Episodios

  • Email Roundup

    Email Roundup
    Oct 1 2025
    It’s that time again. Tori and Gwenna dive into the inbox and the comment sections to see what you really want to talk about. From over-thinking (which we are professionals at) to bathing in children’s tears, we cover a lot of ground. We’re just following your lead here. We love email round ups because it always makes us feel a little less alone. A little less odd. A little more comforted that if we’re tired, at least that’s how everyone feels. Pre-order Gwenna’s new book (that’s more of not feeling quite so alone, overwhelmed, and confused because at least we all feel that way) Be sure to check out our other fantastic podcasts and other titles from Airwave Media! Founded Bibliophage Childproof is an Airwave Media podcast. To advertise on this podcast please email Advertising@airwavemedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    42 m
  • Complain Chain

    Complain Chain
    Sep 24 2025
    Human beings are sort of built to complain. It helps us regulate, it can make us feel better, and it sometimes helps us work out a solution to whatever we’re complaining about. But there’s a limit to everything and the limit for complaining is pretty low. When you get stuck in a complain chain, it can feel impossible to get out of that negative cycle of thinking. How do you break yourself and your kids out of a complain chain so you can focus on finding solutions instead of just whining about them? On this episode of Childproof, we discuss ways to acknowledge without dismissing and complain without whining. We want to hear from you. Have some good news or complaints to share? Email us: childproofmail@gmail.comSubscribe for preshow bonus content Preorder Gwenna's new book, Thinky Thoughts Be sure to check out our other shows: Founded Bibliophage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    51 m
  • Over Protected

    Over Protected
    Sep 17 2025
    A recent Harris Poll found as released and had internet parents in an uproar. Tori and Gwenna had a bit of a different take. In a data driven world, how do you cut through the click bait headlines to see what the data is actually describing. Do we have a long series of struggles helping our kids navigate tech? Sure. Is it a huge problem that kids aren’t building forts outside anymore? Maybe not as big a problem as the reporting would have us believe. In this episode of Childproof Gwenna and Tori take on helicopters. (Spoiler: We win.) Link to the poll We want to hear from you, what do you think about these statistics? Email us: childproofmail@gmail.com Subscribe for preshow bonus content Be sure to check out our other shows: Founded Bibliophage Preorder Gwenna's new book Thinky Thoughts Childproof is a part of the Airwave Media network. Please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    48 m
  • Hello From The Other Side

    Hello From The Other Side
    Sep 10 2025
    Hello from the other side of some of the things we thought our kids would never grow out of. Parents of young children are often told “Cherish it! You’ll miss it when it’s gone and they’re grown!” Right, so there’s merit to that but there are a bunch of things that we definitely will not miss. Diapers, waiting 7-10 business days for them to “dood it meself,” or the constant binkie battle probably aren’t worth missing. Sure, our kids will grow up and move on but that’s the point. Also in this episode: feelings wheel. Because when is feelings wheel not appropriate? Can’t think of a time, personally. We want to hear from you! What phase did you feel like your kids would never grow out of? Email us: childproofmail@gmail.com Become a member for preshow bonus content Be sure to check out our other shows: Founded Bibliophage This is an Airwave Media Podcast Please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    50 m
  • Unfinished Sentences

    Unfinished Sentences
    Sep 3 2025
    Part of parenting is realizing you’ll almost never get to complete a sentence. Or a thought. At least during certain ages and stages. Constant interruptions, whether your kids meant to or not. They are just little distraction machines and can’t always help it. Luckily Tori and Gwenna are easily distracted by everything. Including their own podcast. This episode is a bit of a mixed bag covering all those loose ends we left dangling in previous episodes. Stinking timer always interrupting us. (Spoiler alert, the timer interrupts us again.) We want to hear from you! Let us know how you handle interrupting, what type of Childproof episode is your favorite and/or anything else you want to share: childproofmail@gmail.com Get more bones: https://www.bonescoffee.com/CHILDPROOF Preorder Gwenna’s New Book (On PreOrder Sale Sept 3-5 with code PREORDER only at Barnes and Noble) Subscribe for bonus preshow content Be sure to check out our other shows: Bibliophage Founded Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    50 m
  • Retro Parenting

    Retro Parenting
    Aug 27 2025
    Millennials are notorious for really cherishing their nostalgia. We can’t help it. We had really cool things. And we long for simpler times. But not too simple. A new parenting trend is emerging that blends modern convenience and invention with the laid back vibe of the 90s. From landline phones making a comeback to wiping the floor with your own progeny on MarioKart, Tori and Gwenna discuss Retro Parenting and how we’re already sort of accidentally been doing a lot of it. Because we are incredibly nostalgic millennials. Now pass the rubber band ball and untangle the phone cord before mom gets mad. We want to hear from you! Let us know what you think of retro parenting, email us: childproofmail@gmail.com Pre-order Gwenna's new book, Thinky Thoughts Subscribe for preshow bonus content Be sure to check our other shows: Founded Bibliophage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    53 m
  • Independence

    Independence
    Aug 20 2025
    Much of raising kids is fostering, dealing with, and cleaning up from our kids doing stuff “by themself”. Our goal, among others, is to parent ourselves out of a job which means letting them try, fail, revise, and try again. But as our kids get older those fails get fewer and far between and they start realizing all this independence we’ve been letting them practice with was for a reason. They are going to actually grow up and be independent. For real for real. But that doesn’t mean they have to be alone. We want to hear from you. Got a funny story, a question or anything else you'd like to share? E-mail us: childproofmail@gmail.com Subscribe for pre-show bonus content Be sure to check out the other shows from Pleasant Phantom Productions: Founded Bibliophage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    52 m
  • Back To School Special

    Back To School Special
    Aug 13 2025
    It’s back to school season and that means it’s time to talk a lot about going back to school. On this episode of Childproof, we tackle that it’s alright to feel relieved that these kids are not going to be in your house all dang day. We discuss how various communities support us and our kids. And then we tackle phone bans and why we don’t think that’s the issue to the problem. Or even the problem with need to be addressing. We want to hear from you! How do you feel about back to school season? What are your opinions on phone bans? Email us: childproofmail@gmail.com Mental health resources: https://www.nami.org/ therapyden.com Subscribe for pre-show bonus content Be sure to check out the other shows from Pleasant Phantom Productions: Founded Bibliophage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    55 m