The Hardest Job Ever

Why Can’t Our Girls Be Loud and Our Boys Be Soft?


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Season 4, Episode 4: Before our babies can even talk, the world decides who they are. In this episode, we unpack all the sneaky (and not-so-sneaky) ways gender stereotypes creep in, from pink unicorn onesies and bow pressure to “boys don’t cry.”

We talk about:
• How gendered comments start before birth
• Why girls get called “pretty” while boys get “strong”
• The weird guilt of buying your son a pink Barbie car
• What Disney and Barbie taught us (and how it’s changing)
• How to raise confident, emotionally aware kids, no matter their gender


Whether you’re a girl mom, boy mom, or both, this one will hit home. You’re not overthinking it, it really does start this early.

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The Hardest Job EverBy Purvi Vyas and Karen Desai