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September 8, 2025 58 mins

Laura and Shanna reveal the funny and unusual things they've asked the internet recently in the special segment "What I Googled This Week," diving into the topics of puberty, kids' casinos, inappropriate words and more. Also, Laura reports on her family's action-packed week without childcare, and Shanna discusses how she handled taking her children on a trip to visit an ill grandparent. Finally, the moms share their BFPs and BFNs for the week. Shanna's kids are 6.5 and 9.5 years old, and Laura’s kids are 6.5 years old and 4.5 years old.


Topics discussed in this episode:

-How to fill time with your kids during summer break

-Fun things to do around LA with kids

-Taking a family trip to visit an ill family member

-How to tell my child that their grandparent is sick?

-Questioning whether words and phrases are socially acceptable

-Deep diving into the world's cutest animal

-Educating your kids about puberty, periods and the menstrual cycle

-Video-game strategy (for moms)


Products, links, resources mentioned in this episode:

-Peterson Automotive Museum

-La Brea Tar Pits

-Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)

-Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific

-Free LA Philharmonic rehearsals at the Hollywood Bowl

-LA East Side Parents Instagram Account

-Bush babies jumping on TikTok

-KPop Demonhunters Movie on Netflix

-KPop Demonhunters Soundtrack on Spotify

-Improvised Shakespeare Company


This episode's full show notes can be found here.


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