Am I A Bad Mum?

Katie is battling still parenting v loosening the strings. Teenagers are a whole other ball game and she has lost control!

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Rach spends the day supporting her youngest in her sporting competition, but when she doesn't win, it's ALL MUM'S FAULT! Suprise, suprise Rach doesn't have much sympathy!

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Katie's finally introduced a punishment that really works well and is proud of herself until Rach totally trumps it with an amped up version!

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How often do we hear from our kids 'why can't I do that?' 'everyone else is allowed to do this?' introducing.... responsibility = privilege for Katie's household!

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Rach finds herself at a game of touch footy where her 12 year old is playing against the over 15's. So she does what no other parent would do and asks the coach for a jersey!

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Katie wants to chat about the fashion at the moment and why our teenagers look like they're homeless!

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Rach finds herself in a situation where she is completely out of control, so does what any child psychologist would recommend. and throws out every punishment she can think of all in one go! 

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Katie is positive she made vegetarian gyoza for her veggie kids and is so angry with them for not eating it. Only to realise that they were.......pork. Another parenting fail! And she did not own it!

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Katie’s daughter has decided that having children is a terrible idea — because apparently, they’ll ruin her life. This is a controversial one!

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Katie sells a chair on Marketplace and ends up trauma-dumping on a stranger. Then somehow, it gets worse - a vasectomy, curious kids, and the family freezer that will never be the same again. Welcome to oversharing, parenting edition.

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Rach has every intention of making it a fun time waiting for netball training to start but Ellsie has other ideas and begins the attack!

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This is a controversial topic, but Rach wants to know why our schooling is still the same as when we went 30 years ago? Katie think AI is going to take all the jobs we are preparing them for, and Rach has a hilarious solution to what work they should go in to.

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Katie has had to remind her kids that she is in fact a human being andf there's only so much she can take. As always, Rach has some good advice!

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It's not very often that we tackle serious topics, but a conversation started around social media that we thought was important to share!

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Katie has realised that she's done hardly any parent teacher interviews because she keeps missing the deadline! Rach is the same, so they start ticking off the one off's they've taken part in over the school years!

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Rach's kids have been caught up with the hype of a new bakery in town which Rach has an irrational hate for! But was she able to say 'I told you so'???

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Katie knew full well her girls had left their lunchboxes in their school bags for the whole 3 weeks of holidays! Instead of being a good Mum and reminding them, she chose to let them discover for themselves! 

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Rach is being hassled by her kids to go to the Brisbane show (Ekka) so instead she decided they would do a smaller version. The prices were still INSANE! Also KPOP has entered the Thaiday household and it is NOT ok!

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Katie's absolute favourite thing to do is spend time making food for the family only to watch it nibbled on and then tipped into the bin! NOT! Rach has a few suggestions, and they decide the best approach is to lower to their level!

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