Reinventing This Shitshow

Your friends Maxine and Millie get real about parenting teenagers. From handling tough questions to learning to let their kids experience the consequences of their own actions, they bare it all in a unfiltered conversation about nurturing almost-adults. They also reflect on the strategies used by their parents, how these experiences influenced their own approach to parenting, and how they measure up to WebMD’s list of biggest parenting mistakes.

Please join us. Because a midlife crisis is more fun with friends!

[00:28] Thanksgiving Debrief

[02:48] Introducing the Hannukah Bush

[08:38] Parenting Teens

[10:40] Looking back on how our parents parented– The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

[21:38] Mistake #1: Expecting the Worst

[24:04] Mistake #2: Reading Too Many Parenting Books

[26:43] Mistake #3: Sweating the Small Stuff

[30:54] Mistake #4: Ignoring the Big Stuff

[34:05] Mistake #5: Too Much of Too Little Discipline

[38:08] Hot Parenting tips from the moms

[39:05] The moms’ reveal the hardest conversations they’ve had with their kids…so far

[42:54] Grab Bag: Gen Z “Crap” (as suggested by our kids)

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Links:

What is a gyat? https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/gyatt/

WebMN: 5 Mistakes Parents Make with Teens and Tweens https://www.webmd.com/parenting/features/parenting-mistakes-teens

Maxine and Millie send their deepest regrets on the lack of episode this week. Please accept this brief bonus content as a consolation prize. At least we didn't shoot our eyes out!

Happy Thanksgiving! Your friends Maxine and Millie are pondering what gratitude means and how to cultivate it in their own lives without driving themselves crazy. Can they do it? We’ll have to wait and see! On the lighter side, Millie regales us with the story of the Thai Cowboy Raffle Garage Sale Birthday Party Hula Extravaganza she recently attended and the friends walk down Thanksgiving memory lane.  Please join us. Because a midlife crisis is more fun with friends!

[00:36] Maxine’s son holds his first press conference

[02:07] Thai Cowboy Raffle Garage Sale Birthday Party Hula Extravaganza

[06:40] Thanksgiving plans

[11:47] Reminisce on holiday memories caught on tape

[14:25] Gratitude

[16:19] Toxic gratitude

[19:25 Cultivating a gratitude garden & “fake it till you make it”

[22:59] Unique ways to practice gratitude

[26:46] The most traumatic grab bag yet!

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Music: Feather Duster by Shane Ivers – https://www.silvermansound.com

Maxine and Millie fall down the rabbit hole of pop culture: from NKOTB’s Magic Summer Tour and Travis Kelce’s new girlfriend to the tragic passing of everyone’s favorite Friend. Millie reveals the truth behind “Trick or Beer” and the moms vent about why GenZ humor is the worst. Please join us. Because a midlife crisis is more fun with friends!

[00:35] Personal Updates and Weekly Recap

[02:10] Gen X memories

[04:21] New Kids on the Block on tour and more Gen X memories

[08:21] Remembering Matthew Perry

[11:09] Trick or Beer explained

[12:56] Travis Kelsey and Taylor Swift

[19:55] The Evolution of Celebrity Status

[21:05] Why GenZ Humor is the Worst

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Plastic necklaces – Millie is putting these on her Christmas listthis year

https://www.reddit.com/r/nostalgia/comments/3o8275/these_80s_plastic_charm_necklaces_i_had_so_many/

1980s Teen Magazines

https://www.pinterest.com/pamelawdcck/1980s-teen-magazines/

Wanna learn the New Kid’s Dance? Here ya go!

https://youtu.be/cZBc0ncWEZk

Caraway Pans – yes, they are oven-proof

https://www.carawayhome.com/collections/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAo7KqBhDhARIsAKhZ4uipZYX_m_wnEn451feUKXc--nDEzY9gD4368NHS_CkLh0tN5LIZV1oaAjDBEALw_wcB#bakeware

Remembering Matthew Perry

https://time.com/6329820/matthew-perry-addiction-recovery-remembrance/

Music: Feather Duster by Shane Ivers – https://www.silvermansound.com

Millie and Maxine dig deep into their hopes and dreams, and why mom-guilt is the worst. They also touch on the ever-important “oat versus soy milk” debate and why it’s important to have a friend you can worry-vomit on. Today’s grab bag, “things we hate,” centers around gas-station-Brian’s sunny outlook, Millie’s mismatched kitchen appliances, and finding tween clothes that don’t belong at a strip-club. Please join us. Because a midlife crisis is more fun with friends!

[00:37] Catching Up: Millie's Week and why her last show was a public health risk

[07:31] Maxine's Week: college commitment and dissertation drafts

[09:27] Mom dreams…deferred

[25:04] Grab Bag: Things We Hate

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Music: Feather Duster by Shane Ivers – https://www.silvermansound.com

Meet Maxine and Millie, two women of a "certain age" who decided that the only reasonable response to a midlife crisis was to start a podcast! Learn a little about who we are and why we thought adding a podcast to our already packed lives was a good idea. You'll hear about Millie's household menagerie (including a horse who can't eat solid food) and Maxine's husband upgrade. We’ll also reminisce about the good old days of Halloween in the 80s and introduce “Millie and Maxine’s Late-Night Grab Bag.”

Please join us - because a midlife crisis is more fun with friends!

[01:26] – Introducing Millie

[02:20] – Why Mel Robbins is responsible for this podcast

[04:13] – Introducing Maxine

[05:10] – Why friends are like mushrooms (aka why Maxine wanted to start a podcast)

[07:53] – Halloween fun (and why it was so much better when we were kids)

[22:04] – Grab Bag: Was your high school anthem by Pearl Jam? Or Andrew Lloyd Webber?

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Music: Feather Duster by Shane Ivers – https://www.silvermansound.com

Meet Maxine and Millie and find out why we thought the world needed yet another "midlife mom" podcast.

Music: Feather Duster by Shane Ivers – https://www.silvermansound.com