Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] Speaker A: Hey, everybody, it's Lacey, and I'm Lauren, and welcome to another episode of the Llamas Podcast.
[00:00:09] Speaker B: And so today we're continuing our series on being a millennial, but today, we're talking about being a millennial mom. So that's what, like. And how being a millennial has definitely impacted our parenting and how it is different than the prior generations and how it's the same.
And we're gonna go into that today, but Lacey's gonna tell us some Mac story first.
[00:00:32] Speaker A: So I had a trial on Monday, and it went really well.
So I took Tuesday off, and I went and got a pedicure. And usually I stay with pink or red with my toes, but I want to do something different, just like I did something different with my hair. I don't know what's going on in my head, but anyways, so I went with, like, teal, but it's more blue than green.
And so I get home, and Mac had to use the bathroom. So I went in there to help him, and he said, mommy, your toes.
[00:01:03] Speaker B: They're blue.
[00:01:05] Speaker A: And I said, yeah, buddy, do you like it? And he goes, no. Where's the pink?
And I'm like, well, I just decided to change it up. And he just walked out in disgust.
And then last night, he brought it back up again, and he's like, mommy, your toes, they're still blue. I was like, I know. I said, do you like it now? And he said, no.
[00:01:28] Speaker B: Oh.
[00:01:29] Speaker A: So it's just brutal honesty, like that kid.
But, yeah, they're blue.
[00:01:35] Speaker B: Well, mine are fingers are currently yellow.
[00:01:38] Speaker A: I don't think they would like that either.
[00:01:40] Speaker B: They're used to it. But usually there's a fight if, like, I do one of, like. So I avoid a lot of times pink and purple, because those are my kids. Two favorite colors.
So if I get pink, Matt, he's like, why didn't you get purple? If I get purple, why didn't you get pink? But I did do purple for Easter because it's just the Easter color.
[00:02:00] Speaker A: Yeah, I did ask Mac. I said, do you want me to paint your toes blue? He said, no.
So he is just absolutely disgusted with my pedicure choice this week.
I just never thought he would care.
Don't things that kids pick up on, too.
But, yeah, he was disgusted.
[00:02:20] Speaker B: Well, this week, I was in my room changing clothes, and Maddie runs into the room, and as I'm changing clothes, she looks at me. She goes, you got small boobies. I was like, thanks, thanks.
I was like, there. Because of you. Everything has Changed and shrunk and fail and not the same as what they were years ago.
[00:02:40] Speaker A: You ain't lying there. You are not lying there.
So that is a good way to lead into raising kids, being millennials. And you bring a good point. So, like, you know, you're changing and your kids feel comfortable, you know, just walking in and I have two boys. It's the same. Like, there's no difference. If I'm taking a bath, they come in. And if I'm changing, they come in.
Now that's how I was raised as well. But I did have a single mom, you know, so seeing my mom changing clothes or in the bath was not abnormal for me. But, you know, was it for you?
Is that anything different?
[00:03:29] Speaker B: No. Like growing up, like, sometimes my mom would stick me in the bathtub with or in the shower with her because it was just easier, I guess. Right now, obviously, like for me, I did not see my dad naked. And that's what we do like in our house. Like, so this is kind of like having two girls and a husband.
I like. Yes. I have no privacy ever.
When I go to shower, they will come in, they will get in the shower and play. When I go to poop, they sit there with me.
I get now between. And then before when I had Harvey, he also joined in. So like I had two children and a dog watching me at all times. Like with Wes, he does get to shut the door. Like he locks the door. They don't come in like, because. But I will say in Maddie's preschool class, they all leave the door open when they go potty. So I don't know, like it would it. But I noticed that the other day I was like, I just. But I was like, they got to leave the door open because the teacher needs to watch them to make sure following the toilet.
[00:04:31] Speaker A: Yeah, I think they have certain guidelines. Like they can't leave so many kids unattended by themselves. Because I remember we had that issue.
Not really issue. I just remember hearing about it when Luke was at Cutler. I think there are DSS guidelines and stuff like that, so.
Well, I guess the lack of privacy and seeing stuff like that is probably the same. Like you were saying, there's some similarities between our parents and how we parent.
And I talked to my mother in law and she raised two boys and she said it was the same as well. Just, you know, it was not abnormal for her to be taking a bath. And when the boys come in and be like, hey mom, I need this or I need that, like it was Just, you know, one of those things that was natural and never abnormal.
I will say I do think as a millennial, we are more in touch with our kids feelings.
Like, I know, like the other day Mac was mad at Luke for he had built a tower and Luke knocked it down. And I came in there and he goes, I am angry. I'm like, why are you angry? And so he told me what happened and I said, okay, well, I understand that you are angry.
I would be angry too. And then I talked to Luke about knocking down his tower and that that made Mac angry.
And so then Mac was like, okay, Bubba, let's build another tower. And so, you know, they moved along. And you know, when I was growing up, if I was, I'm angry, I'm upset or anything like that, my mom would just like, get over. Get over it and move on. Just go play with your sister, you know. So those feelings of validate. And I'm not saying. I think that's how people. She was probably raised as well with her siblings.
[00:06:20] Speaker B: I will say I can go either way because sometimes if you are crying over nothing, I gotta teach you, life is hard. Get over it. Move on. Like there has got to be.
[00:06:31] Speaker A: Or does it make sense?
Yes, I agree there.
Yeah. There's been times where I'm like.
[00:06:38] Speaker B: If it's like something like, obviously if you're hurt, I'm going to comfort you and say that. But if you're mad because your sister got the pink gumball and you got the blue gumball, like, no, I'm not dealing with that. I'm like, and that was a conversation we had the other night was fair and equal are not the same things. And we've got to get over that. And so I guess like that some things that are different in the same, like I do, I don't know, like for me, I feel like I'm let, like, I guess growing up it was spare the rod, spoil the child type thing.
And that is not me. I'm not a spanking parent for the most part. So. So I think that's mine. And I don't. I'm not an anti spanking person. Spanking just does nothing to my children at all. Like, that's not a way to punish them where they actually feel the punishment.
[00:07:27] Speaker A: Yeah.
Yeah. For me now going back to what you said with fair is not equal. Right. And you explain that to your girls and that would have been another situation. I feel like I would have been told, just get over it. Whether you got the pink or the light purple, Just get over it. Whereas, like, you sat down and explained why, you know, maybe the action, you know, whatever they were feeling, you know, maybe wasn't appropriate at that time. Like, you do have to learn hard lessons, and you're the parent to guide them. But again, I don't feel like a lot of. And this isn't just my mom, you know, I had several adults in my life. It takes a village. I'm talking about everybody that helped shape me and raise me. You know, I. It was not, let's sit down and talk about fair and equal. And it wasn't a teaching moment about life where, like, you took that opportunity as a teaching moment. And I feel like I do that as well. I was not taught that, though. Like, it was just.
I was never, like, validated in my feelings or if my feelings were off. I was never sat down to learn, you know, about life and what's, you know, fair and equal, stuff like that. It was just no acknowledgment there at all.
So are your parents different, or is that a millennial thing?
[00:08:47] Speaker B: I think my parents were different because, like, if I had came home from school and, like, I had a rough day and was bullied, like, my parents were not like, get over it. My mom was like, I'm all right. The teacher. You're going to get your seat moved, because you don't deserve to be treated that way. Like I was. Overall, I think my parents were.
I mean, like, we didn't sit down and have therapy, but they very much validated my feelings a lot of times as a child. They probably validate them less as an adult now, and I get more get over it talks.
But as a child, I do think my parents are pretty good at that and just making sure. Like, I don't know. I'm also an only child. So, like, that's something that's different with me. Like, so I wasn't ever bickering with a sibling. And I can say, like, from my kids, they fight with each other constantly. I can see how it's annoying. And you want to tell them, just get over it. So, like, I can see that. But I think being an only child is different because I wasn't bickering in their house. Like, it was somebody else hurt my feelings or, like, yeah, somebody got to go on this trip, and I didn't. I remember in high school, I made a bee in band, and I've never made bees in my life. Like, my first D ever was in marching band, and I cried, and my parents comforted me and told me my teacher was stupid.
So, like, I will say, like, I had very. But I think the difference in, like, I think some of it was, like, I was just a good kid, too. So, like, my parents didn't have to deal with. I will say there was one time I was really bad at when my grandma was getting her hair cut. I. My grandma get. Not her haircut, her hair stopped. My grandma went to the beauty parlor every Friday, and I went with her. And I was bad.
And my grandma was old school, and although she never really did anything because she loved me too much and just couldn't, but she was. I'm gonna get the switch and beat your butt when we get home. So I got in the car with her and I started praying, dear God, don't let my grandma. I called her Mimi. Don't let my Mimi beat me when I get home with the switch. So at that moment, she did not pop me because all faith and religion would be gone. We're in the south, so she had to keep that up. And I will say, like, that is probably, like, I wouldn't. I don't really do, like. I think that's kind of one of the biggest differences for us is, like, the spanking and that type stuff. And I mean, it's. I'm not. I mean, like, you do. You, like, obviously don't abuse your child type thing.
But also, I guess I am more helicopter. I think that is something that is really different between Millennials and my parents because, like, things have just changed. Like, for when we went to school, our parents had no idea what went on in the school day till we got home and told them. Or a note was sent home where I sit here on my phone and I get updates on what's happening at preschool. So I think we, as a generation are more helicoptery because of all the technology and stuff.
[00:11:34] Speaker A: I don't think it's just the technology either. I think we have. Well, I mean, I guess because of the technology, we have access to more information, right? I. I will say that. So, like, we did sleepovers. And me, I would sleep over at Lauren's house. We had, like, a group of girls, and we would rotate sleeping over at each other's birthdays. And before I knew Lauren, my Monarch crew from elementary school, there's five of us, right? So it's me, Candy, Rachel, Sarah, and Leah.
And every birthday, there was a sleepover. We started that in, like, second or third grade or something. But all our parents knew each other. Like, we're also from a small town and I think that makes a difference too. Like Candy's mom is Gwen. Like my mom would see Gwen in the store that she worked in all the time she knew both Lee Leah's parents, she would see her mom and dad. So she knew them very well.
Rachel's mom was a teacher. So like she didn't know Rachel's mom as well, but she was a teacher. So you know, she trusted her. Sarah went to my church like I grew up with, with her and you know, her mom and I knew her and all her siblings and so my mom did as well. And so like my mom probably when I went to go sleep over at their houses, didn't bat an eye, you know, or worry about it. Whereas I can't think of one person other. Well I can. I have one person I would trust my kids was staying the night with right now and that's Brittany.
TV Paul and Mac has stayed the night at her house. But again I have known Britney since I was 18 years old. So like I've known her almost 20 years and I have known her husband probably half that time. Her sister in law has been my nanny for both of my kids since birth and you know, hit her parents.
Britney's in laws have helped raise my kids. So it's like I truly feel like we have become family because I am away from my family. So it's a completely different dynamic. But I also acknowledge that that's really rare with people our age to have that, you know, like I, I'm so lucky to have that. But that is the only person that I would trust with my kids staying the night. And Luke is even more of a question mark with sleepovers because he's an escape artist. Like he has gotten out in the middle of the night at my mom's house. So you know, for him to sleep anywhere except for at home where we have a gate that locks him upstairs makes me a nervous wreck.
So I do think sleepovers and safety in that just like you had those small communities like we did when we growed up, like our parents knowing each other and having that comfort. I just don't think that that really exists as much now.
[00:14:25] Speaker B: Yeah, I will say like, I mean obviously I think mine are too little to spend the night with like friends right now because they're just too little in general. Like they have only spent the night at my mom's house at this point outside of my house or like vacation or whatever. And that's kind of one of those things in the future. Like I am getting so we go to a small private school. So, like, I'm getting to know some of the other parents and stuff, but it is going to take a lot before I would ever feel comfortable to let my kids spend. There are people I would let my kids spend the night like family. And very, very like, if something happened, I was in an emergency, I would not think twice about, like, my friend sue coming over and watching my kids, like, and spending the night with them. But like, outside of those type people that I've known forever and really trust me, it is going to take a lot. And I just feel like we as a bunch of like, I think like, sleepovers are kind of a thing of the past sometimes because most of us feel this way.
[00:15:20] Speaker A: Yeah, no, I agree. And like, Aaron Bailey's an attorney. She blew up on Tik Tok because how she doesn't let her kids do sleepovers. And she said, you know, because essay. I don't know if it'll block it out on the podcast. If I say it usually happens with somebody that, you know, not a stranger. So that is a concern.
And also, like, guns, you don't know where you know what people's policies are on guns. And like, we don't.
Like, my husband does have guns, but they were passed down. So, like, we're not using them.
We don't see, like, our kids don't see guns. So they would not know what's safe and unsafe about a gun. And I mean, I guess I, I need to start educating my children on that.
But that concerns me too because they're not exposed to that. So they wouldn't know what's safe and unsafe at this point. And yes, acknowledge that as a parent, I need to teach that. But also they're just not exposed to it for me to teach at this point. And so I wouldn't want them to expose to that at another house that may not, you know, have the safety protocols because their kids know the difference.
[00:16:30] Speaker B: Yeah. And I mean, I think even things like that our parents never took into account that, like, I think about or even like pets, like, obviously I have a dog and he is.
I took him to training and the woman asked me if he was on crack. He is so hyper.
So pretty much like, I do keep him up, like when people are in my house or like that type of stuff because he's very. He's tiny. He's like, I don't know, £15. And he's very sweet. He is not aggressive in the least bit, but he can hurt you real quick because he Is real hard, plays real hard. But I know, okay, somebody's coming over to put him up. And my children understand pet safety. Like, they know, like, you don't grab a dog's foot. Because I've taught them that. But like, if I let you know, if you go over to somebody's house and like this never been around pets and they have a dog, that dog could. If you haven't taught your kid pet safety and because they've never needed it, and they pull the dog, dog bite. Like, there's a lot of things. And my parents probably never thought about, oh, she shouldn't go over there because of some animals, because I'm just gonna love on it anyways. But I even think little things like that go into our kids more than it ever did.
[00:17:37] Speaker A: Our parents and my kids are still learning pet safety. Like, we have dogs. But, like, just the other week, Luke pulled Phoebe's tail and I was like, do not. And they. They're pretty good about feeding. We've always said you never touch a dog while it eats.
But like, I don't know. Like, I've never seen Luke do that in Luke 7. He's never done that before, you know, so in that moment, I had to teach him. And Matt can just get really rough. Like, he loves dogs, but. But he sees Mark, like, get down and play with them. And I think he's trying to emulate that, but he gets a little too rough. And so, you know, I am in the process of teaching my kids pet safety. Like, I wouldn't say that they know pet safety right now, which is a concern of mine too. Like you said, with being around dogs and similar situation. Like, we had a contractor come and look at our bathroom today. And I put Phoebe outside. So Phoebe's are Pyrenees mix. And she can get very protective. Like, she's had some pretty scary growls towards people.
No, she hasn't bitten anybody. But I'm not gonna risk it. Like, I've seen her get really skittish and scared and I don't know what she's gonna do. I don't trust her. So I put her outside. Griffy ain't gonna do nothing. Or Chocolate Lab puppy. But I put him outside just so Phoebe went alone. Gracie. I didn't even know where Gracie was in the house when this man came in. Had no idea. Because I ain't worried about her at all. She's so old, she could barely move. We went upstairs and she was actually asleep on the bed. I said, you ain worry about her. The only one you got to worry about is outside.
But, yeah, I think you're right. Like, I'm not just going to trust BB around just anybody. I know she gets scared, and I don't want to make anybody uncomfortable or even risk anything towards me. And what if other people have dogs like that, but they don't have the same rules that I do?
[00:19:21] Speaker B: Yeah, I definitely think, like, we have changed because my parents, like, they knew I'm. I went and spent the night from, I don't know, like, kindergarten. Even before that, like, church, friends and everything. It's definitely changed. And I think, like, I think in today's time, too, like, I was different than. Well, you were too. We lived out in the country, so, like, we didn't go. Like, we didn't have neighborhood kids that we all played with. Like, a lot of people do. But I've just seen, like, from living in a neighborhood now, like, from what I think people used to do, that's really declined, too. Like, kids don't just come knock on other kids doors and go ride bicycles together and do stuff. And I think it's probably all because we're just more nervous about everything.
[00:20:01] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, it is more like, just stay inside. You don't know anybody. This could be a stranger and stuff. Instead of that, like I said with Sleepover, it's more like a community feel.
So, yeah, I definitely think that's a huge difference in our parenting compared to our parents. Another thing, and this is. I don't know if this is a millennial thing or maybe just me. And I just remember, like, oh, when you get married, when you get. When you get me, like, it was just a pressure, like an assumption that we were all going to get married. And, you know, I have some friends that are married and they've been divorced. I have some friends that have never been married. And I sometimes think people our age that haven't been married feel not as valued. So I never want to instill that with my kids. Like, I know one of my friends was like, I don't have to be married to be happy. And I'm like, yeah, you're right. Like, why are we putting that? So I think that's another thing.
Maybe not super millennial, but I think trending and maybe more so with the next generation is like, my kids, I will say, well, if they want to get married, because I never want them to feel like that's a choice that they have to make.
And I hate when they put, like, oh, you like her? That little girl? Is she cute?
Listen, my Kids don't give two craps what anybody looks like right now.
They really are not evaluating that my.
[00:21:31] Speaker B: Kids care what people look like, but it's usually to insult their family members. But, like, yeah, like, I think, like, I was never put about the marriage thing. Like, I don't know. I have a feminist mom who was like, you don't need a man to make you happy. Even though her.
[00:21:44] Speaker A: My.
[00:21:45] Speaker B: My daddy have been married for forever, but she never pushed up. And I will say, like, all the time. Like, a lot of older people are like, oh, they're so cute. Like, when you see a little boy and a little girl holding hands or playing together, and it's nothing. Like, Maddie doesn't know the difference between a boy and a girl. This just. This is my friend.
And, like, there was a cute little picture of her holding this little boy's hand at school. And I was so happy about it because she told me he gets on her nerves because he cries too much. And I saw her holding his hand. I was like, oh, my gosh, she's being sweet because he's been upset and no point in that. Was like, oh, they need to be a couple. It was. That's so sweet. She's finally showing compassion to him instead of getting annoyed by him.
[00:22:21] Speaker A: Exactly. And, like, you know, it brings me back some of the stories. Like, oh, that boy's being mean to you. He likes you. Well, then you're teaching girls that if they. If a guy is mean to them, that means they like them. No. And if my son. If I found out one of my kids is mean to a girl, and I hear the mom saying something about it, oh, like, no. What was he doing? No, that's just him being a jerk. And I will handle it at home.
Like, I would be so mad.
[00:22:50] Speaker B: If.
[00:22:50] Speaker A: Somebody was saying that because my kid was being a jerk. And Matt can be a jerk. I assure you, if Mac has been a jerk to one of your kids and they said it's probably one, true. And two, it's not because he likes them. He don't like a lot of people.
Like, I can just tell you, like, he's just brutal sometimes.
[00:23:09] Speaker B: Maddie is very blunt, but she loves everybody for the most part. But she is blunt. So, like, she.
I feel like I am trying to teach her things that maybe weren't taught before. Like, we were sitting at a restaurant and she looked at. So, like, it's hard because she's three. She doesn't understand stuff. And we just been at a party the week before where a lot of people were pregnant and she would feel their bellies and say, like, oh, you have a baby. And the moms were fine with her. She's like, oh, there's a baby. We were eating lunch and our waitress came up and she heard, tommy, Maddie rubs her tummy and goes, there a baby in there? And the woman was like, no, I just like to eat and laughed it off. But I am trying to teach more body positivity to my children. Like we've talked about before, like, not the diet culture, the body positivity, and like, not to shame people. And I feel like that's a little something that we're dealing with more now and trying to like, instill in girls and boys. But like, a lot of times and girls, like, your worth matters no matter your size. And also like, the best thing about you is in your looks. Like so many times, like, growing up, it's like, oh, she's so pretty. Not, oh my gosh, she's so smart, she's so strong, she's so athletic. Like, kind of trying to change that mindset of how we always address kids or talk about their bodies and being more.
And like, one thing I will say that I think is one of the biggest things is I don't make my children hug people if they don't want to. It's their body. They can scent if they want to. Where I was always, I'm. I'm an introvert. I'm not a touchy feely person. I may love you so much, but I don't really need a hug.
And so I was always forced go hug somebody, and that's not me. Now Maddie will hug everyone and has no issues with it. And if she wants to, she's it's fine. But if she doesn't, I'm not going to force them to.
[00:24:54] Speaker A: That.
The only thing I struggle with is because, like, Mac is picky. And so like Sean, when Sean comes over, he will hug Sean all day. He will lay on him. He is so affectionate with his uncle Sean. Like, that is just one of his favorite humans. I mean, it is just the sweetest relationship that they have.
Paige, my other cousin, is exact opposite. He really doesn't want too much to do with her.
Sometimes he doesn't even talk to her or acknowledge her. And so sometimes I'm like, matt, can you please just give her a hug? And I feel bad because you're right. I know what you're saying is right, but it just really sucks that he will show.
It's not that he doesn't like to because he's clearly okay with showing Sean that love and affection.
[00:25:46] Speaker B: I feel like that. I don't know Paige, so I'm not saying this to her, but I feel like kids know who wants their love and who doesn't too. It's like is in my office. So like Jill's one of my paralegals and she had two kids, they're grown now. She's, her next step is going to be grandmother at some point in the future. Rosanna loves every animal possible. Like she feeds possums, but kids are not. So my kids come to my office, they like look at Rosanna. Sometimes we like hey. But they run into Jills and get in her lap. So sometimes I think kids just know. And so mommy Paige is just not giving off the vibe of hey, come sit on my lap and love on me.
[00:26:20] Speaker A: Yeah. But all the other kid like her, you know, she's got several nephews and a niece and they've always loved her. And, and Luke was the same and Luke isn't as huggy he used to be but you know, things change with age and he's seven so like right now he isn't as much of that.
But yeah, so it is just weird that he's the only like kid that's been that way towards her. But I also think they're a lot alike and so I think that is it as well.
But I know we're probably wrapping up soon. The only thing I would add, like I think that we're more understanding of is behavior in that we don't know what's going on. Like we're not going to automatically assume a kid is being bad if they're doing something. Like I do think we think, okay, maybe they're just having an off day, this kid. Maybe they have like a diagnosis and you know, this is impulse and stuff like that. But I do think our generation is much better at being less judgmental on parents for a way a kid is behaving.
You know, my mother in law told Luke to quit throwing stuff this past weekend. And you know, Luke's not just gonna quit throwing stuff. It's an impulse of his. He has thrown stuff for seven years. He's not going to quit throwing stuff unless you take away what he's throw and, or substitute it for something that he can throw that's not going to be as damaging.
But we've completely changed our entire playroom based on that. And like he, we went out to eat on Friday, he didn't eat, but he kept Stemming at the table. And sometimes he'd get loud and we would just talk like, hey, we're inside, bud. We're just gonna talk like this. And there I will say this old. These older people came by and told us how great our kids were and so well behaved. And it was a shock to me because Luke was in typical Luke fashion.
And maybe our generation has kind of rubbed off on. Rubbed off on the older generations and educating them on Stu, because, like, there were times that Luke, I think, would. We would have been judged for what he was doing, even though for. For him, it. It really was good considering.
[00:28:35] Speaker B: Well, and I think we are less judgy on other moms. Like, if I see a mom and you're in the middle of, like, Target and your kid is having a breakdown and I look at you, I'm not judging you. I feel sorry for you. I feel your pain. Because we have all been there.
[00:28:48] Speaker A: And. And I know I would typically go, we've been there. Hang in.
[00:28:54] Speaker B: Like, I'm not judging you because just I get out the store and my child's gonna pitch a fit. So, like, I think we're not judging the moms and we're not judging the children because we do understand, like, children are little people. Also, I have to teach this to my husband. Like, this is what I work on with him is like, he'll get upset and he will want to yell. And I do too, sometimes. But I'm like, do you, as an adult, want to be yelled at? No. If you mess up at work, do you want your boss to yell at you? No. Well, do you think she enjoys being yelled at? No. Talk to her, like, in a, like, reason, like turntable.
[00:29:30] Speaker A: But you don't have to yell.
[00:29:32] Speaker B: Yeah, like. And talk to somebody like, you would want to be talked to if you make a mistake.
I don't want to be yelled at because I feel bad enough as it is. Like, have compassion with me like you would with anybody else. And I think that's something we all are trying to do better with. With.
[00:29:48] Speaker A: Yeah. And that's one pro that's a plus. I have to give to Mark is. Especially with Mac. He's very good at removing him from a situation to talk to him or just giving him a moment alone to collect himself. Like, he doesn't get mad. He'll just. He's like, if you don't stop, I'm going to remove you. And he'll remove him. He's like, you need to sit here and calm down. And when you calm down, we can talk about it or you can come back, but you need to, you know, separate yourself and collect yourself.
And that's really helpful because I think I'm the one that yells and loses it with Mac.
I'm the one that needs the talk and to work on it. And I am. But that is.
It's nice to have him to, like, remind me, like, no, you're right. Because nobody does like to be yelled at. And I will say I've gotten a lot better.
[00:30:35] Speaker B: I will say I have yelled, but it is usually when I get woke up in the middle of the night and I am angry. I would yell at anybody at that point. And I just. It happened. It's the middle of the night. You wait like this. I think, like, two nights ago, Kylie woke me up at midnight to say, I have to go pee pee. And I'm like, cool, go pee pee. Why are you waking me up?
And then her and Maddie both were up at 5:30, and I was like, I probably yelled a little bit like, get back in your room. But, like, I'm struggling.
[00:31:03] Speaker A: Yeah.
And isn't that the beauty of parenting? We're not perfect, but I think we know what right and wrong are and what's helpful and beneficial and what's not. And each day we try to do that, and we probably fall short sometimes, and that's okay. We get up and we just try to do the right way the next day.
[00:31:23] Speaker B: And I do think. I mean, I think my parents over. I don't want anybody think we're saying anything bad about the generation above us, because I think my parents did a pretty awesome job with me. Just saying. And I will say, like, almost everybody know, like, their pain. And I think all of us are just constantly trying to do the best thing. New research comes out, new things come out, and we just have to change and adapt. But I will say my parents are completely different as grandparents, which everybody knows. So now it's, you can have all the sugar you want. Where when I was little, it was like, no, we're not getting ice cream. So. But we all change. And next week I think we're going to be focusing on being a millennial business owner and how it impacts us with work and balance in family, like our kids and our parents and all the life aspects we have.
Yep.
[00:32:10] Speaker A: All right, I'll see you next week.
[00:32:11] Speaker B: All right, bye.
[00:32:12] Speaker A: Bye.
