Alex and Shane discuss their side effects after getting the COVID vaccine, a surprise trip planned by Alex's dad, the deterioration of their dream front porch, and Paul Newman's salsa . 

 

Shantelle Bisson, author and actress, shares her advice on "Parenting Your Teen Without Losing Your Cool." She discusses what we need to do as parents to prepare ourselves for teen problems, eating disorders, creating time for your partner, and handling classic and not-so-classic teen issues like sex, drugs, catfishing and sugar babies.

 

Amy Miller of @rollingthroughmotherhood is an intersectional birth worker. She discusses her experience as a queer and disabled mother, polyamorous family dynamics, shares how her pregnancy, birth, and postpartum journeys have been impacted by her intersectionality, and candidly addresses misconceptions about disabled parenting.

 

Listener questions are answered in the mailbag segment, hitting topics like phantom crying, who you go to for advice, whether or not the number of lovers your partner has had matters, how to make sex fun when you are struggling to conceive, and more!

 

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