, parenting humour, parenting pressure, parenting community, summer holidays with kids

In this week’s episode, Kylie’s scared of soft play, Sarah hates the park and both discuss their current parenting phases involving LEGO, football and laughing at farts. Plus a creepy attic man, performative parenting, disappointing Jammie Dodgers and endless white socks, with expert soft-play insight from psychologist Marietta Arampazzi.

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parenting podcast, parenting anxiety, soft play, toddler trenches, circus years, honest parenting, motherhood, fatherhood, parental guilt, performative parenting, messy homes, tidy minds, Bluey, Lego, Jammie Dodgers, parenting humour, supportive parenting community

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Hosts: Kylie Pentelow & Sarah Turner

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parenting podcast, motherhood, fatherhood, honest parenting, family life, parenting fails, school milestones, parenting clichés, toddler life, raising boys, working parents, social media and parenting, family outings, toilet training, parenting humour, parenting pressure, parenting community, summer holidays with kids