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Breaking Down Parenting: A ParentNormal Podcast

Breaking Down Parenting: A ParentNormal Podcast is a show that’s for imperfect parents by imperfect parents. Hosted by humorist and imperfect parent of three Chris Cate, every episode breaks down a to... Read more

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Ep. 47 Interview with Amy McCready, founder of Positive Parenting Solutions and author of The Me, Me, Me Epidemic: A Step-by-Step Guide to Raising Capable, Grateful Kids in an Over-Entitled World

Ep. 47 Interview with Amy McCready, founder of Positive Parenting Solutions and author of The Me, Me, Me Epidemic: A Step-by-Step Guide to Raising Capable, Grateful Kids in an Over-Entitled World

Amy McCready, the founder of Positive Parenting Solutions and the author of The Me, Me, Me Epidemic: A Step-by-Step Guid... Read more

8 Sep 2016

17mins

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Ep. 4 Meltdowns – featuring Reasons My Kid is Crying author Greg Pembroke

Ep. 4 Meltdowns – featuring Reasons My Kid is Crying author Greg Pembroke

Reasons My Kid is Crying author Greg Pembroke is the featured guest in this episode is all about meltdowns – something a... Read more

17 Nov 2015

24mins

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Dad Stereotypes Versus Reality with Simon Holland

Dad Stereotypes Versus Reality with Simon Holland

This week Simon Holland, who I consider the funniest dad on social media, joins me to break down dad stereotypes versus ... Read more

6 Nov 2019

38mins

Ranked #4

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Ep. 21 Interview with Scary Mommy Jill Smokler

Ep. 21 Interview with Scary Mommy Jill Smokler

Scary Mommy Jill Smokler is the featured guest this week. She is the creator of the very popular parenting website Scary... Read more

11 Feb 2016

18mins

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Ep. 91 How to get your baby to sleep better with baby sleep consultant Nicole Johnson

Ep. 91 How to get your baby to sleep better with baby sleep consultant Nicole Johnson

Nicole Johnson, the lead baby sleep consultant and owner of The Baby Sleep Site, is this week's featured guest. In our c... Read more

21 Mar 2018

20mins

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Ep. 61 Best of the Parenting Fails Part 1 featuring Karen Alpert, Rosie Pope, Arianna Huffington, Asha Dornfest, Amy Bellgardt and more

Ep. 61 Best of the Parenting Fails Part 1 featuring Karen Alpert, Rosie Pope, Arianna Huffington, Asha Dornfest, Amy Bellgardt and more

Parenting fails are a such a big part of this podcast, I thought it would be fun to create a countdown of the best paren... Read more

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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

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

How can you improve your child’s behavior and attention span without drugs, labels or coercion? Dr. Thomas Armstrong, au... Read more

20 Sep 2017

27mins

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Ep. 33 Interview with Adam Mansbach, author of Go the F**k to Sleep, a #1 New York Times Bestseller

Ep. 33 Interview with Adam Mansbach, author of Go the F**k to Sleep, a #1 New York Times Bestseller

Adam Mansbach, author of #1 New York Times Bestseller Go the F**k to Sleep and You Have to F**king Eat, is the featured ... Read more

3 May 2016

16mins

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Ep. 63 Best of the Parenting Fails Part 3 (Top 10 Fails) featuring Jeff Kinney, Dave Barry, Jeannie Gaffigan, Hillary Frank, Adam Mansbach and Michele Lepe

Ep. 63 Best of the Parenting Fails Part 3 (Top 10 Fails) featuring Jeff Kinney, Dave Barry, Jeannie Gaffigan, Hillary Frank, Adam Mansbach and Michele Lepe

Here are the top ten parenting fails shared on the podcast so far! Two weeks ago, we started the countdown at number 30 ... Read more

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Ep. 90 Best Parenting Fails of 2017 Part 3 of 3 featuring Jay Papasan, Jenna von Oy, Lev Grossman, Chris Pegula and Heather Haupt

Ep. 90 Best Parenting Fails of 2017 Part 3 of 3 featuring Jay Papasan, Jenna von Oy, Lev Grossman, Chris Pegula and Heather Haupt

We've reached the end of the countdown of the best parenting fails shared on the ParentNormal Podcast in 2017.  This epi... Read more

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Ep. 93 Interview with Everybody Loves Raymond creator and Somebody Feed Phil host Phil Rosenthal

Ep. 93 Interview with Everybody Loves Raymond creator and Somebody Feed Phil host Phil Rosenthal

Phil Rosenthal, creator of Everybody Loves Raymond and host of the new Netflix show Somebody Feed Phil, is this week's f... Read more

2 Aug 2018

20mins

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Ep. 75 Parenting Fails Vol. IX featuring stories from Pinkalicious author Victoria Kann, Blossom star Jenna von Oy, Baby Einstein creator Julie Clark, City Dads co-founder Matt Schneider and ParentSpeak author Jennifer Lehr

Ep. 75 Parenting Fails Vol. IX featuring stories from Pinkalicious author Victoria Kann, Blossom star Jenna von Oy, Baby Einstein creator Julie Clark, City Dads co-founder Matt Schneider and ParentSpeak author Jennifer Lehr

This is the second of two parenting fail episodes I'm releasing this week in honor of my new book Perfect Parenting: A C... Read more

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Ep. 11 Parenting Fails Vol. 1 – featuring Michele Lepe from Sprout, Laurie Berkner from Nick Jr., Nate Bargatze, Nick Thune, Greg Page of the Wiggles and more

Ep. 11 Parenting Fails Vol. 1 – featuring Michele Lepe from Sprout, Laurie Berkner from Nick Jr., Nate Bargatze, Nick Thune, Greg Page of the Wiggles and more

We are now 10 episodes into the show, and if you’ve listened to even a few seconds of the podcast, you know that I am no... Read more

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What Teachers Really Think About Their Students (Our Kids) with Stephanie Jankowski

What Teachers Really Think About Their Students (Our Kids) with Stephanie Jankowski

This week, Stephanie Jankowski, a teacher and mom of three, joins me to break down what teachers really think of their s... Read more

18 Dec 2019

34mins

Ranked #15

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

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

Family coach, Dr. Catherine Pearlman, is this week's featured guest. She is the author of the new book Ignore It! How Se... Read more

31 Aug 2017

18mins

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Ep. 68 Interview with Family Therapist Colleen O’Grady, author of Dial Down the Drama

Ep. 68 Interview with Family Therapist Colleen O’Grady, author of Dial Down the Drama

Family therapist Colleen O'Grady, author of Dial down the Drama: Reducing Conflict and Reconnecting with Your Teenage Da... Read more

18 Mar 2017

20mins

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Parent Friendships with Jenna Kim Jones

Parent Friendships with Jenna Kim Jones

This week’s guest is Jenna Kim Jones, a mom of two, comedian and co-host of the podcast Couple Friends. In our conversat... Read more

29 Jan 2020

27mins

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Ep. 5 Surviving the Holidays – featuring People I Want to Punch in the Throat author Jen Mann

Ep. 5 Surviving the Holidays – featuring People I Want to Punch in the Throat author Jen Mann

Bestselling author and mom of two Jen Mann is the featured guest in this episode about Surviving the Holidays, which are... Read more

24 Nov 2015

34mins

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Ep. 31 Interview with Karen Alpert, NYT bestselling author of I Heart My Little A-Holes and I Want My Epidural Back

Ep. 31 Interview with Karen Alpert, NYT bestselling author of I Heart My Little A-Holes and I Want My Epidural Back

Karen Alpert is the New York Times bestselling author of I Heart My Little A-Holes: A bunch of holy-crap moments no one ... Read more

19 Apr 2016

19mins

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Ep. 6 Bad Advice – featuring comedian Nick Thune

Ep. 6 Bad Advice – featuring comedian Nick Thune

Comedian Nick Thune is the featured guest in this episode about bad advice. I ask him if he’s ever been told anything co... Read more

1 Dec 2015

16mins

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