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Being the “default parent” (+ moving into a hotel & crying babies on planes)

2025/3/27

Happy Thursday! This week, we dive into “default parent syndrome”—what it means, how it’s not good or bad (unless you’re experiencing it and you think it is!!), and how it could be your own fault if you’re the default parent?? But first - we talk about our housing update (I think we’re moving into a hotel… Eloise at the Plaza 🤝 Tate at the [insert Austin hotel here]), recap our Aspen trip (plus answered your questions about we handled childcare while traveling) and is it OK for babies to cry on planes (+ a bunch more of airplane talk lol).

In Things We DMed Each Other, we talk about Frontier clapping back at Southwest and the viral TikTok trend on teaching kids to share.

Then, we’re responding to your comments (trying this for the first time!!!) about building family traditions. And in this week’s Brain Break, we read a sweet (but hilarious) text from Harrison’s dad.

We LOVE YOU GUYS!

Timestamps:

00:00:00 Welcome back to Two Parents & A Podcast!

00:01:20 We made our “What Happens If…” housing plan

00:07:55 Aspen trip recap

00:13:33 How to find child care while traveling

00:19:33 The most amazing customer service experience

00:24:42 Crying babies on airplanes

00:32:05 Things We DMed Each Other: Southwest vs. Frontier

00:38:16 Things DMed Each Other: Teaching Kids to Share on TikTok

00:42:20 Responding To The Comments: Building Family Traditions

00:45:50 Listener Question: Being the “default parent” is exhausting…

00:58:20 Brain Break: A text from Harrison’s dad

01:00:02 LOVE YOU GUYS!

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