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Christmas special is here, folks. Enjoy a bevvy and a Christmas chat with us.

Spicy takes, gross noises, silly banter... Just a bunch of bits that we cut from this season. Feast your ears. Thanks for a proper one. We'll catch you in 2023 for Season 3.

Gotta be done. From Fruitbat to Unicorse, we get into what a special show Bluey is for parents and how it compares to other kids TV shows. We also reveal our top five all-time favourite Bluey episodes. Enjoy the Weird Parents season two finale! We'll be back in 2023, folks. Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Twitter…

Like, honestly. Do you want to give and get unconditional love? Are you scared of being alone? Are you trying to create a better world? We share why we decided to have kids, including our one on the way. We also hear from Childfree Girls and why they DEFINTELY 100% don't ever want children. Not to mention the importance of voicing that decision to …

Are you a flexible parent? Or a permissive parent? Maybe you're a tiger parent. We go through it all this week. And we also reveal each of our parenting styles. Take the quiz Read about the four types of parenting Follow us on Instagram Follow us on TwitterKirjoittanut Weird Parents

The innovative banana guard protector provides tough, portable storage with ventilation holes and is designed to fit any size or shape banana. Perfect for on-the-go snacks. Check out Chloe's online coaching Check out Luke's Soundcloud Listen to the First Born episode Listen to the Middle Child episode Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Twitter…

When did you first start to notice your mum or dad mode kicking in? When was your first seismic dad sneeze? Or when did you first passively-aggressively put something on the stairs to be taken up? Turns out Sammie is about 80% there already. Follow us on Instagram Follow us on TwitterKirjoittanut Weird Parents

Child dog bite hospital admission rates across the UK have risen a lot in the last few years. Sammie's here to school us on why it's important to learn the warning signs. And also how to listen to what your pet is telling you. Watch Girl Scout info-mercial Watch Perfect Polly Pet Watch Fluffy from the US Army Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Twi…

What are your biggest pet peeves with other parents? Is it judgy parents? Or parents that let their kids terrorise animals? Or even parents that shame you for not having kids? We go through our biggest ones this week. Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Twitter

A bit of a mess this week. We're tired. Follow us on Instagram Follow us on TwitterKirjoittanut Weird Parents

This is our favourite kind of episode. We delve into a huge list of the weirdest and most disturbing kids films ever made. Expect classics like The Witches (1990), Secrets of NIHM (1982), Jumanji (1995) right through to some proper obscure treasures like Sparky and The Magic Piano (1987) and Morozko (1964). Plus, much much more! We're 100% doing a …

Let's talk homemaking. What makes a house a home? We go through some 1950s advice for keeping your house in order. Yup. The good, the bad and the ugly. We also watch some Architectual Digest videos to see how celebrities keep their home in order. That includes Travis Barker, Kourtney Kadashian, Jessica Alba, Wiz Khalifa and Liv Tyler. Sorry it's so…

Olly Olly Olly. Listen to part one Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Twitter

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Slightly morbid? Yes. Slightly cute? Yes. Very cringey? Hell yes. Let's take you through why you should record messages for your children and relatives for them to listen to when you're older. Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Twitter

The Whole Cast of The Mummy (1999) vs Shego vs The Goblin King vs Princess Kida from Atlantis vs Mr Tumble, plus much MUCH more. Who will you decide to f*ck, marry or kill? ------------ Watch Daddy or Chips ad Follow us on Instagram Follow us on TwitterKirjoittanut Weird Parents

Get cosy and find out a bit more about our lives, including how we got our cat, what we've watched on TV lately, our holiday to York, and how good we are at improvising convo. Let us know if you want us to do more of these, because it was really fun! Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Twitter

Right back at it again with the baby story of our first daughter B! Here's everything we went through in the first year of her life, including sleep deprivation and Sammie flashing the postman. Laugh, cry, enjoy. Just don't worry anymore. The pain is over. Listen to Part II: The Baby Has Landed Listen to Part I: Pregnancy Follow us on Instagram Fol…

Let's get into how to get started with reusable and cloth nappies. Not to mention why every parent should consider it. [Ad] Use the promo code 'SAMMIE' to get a 10% discount from the The Nappy Gurus for reusable nappies, cloth menustral products and eco-friendly alternatives for your home. You can also get Beauty Kubes shampoo and bodywash, period …

Time to get deep. We catch up with Norma from The Boy Who Lived Before (2006) about her son's past life (originally aired on Channel 5) Coop talks about more kids past lives and Jim Tucker's book Sammie does some past life regression guided meditation and sees some weird af stuff We also find some strange YouTube videos Listen to part one of our ch…

We take another look at the Prepper lifestyle and what it means to be a doomsday prepper. Not to mention a little look at the Doomsday Preppers TV show on National Geographic. Get your gas masks out. Listen to part one of our chat here Some of the books Coop recommends: Just in Case: How to Be Self-Sufficient When the Unexpected Happens by Kathy Ha…

Prepper = a person who believes a disaster or emergency is likely to occur in the future and makes active preparations for it. Like by stockpiling food, ammunition, and other supplies. This week, we talk about about the basic of prepping for emergencies and self-sufficiency. Especially when you've got little ones to look after! Listen to part two o…

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Part II of our Bing Bunny deep dive. We have a good old rummage around in Bing's Hurt Locker to find out what's really going on. Like, is Bing a tortured soul? Is he a psychopath? Is he a weapon of mass destruction? Watch Bing on YouTube Follow us on Instagram Follow us on TwitterKirjoittanut Weird Parents

Here we go! We're talking all B I N G T H I N G S this week. That includes who Flop is, why Pando's always stripping off, whether or not Amma and Flop get it on behind the scenes, and much more. We also caught up with Bing's creator and author, Ted Dewan, and got him to set the record straight. This is part one of two. Watch Bing on YouTube Read At…

The Great British Playground. Where the most transgressive and disgusting rumours and tales of our time begin. We go through a load of our favourite including chicken scratches, where babies come from, The "They're Gonna Taste Great" Frosties Kid, and more. Enjoy, sickos! Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Twitter…

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Season 2 starts here, folks. Glad to be back and sharing our birth experience with you. This week, we go through the first two weeks of our daughter's life. And what it's like to have a newborn. Spoiler: it's tiring. We also share a slightly terrifying moment we had, which meant we had to go back to hospital for three days. Listen to part one on pr…

It wouldn't be Christmas if we didn't talk about weird family christmas traditions, now would it? Wishing you all the best this festive season. See you in 2022! P.S. The Hedgehog we talk about at the end is actually called a pomander, which is a gift people used to give in the medieval age. Read more about them here Watch the Elf on a Shelf video T…

... Mostly just Sammie eating or the dog fighting the cat. Also something about a chihuahua penis. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Twitter Theme music by Yeah, He DiesKirjoittanut Weird Parents

And there we have it. Season one is over. We get all wistful about the last 21 episodes and start to plan what we're doing next, both personally and on the podcast. Thank you guys, we'll catch you in 2022 for season two! Watch W*NKERS on YouTube Countdown theme cover by Ollie Crayford Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Twitter Theme music by Yeah,…

More creeptacular stories and tales including children melting in pots of milk and childhood best friends getting beheaded. We also finish off our chat to shirlgirl68 with a dramatic reading from the Wayside School series. Check out Shirlgirl68 on Twitch Goosebumps theme cover by Super Guitar Bros Theme music by Yeah, He Dies…

From humanoid animals conducting robin funerals to the Goosebumps classic "Night of the Living Dummy" , we delve into more of the weirdest kids books we could find. We're also joined by Twitch streamer shirlgirl68 to talk through some of our daughter's weirdest books. Check out Shirlgirl68 on Twitch Goosebumps theme cover by Super Guitar Bros Theme…

Bad name. We know. But we can't all come up with something as genius as 'Treehouse of Horror'. This week, we chat about past halloweens and costumes. We also tie up our Spooky Season. Happy Halloween, everyone! Opening music: March of Midnight by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.au Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Attrib…

Our penultimate spooky season episode, where we delve into cases of reincarnated children with past lives. Sammie also does some past life regression guided meditation to see if she can find her past life. Spoiler: she almost falls asleep. Watch guided past life regression meditation Watch the Angel Initiative's angel meditation Theme music by Yeah…

We're back from the brink. Better than ever? Hmm. Maybe not. We're still pretty fucked in this episode! But we chat through childhood and parenting fears, as well as fear-based parenting. Sammie also has a story about peeing in a bottle on the motorway. Good times. Watch Brett Ullman's intro to fear-based parenting Watch the cursed images video fro…

Spooky season continues. This week, we go right back to the OG tales of yore, full of wolves feeding grandmothers to their granddaughters and princesses collecting skeletons for their creepy gardens. Uh, and physic sausages, for some reason. We delve into the classics like Little Red Hiding Hood and Sleeping Beauty, right through to obscure stories…

What else is there to say? Little demons say and do some disturbing things. Thanks to everyone for sending in your spooky stories. We love ya x Theme music by Yeah, He DiesKirjoittanut Weird Parents

Would you rather be able to accurately predict your partner's rock, paper scissor moves? Or have a dog that can look after the baby overnight? Would you rather have your child sleep in in the morning? Or have an extra long nap in the afternoon? Would you rather have snot come out your butt or poo out your nose? We go through some of the weirdest 'w…

Parenting guilt is a topic we've mentioned sooooooooo many times already. But we decided it's finally time to get into it. This week, we talk through tactics and tips on how to deal with parenting guilt, and what experiences we've had with the never-ending pain of it. Theme music by Yeah, He Dies

"You know, you just forget you've got [a sandwich toaster]. And it just sits there on the top of the cupboard collecting a layer of greasy fudge. And even if you do see it you just assume it's broken, you think if it's working I'd be using it all the time, but you don't and it just sits there." - Daisy from Spaced. It's no secret. Middle children a…

Wow, this one was a trip down trauma lane. We go through the lies our parents told us as kids - some of which were downright disturbing - as well as some of the 'useful' lies parents still use on their kids to this day. There's also a whole load of listener stories to get through. Thank you to everyone that submitted! Watch @Kat_Morgan's original v…

Getting started on sustainable living isn't an overnight switch. It takes years of messing around finding out what works for you. We take you through the five ways we've started to reduce our own impact at home, as well as the five ways we want to do more. Also, Hollie! She's awesome. We love her! The Mindful Mama herself joins us halfway through t…

A whole new load of messed up kids TV shows to take you sickos through. Everything from conservative puppet shows to a grown man playing with poo. We're also joined by Alex from The Zeitgeist Lab Collections podcast, who takes us through some of his finds. How long is the title of this episode? Jeez. Follow Alex's podcast on Twitter Theme music by …

The climate emergency is here. And it sucks. The worst bit is, we're all relatively helpless as individuals to do anything to solve it. But promoting an environmentally-friendly attitude in our daily lives, and with the products we buy, is one small thing we can do. From cloth nappies to daily toiletries, we talk about the easiest eco swaps to get …

"Kids are like pancakes. The first one’s always a throwaway." - Sex Pest Man from Big Bang Theory. Sammie talks her experiences as the oldest sibling in her family. And we talk a lot about cannabis pancakes and MSN Messenger. Theme music by Yeah, He Dies Watch Kimmy Tan make space pancakes Watch Conor Carbone skate a rail Watch a serious kid fight …

They definitely don't make them like they used to. From roadkill puppets to tapeworm jump scares, we check out some of the weirdest and most disturbing kids TV shows we could find. Shoutout to some of our favourites, including Moon & Me, Goosebumps, Pingu, Demon Headmaster, Mr Blobby, Courage The Cowardly Dog, Home Movies, Adventure Time and much m…

Time. The elusive, fleeting oasis we chase every day as parents, where all our wildest wishes will be granted true by some magical Robin Williams-esque genie once we stumble upon it. We have a right old gnatter about it this week. We also look to successful parents such as Mark Wahlberg, Orlando Bloom, Marie Kondo and Travis Barker on how we can pe…

Having a kid is 75% undignified agony, 25% unfathomable bliss which makes you forget the other 75%. We talk about it all. And watch some videos too, including wisdom from Kanye West and Ozzy Osbourne. Sammie also eats a sausage at the end. Follow and support Punks With Purpose on Twitter (Coop incorrectly calls them "Punks Against Brewdog" at 00:05…

From terrifying sparklers with legs to playground peeing contests, we delve into the weirdest kids books we could find. We actually found so many that we'll do a part II in future. Also, make sure to send Sammie lots of hatemail for drinking tea too loudly throughout this one. Theme music by Yeah, He Dies…