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Ep. 86 How improv acting can help you survive the weirdness of parenting – with Doug Moe

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Doug Moe, a longtime teacher and performer at the legendary Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, is this week’s featured guest. In our conversation, we talk about his new book Man vs. Child: One Dad’s Guide to the Weirdness of Parenting. We also talk about fellow parents he’s performed improv with such as Amy Poehler, Rob Corddry, Bobby Moynihan and Rob Huebel, about the similarities between improv acting and parenting, about writing parenting humor and about the general weirdness of parenting.

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Ep. 85 How to be a parent and survive the zombie apocalypse – with James Breakwell

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James Breakwell, who Buzzfeed says might be the funniest dad on Twitter, is this week’s featured guest. He was actually an early guest on this podcast in episode 12 when we talked about how his parenting humor helped him build a following of nearly 200,000 followers on Twitter. Well, now he has nearly 1 million followers on Twitter alone and a brand new book called Only Dead on the Inside: A Parent’s Guide to Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse.

In our conversation, we talk about many of the interesting things that have happened to him since our last interview, including the book deal and adding a pet pig to his family that already included four daughters. I also ask him about his writing process and what piece of advice he has that could apply to kids and zombies both.

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Ep. 84 How to improve your child’s behavior and attention span without drugs, labels or coercion – with Dr. Thomas Armstrong

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How can you improve your child’s behavior and attention span without drugs, labels or coercion? Dr. Thomas Armstrong, author of The Myth of the ADHD Child: 101 Ways to Improve Your Child’s Behavior and Attention Span without Drugs, Labels, or Coercion, attempts to answer this question on this week’s episode of the podcast.

Now, I want to point out that Dr. Armstrong has opinions on ADHD that many doctors don’t share, but I think it’s important to ask questions and he does a good job of asking questions about a disorder that confuses many parents.

In our conversation, we talk about the rise in ADHD diagnoses, what schools are doing right and wrong to help kids who have short attention spans, and about tips to improve your child’s behavior and attention without drugs.

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Ep. 83 Can looking the other way decrease your child’s behavioral problems? – with Dr. Catherine Pearlman

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Family coach, Dr. Catherine Pearlman, is this week’s featured guest. She is the author of the new book Ignore It! How Selectively Looking the Other Way Can Decrease Behavioral Problems and Increase Parenting Satisfaction.

In our conversation, we talk about common concerns parents have when they seek help and about how ignoring some problems is actually a smart thing to do. We also talk about the proper way to manage a time-out, whether it’s too late to help a spoiled child and much more.

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Oh My OshKosh B’gosh, School is Back!

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(This blog post is sponsored by OshKosh B’gosh; however, all thoughts and opinions are my own.)

Back to school shopping has school clothes flying off shelves – literally because my threenager is grabbing clothes off store shelves and throwing them, per usual. Shopping with kids isn’t easy, but shopping for them is when you go with OshKosh B’gosh.

Making it even easier is I have a coupon code you can use to get 20% off your next $40+ purchase. Just make sure to use the Coupon Code: OKBG3352 when you shop online through October 2, 2017. You can also find an OshKosh B’gosh store near you using their store locator. (BONUS: Scroll to the bottom of this post to enter the $50 OshKosh B’gosh gift card!)

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Here’s what my kids’ style looks like in their new OshKosh B’gosh clothes for school:

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My daughter scoots down the sidewalk in her new OshKosh B’gosh teeshirt. She has a better fashion sense than I do, so the best kids fashion advice I can give is to let your kids wear what they feel comfortable in.

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My youngest son doesn’t care if it’s still warm outside. He wants to wear his new OshKosh B’gosh sweatshirt, so that’s what he’s going to do. If he’s happy, I’m happy.

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On the other hand, threenagers change their mind quickly. He decides to show off his new OshKosh B’gosh teeshirt.

Let your kids’ clothes show off their personalities. OshKosh clothing makes it easy for your child to mix and match and create stylish outfits that show off their budding sense of fashion.

It’s also worth mentioning that in 2014, OshKosh B’gosh launched The B’gosh Jeanius Campaign as an annual effort to support customers’ local communities with donated clothing and school supply needs. Since then, they’ve partnered with DonorsChoose.org, Delivering Good (formerly K.I.D.S. fashion delivers), OshKosh Moms, families and friends to collect over $1.1 million and distribute more than 66,000 articles of clothing to impact the lives of over 260,000 students.

Join the effort by donating a new pair of jeans in-store or making a cash contribution in-store or online at oshkosh.com/bgoshjeanius through September 18. And, share your “shop to give style” on social media using #BgoshJeanius.

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As promised, here’s your chance to win a $50 OshKosh B’gosh gift card:

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