Kids’ birthday parties have officially left the “simple fun” era and entered the Pinterest-and-Instagram pressure zone… with price tags that linger long after the candles are blown out.

In this episode, we talk about how cake and balloons somehow turned into curated themes, balloon arches, and parties your kid won’t remember—but your bank account definitely will. We unpack the pressure to keep up online, the home-vs-venue debate, generational comments about how birthdays “used to be,” and the quiet chaos of parents surviving parties on cold coffee.

There are party fails, honest confessions, and real talk about how to make birthdays meaningful without going broke or losing your sanity.

If you’ve ever planned a kids’ party and thought, who is this actually for? — you’ll feel very seen. 🎈

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Packing school lunch started as a wholesome idea and quickly turned into a daily game of “Will They Eat This?” In this episode, we talk about the joy of watching lovingly packed meals come home untouched, the politics of lunchbox judgment, and the eternal mystery of how a sandwich ends up in someone else’s backpack. If you’ve ever panic-packed crackers and called it nutrition, congratulations, you are officially in the School Lunch Wars.

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Getting kids out the door by 8:01 should qualify as an Olympic sport. In this episode, we talk cereal spills, missing shoes, last-minute meltdowns, and why school mornings feel like mission impossible, without the theme music or stunt team.

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