Aubrey and Col interview Grandpa and Grandma Beck, the creators of Gnoming Around, Cover Your Assets, Skull King and other Grandpa Beck's Games. We learn about their family business and some of their favority family games. Turns out that Grandpa Beck has a bit of a competitive nature in him and he doesn't like losing. As always, we end the episode with a game... about games!

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S02E14: Grandpa Beck's Games

Aubrey and Col interview Erik and Emily Orton of The Awesome Factory. They discuss living in NYC with five kids, their family band, sailing adventures as described in the book Seven at Sea, and the double return parenting philosophy. Learn more about Erik, Emily, and The Awesome Factory at http://theawesomefactory.nyc 

S02E13: The Awesome Factory

Col and Aubrey discuss how to transition kids from the chaos of winter break back to a schedule. They share ideas about weaning kids off screen time and options for other ways to keep them entertained.

S02E12: The Beginning of 2021

Col gives a poetic farewell to the year 2020.

S02E11: The End of 2020

Out with the old and in with the new! Col and Aubrey describe their holiday tradition of organizing and getting rid of kids' toys to make room for Christmas gifts. They discuss home organization companies and why they wouldn't let them near their junk drawers.

S02E10: The Pre-Christmas Purge

Whether children should be allowed to have sleepovers or not is a surprisingly controversial topic. Col and Aubrey share the results of their much-awaited Do You Let Your Kids Have Sleepovers survey and highlight some of the reasons parents give.

S02E09: Sleepovers

We chat about the pros and cons of online school with our very special guest, our youngest daughter Georgia. She shares the changes she's noticed as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and gives us the nitty gritty about navigating the roller coaster of hybrid, in-person and online school.

S02E08: Online School

Heather Koziol of The Future is Bilingual podcast joins Aubrey to discuss raising bilingual kids. She and her husband are raising their children speaking both Polish and English, and she shares advice for anyone wanting to help children develop a love for language learning.

S02E07: Bilingual Parenting

Jenna and Maddie join us to chat about their athletic wear company, Senita Athletics. We walk a fine line of TMI, or maybe we cross it a bit.

S02E06: (Par)entrepreneurs: Senita Athletics

Happy Mother's Day! Col & Aubrey chat about the origins of mother's day and share their fondest memories of their own mothers. They play a trivia game and discuss the best and worst TV moms. Col successfully eliminates any chance of a sponsorship opportunity with Hallmark.

S02E05: Mother's Day

Aubrey interviews Thea Greaves about Junior Hero, the nonprofit she runs with her family. They play superhero trivia/would you rather and it turns out no one likes Tom Holland except every teenage girl.

S02E04: (Par)entrepreneurs: Junior Hero

Kaitlyn Flake shares details about Blue Pond Boutique, a business she started in Snowflake, Arizona. She talks about her passion for supporting local artisans and how our help is even more vital as businesses are impacted by Covid-19.

S02E03: (Par)entrepreneurs: Blue Pond Boutique

Aubrey interviews the founders of Mom Camp about the difficulties of starting a business and their First Attempt In Learning. Col shares his CaronActivity Book, guaranteed to buy you 15 minutes of quarantine peace and quiet.

S02E02: (Par)entrepreneurs: Mom Camp

Welcome back to season two of Accidental Parenting. In episode one, Aubrey and Col discuss how they are currently coping with the nightmare that is Coronavirus isolation. Aubrey also introduces a new series within the podcast interviewing parent entrepreneurs. First up is Brooke Giffin of Sweeteez Sweets.

S02E01: (Par)entrepreneurs: Sweeteez Sweets

Sometimes we get it right. Sometimes we get it wrong. Kids don’t come with an instruction guide and it's best to figure it out together. No parent is perfect, but we’ve all got some great stories to tell. Listen to the Accidental Parenting for interviews and stories on parenting wins and fails. 

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