A Guide to Poor Parenting

A Guide to Poor Parenting

Let’s talk sh!t about our kids

Episodes

S6E24 – Vonda: From Boot Camp to Broccoli, A Guide to Surviving Life (and Kids)

October 22, 2025 • 104 mins
In this episode we welcome our guest Vonda. The discussion explores Vonda’s life from her roots in Madison, Alabama, to her time in the military, and her experiences in parenting. Vonda opens up about her challenging childhood with an abusive … Continue reading →
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S6E23 – Tween Tantrums & Tiny Terrors: A Parenting Pumpkin Patch Special

October 15, 2025 • 65 mins
In this hilariously honest episode of the Guide to Poor Parenting Podcast, Jason and Jennifer grab their pumpkin-spiced wine glasses and dive headfirst into the chaos of fall family life. From surviving a “wholesome” trip to the pumpkin patch (spoiler: … Continue reading →
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S6E22 – Toddlers: The Miniature Meltdown Masters

October 9, 2025 • 82 mins
Welcome to a breezy edition of ‘Guide to Poor Parenting’ with hosts Jason and Jennifer! In this episode, we dive into the rollercoaster world of toddlers, featuring stories from our recent trip to a local pumpkin patch with granddaughters Ayana … Continue reading →
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S6E21 – Chris: Anxiety, Adolescence, and Dad’s DIY Wisdom

October 1, 2025 • 66 mins
In this week’s episode of the Guide Before Parenting podcast, Jason and Jennifer welcome Chris, a dad with a talent for mixing heartfelt reflection and hilarious storytelling. From surviving Dallas heatwaves and high school soccer fields in the ‘80s to … Continue reading →
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S620 – Surviving Teenagers, Strep Throat, and Emotional Rollercoasters

September 24, 2025 • 85 mins
Join Jason and Jennifer as they sip on some wine and spill all the tea about their latest parenting mishaps. The duo also dive into their weekly Reddit discussions, tackling questions on why parents often say ‘because I said so,’ … Continue reading →
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S6E19 – The Bedtime Battle: Cabernet vs. Kids

September 17, 2025 • 67 mins
Join hosts Jason and Jennifer as they sip on some drinks and dive into the chaotic yet humorous world of poor parenting. This episode features an unfiltered conversation about crazy weeks, bedtime battles with kids, and everything in between. Jennifer … Continue reading →
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S6E18 – Parenting, Pipefitting, and Wild Turkey: The Aubrey Edition

September 10, 2025 • 85 mins
Welcome back to another hot and wild episode of A Guide to Poor Parenting! This time, hosts Jason and Jennifer get a little hot and sweaty with some Wild Turkey 101 as they dive into hilarious and heartfelt stories with … Continue reading →
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S6E17 – My Kid Googled WHAT?! — And Other Parenting Horror Stories

September 4, 2025 • 65 mins
Ever caught your kid Googling something that made you question every parenting decision you’ve ever made? Yeah… us too. In this episode, we dive into Reddit’s parenting confessions about mommy brain fog (because who hasn’t put their phone in the … Continue reading →
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S6E16 – Road Trips With Kids: A Comedy of “Are We There Yet?”

August 27, 2025 • 72 mins
Buckle up, parents — we’re hitting the open road, minivan packed, snacks locked and loaded… and kids already asking “Are we there yet?” before we’ve even left the driveway. In this episode, we share the hilarious highs and disastrous lows … Continue reading →
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S6 E15 – Leslie – From Lesson Plans to Labor Pains: The Ultimate Mom Multitasker

August 20, 2025 • 71 mins
What happens when you’re homeschooling three neurodivergent kids, battling Alabama’s baffling birth laws, and—oh yeah—giving birth in a moving vehicle? You get our guest this week: the ultimate multitasking mom. We talk about the highs, lows, and hilarious detours of … Continue reading →
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S6E14 – Television: Raised by Reruns and Mom’s Death Stare

August 13, 2025 • 51 mins
This week, I sit down with my very own mom to spill the tea (and the Tang) on what it was really like growing up in the 80s and 90s. From being babysat by the TV, to surviving without the … Continue reading →
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S6E13 – Toddlers, Toilets & Tough Talks: Another Day in the Parenting Trenches

August 6, 2025 • 85 mins
This week, we’re wading through the wild waters of Reddit to tackle some real parenting dilemmas: getting side-eyed (or full-on yelled at) for taking your toddler into the “wrong” bathroom, talking to kids about weight without messing them up for … Continue reading →
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S6E12 – Birth, Blazes & Bare Living: A Parenting Chat with Beth

July 30, 2025 • 90 mins
This week, we’re joined by the unstoppable Beth: executive director by title, full-time truth-teller by nature. She gets real about living with PCOS, giving birth like a warrior, and yes—why she prefers to roam her house in the nude. Oh, … Continue reading →
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S6E11 – Activities, Attitudes & Awkward Teen Talks: A Parenting Variety Pack

July 23, 2025 • 85 mins
In this week’s parenting variety pack, we dive into the good, the bad, and the Reddit. From the eternal question of “Should I let my kid quit piano?” to family catchphrases that somehow become law, we explore it all. We … Continue reading →
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S6E10 – The Screen Time Olympics: Everyone’s Losing

July 16, 2025 • 63 mins
Welcome to the Screen Time Olympics—where the events include Netflix Negotiation, Tablet Tossing (by parents), and 100-Meter Dash to Find the Remote. This week, we explore our complicated, co-dependent relationship with screens—those glowing rectangles that buy us peace and steal … Continue reading →
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S6E9 – Bar Exams, Baby Bottles & Band Practice: The Making of a Horror-Writing Dad

July 9, 2025 • 107 mins
What do you get when you mix a law degree, a baby monitor, a well love drum set, and a vivid imagination? You get our guest this week, J.B. Mclaurin, a Southern dad who went from courtroom dreams to creepy … Continue reading →
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S6E8 – I Threw Away the Art and Survived: Parenting Truths from the Internet

July 3, 2025 • 67 mins
Ever fantasized about being the perfect parent… before you actually had kids? Yeah, us too. In this episode, we dive into some hilariously relatable Reddit parenting confessions—featuring ungrateful children, guilt-free art-in-the-trash moments, and parents slowly losing their minds (but in … Continue reading →
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S6E7 – Guilt: It’s not a family vacation; it’s a guilt trip

June 25, 2025 • 83 mins
Join Jason and Jennifer as talk about how the Catholic church ain’t got nothing on guilt compared to parenthood. Pour yourself a glass of Confidencial Reserva from Costco and grab a handful of Werther’s original caramel popcorn, as we try … Continue reading →
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S6E6 – Ron Platt: A little tequila makes parenting a whole lot easier

June 18, 2025 • 79 mins
Join Jason and Jennifer as we chat with our first big wig with his own national organization, Ron Platt. Listen to us stumble through our interview with Ron as we talk about living in Miami, getting married to police officer … Continue reading →
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S6E5 – If you thought 3 kids was fun, wait till you have 5

June 11, 2025 • 82 mins
Join Jason and Jennifer as we hand out some bad parenting advice based off posts from Reddit.  Hope you like cheese because we got some Kerrygold Dubliner w/ irish stout from Kroger’s and some Primi proprietary red wine. So pour … Continue reading →
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