Don't Tell the Kids
Two moms. Real life. Zero filters.
The conversations we probably shouldn’t say out loud, but do anyway.
Motherhood, identity, marriage, careers, and everything in between.
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Don't Tell the Kids
Latest Episodes
Don't Tell the Kids… The Struggle Is Real (and Never-Ending)
Hey mama — this week we’re catching up over coffee and getting real about what it actually takes to build something from scratch. Mel opens up about the messy behind-the-scenes of her supplement company — the two-year (and counting!) journey, t...
Don’t Tell the Kids… We Said We’d Never Do That
Before kids, we had a long list of things we’d never do — screens at dinner, leashes at the airport, Gatorade at baseball. Then we became moms. This week, Mal and Siobhan get honest about the quiet judgments we all mak...
Don't Tell the Kids… I Love You, But You're Being a Dick (Regretful parenting, part 2)
We're circling back to regretful parenting — but this time we actually did our homework. After friends kept telling us how huge this topic is on Reddit, we dove into the threads where parents say the things no one says out loud: the loss of sel...
Don't tell the kids... some parents regret parenthood
Don't tell the kids... but we stumbled onto something this week that we couldn't stop thinking about. There are these anonymous groups online — thousands of parents, pouring out the thing nobody says out loud: that sometimes, they regret it. Pa...