Everyone is an expert on other people's kids! All parents get unsolicited advice, and single parents get even more. Lili and Scott discuss all the advice they're received - from family, from friends, and from strangers just walking down the street - and how they handle it. They talk about how they keep from smacking those strangers and other coping mechanisms for managing unwanted advice. 

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Are you a FAFO parent? Scott asked Lili this question after reading an article about the popular new lifestyle trend. It means Fuck Around and Find Out, and our hosts debate that style vs authoritative or gentle parenting while trying to figure out what describes them, and what describes their co-parent. They also dig into how to manage a co-parent with a different style, now that they are no longer in the same house to balance each other out. Plus, we hear about the sex talk Scott's dad gave him when he was a kid, which pretty much scarred him for life. Fun!

The article: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/what-is-fafo-parenting-1.7462555

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Both Lili and Scott have at one point lost their jobs, and though it is awful for anyone, it's especially traumatic when you are a single parent. They share how it felt, how they handled it, and how they eventually came out the other side. 

As thousands of people are suddenly deprived of their livelihoods through no fault of their own, this seems like an apt time to acknowledge that this is a traumatic life event, that it's terrifying and exhausting, that it upends your life in practically every way, and that its ok to be overwhelmed and scared. If you need help, please reach out to your community, your friends and family, and your wider network. People are ready to help you; you are NOT alone.

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Scott is joined by actor and comedian (and single dad) Adam Harrington to discuss how to successfully blend families, and how patience is the ultimate virtue when it comes to getting your family and your partner's family to cohabitate. 

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It's so easy to be jaded by the dating process. How do you stay hopeful? Lili and Scott dive into their app horror stories, their struggles with finding someone worth dating, and the one dating path that might actually work. Plus, Lili sends an unfortunate text and Scott is horrified by what people are saying about their exes.

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Scott and Lili react to a surprising list of the best places for single parents to live (not a surprise: they have thoughts!) and Lili relays her kids' response to some of Scott's comments in earlier episodes. Spoiler alert: they were not happy. 

Here is the link to the list we talk about: https://unitedwaynca.org/blog/best-housing-markets-for-single-parents/

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Lili and Scott sit down with parenting guru (and Lili's parenting crush), Lenore Skenazy, for a fascinating, funny, and practical tip-filled conversation on raising children to be strong, confident, and unafraid of the world that awaits them. Lenore is the president of Let Grow, the nonprofit promoting childhood independence, and the author of Free-Range Kids, and she has been extolling the virtues of opening your door and letting your kid run out to play for over fifteen years. Lili fan-girled out a little, we're not gonna lie.

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/letgrow/

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Lili gives Scott a crash course in raising teenagers and shares her secrets to getting them to listen (she has teen twins, so she knows what she's talking about). Scott, meanwhile, shares how he almost poisoned his son because he never watched "Hot Ones."  

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Lili and Scott are joined by Pilates and Yoga expert (and fellow single parent) Kristin McGee to talk all about fitness and health. They discuss how it's never too late to start working out, the best ways to motivate when you're exhausted all the time, and the true secret to sticking with it. 

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Scott takes the mic to answer a bunch of questions, delve into all the hoopla surrounding episode six and the Kylie Kelce army, and to apologize to his mother. Also, a look ahead at the first shows of 2025, including some very special guests!

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