Parenting & Raising Kids
Raising kids as a GenXer, from latchkey independence to smartphones, adult children, and doing it differently.
GenX was raised with a house key and a 'be home by dark,' and now they are parenting in a world of smartphones and constant supervision. The show keeps coming back to that whiplash.
The hosts devote whole episodes to it: raising kids while building careers, parenting adult children, and the hard conversation about kids, phones, and porn. Guests add range: MJ on postpartum and motherhood, Grace on postpartum anxiety, Kelly on being a NICU mom, and parent coach Kim Muench on supporting a struggling child.
The recurring theme is intentionality: parenting on purpose, often the opposite of how they were raised.
9 episodes exploring this theme
Episode 2 - Raising Kids, Building a Career and the Homefront
8/26/2024The hosts on raising kids while building careers, and growing up alongside them.
Communication and a united front, the hosts on parenting through the years.
Episode 33 - Parenting Adult Children
5/20/2025Shifting from parent to mentor and friend as kids hit their twenties.
Parents of twenty-somethings become mentors and a safe landing pad, not managers.
The Talk GenX Never Got: Kids, Phones and Adult Content - Episode 74
8/9/2026The talk GenX never got: kids, smartphones, and adult content.
MJ and the hosts on kids' early exposure to porn, and how smartphones changed everything.
Episode 60 - GenX Speaks Series: Kim Muench - Parent Coach
3/3/2026A parent coach on supporting a child through mental-health struggles.
Kim coaches parents to stay present and supportive through a child's hardest years.
Episode 45 - GenX Speaks Series: MJ Eldridge - MJ aka Mommie
8/23/2025Motherhood, postpartum depression, and the pressures on GenX moms.
MJ speaks candidly about postpartum depression and the expectations placed on mothers.
Episode 23 - GenZ Women Series: Grace
3/11/2025Postpartum anxiety, and the case for better support for new moms.
Grace opens up about postpartum anxiety and the need for real postpartum care.
Episode 73 - GenX Speaks Series: Kelly Manno
7/30/2026A NICU mom on trusting your instincts through a child's health crisis.
Kelly, a NICU mom, learned to trust her instincts through her son's health scare.
Episode 1 - Introduction of Brian and Nicole
8/25/2024Two GenX parents on how their own upbringings shaped their parenting.
Brian and Nicole contrast their childhoods and how they shaped their parenting.
Episode 42 - GenX Speaks Series: Sherri Dindal - The Real Slim Sherri
7/30/2025In Episode 42 of the GenX Speaks Series, Sherri Dindal, known as The Real Slim Sherri, shares her experiences growing up as a Gen Xer, discussing the challenges of childhood, the impact of…
Sherri emphasizes the importance of breaking generational cycles of parenting.
Questions this theme answers
Are there dedicated parenting episodes?
Yes: Raising Kids & Building a Career (2), Parenting Adult Children (33), and Kids, Phones & Adult Content (74).
Does it cover the hard parts of early motherhood?
MJ (45) and Grace (23) speak candidly about postpartum depression and anxiety, and Kelly Manno (73) about being a NICU mom.
Is there expert parenting guidance?
Parent coach Kim Muench (60) shares how to support kids' mental health without parenting from guilt.
What's the GenX angle on parenting?
A running contrast between their own latchkey, unsupervised childhoods and today's involved, tech-saturated parenting.