# This Is Not What I Was Expecting Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-not-what-i-was-expecting-5955665 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-not-what-i-was-expecting-5955665.md RSS feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/PvLG29MH Official site: https://notwhatiwasexpecting.paparentandfamilyalliance.org Author: PA Parent and Family Alliance Episodes: 106 ## Resource If you've ever looked around at other parents and wondered, "How is everyone else making this look easy?" you're in the right place. We're a group of (mostly) moms who get together every other week to talk honestly about what parenting is really like. Not the polished version. The real version. Maybe you're trying to figure out bedtime, screen time, homework, sibling conflicts, or how your child can somehow be starving and refuse every food in the house at the same time. Maybe you're carrying the endless mental load of parenting, the forms, the calendars, the school emails, the appointments, and all the things you're afraid you'll forget. And maybe on top of all that, you're parenting a kiddo with behavioral challenges, anxiety, or other needs that people don't always understand. Which means you're not just parenting, you're also keeping track of medication refills, IEP meetings, therapy appointments, insurance headaches, and everything else that comes with advocating for your child. That's why we're here. We share our stories, what we've learned, what we're still learning, and the things other parents don't always talk about out loud. We laugh together, vent about broken systems,… ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-is-not-what-i-was-expecting-5955665 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-not-what-i-was-expecting-5955665.md ## Episodes - [What's for Dinner? Why This One Question Feels So Overwhelming](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-not-what-i-was-expecting-5955665/what-s-for-dinner-why-this-one-question-feels-so-overwhelming) — 2026-07-09T09:00:00+00:00 - [The Parenting Badges We Wish Existed](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-not-what-i-was-expecting-5955665/the-parenting-badges-we-wish-existed) — 2026-06-04T09:00:00+00:00 - [When Your Family Doesn't Understand Your Child's Struggles](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-not-what-i-was-expecting-5955665/when-your-family-doesn-t-understand-your-child-s-struggles) — 2026-05-21T09:00:00+00:00 - [Your Child Was Excluded by Another Parent… Now What?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-not-what-i-was-expecting-5955665/your-child-was-excluded-by-another-parent-now-what) — 2026-05-07T09:00:00+00:00 - [What If Your Kids Don't Remember The Things You Feel Guilty About?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-not-what-i-was-expecting-5955665/what-if-your-kids-don-t-remember-the-things-you-feel-guilty-about) — 2026-04-23T21:00:43+00:00 - [Pride, Pressure, and ‘What’s Next?’ After Graduation (The Part No One Talks About)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-not-what-i-was-expecting-5955665/pride-pressure-and-what-s-next-after-graduation-the-part-no-one-talks-about) — 2026-04-09T09:00:00+00:00 - [The High Cost of Being a Good Parent Right Now](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-not-what-i-was-expecting-5955665/the-high-cost-of-being-a-good-parent-right-now) — 2026-03-26T09:00:00+00:00 - [When Your Life Is a Dumpster Fire But You Still Have to Be a Mom](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-not-what-i-was-expecting-5955665/when-your-life-is-a-dumpster-fire-but-you-still-have-to-be-a-mom) — 2026-03-14T09:00:00+00:00 - [Why is parenting my teen harder than I expected?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-not-what-i-was-expecting-5955665/why-is-parenting-my-teen-harder-than-i-expected) — 2026-02-26T10:00:00+00:00 - [The IEP Says They’re Fine — But Real Life Is Telling a Different Story](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-not-what-i-was-expecting-5955665/the-iep-says-they-re-fine-but-real-life-is-telling-a-different-story) — 2026-02-12T10:00:00+00:00 - [When Everyone's Needs Are Urgent and Yours Are Always Last](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-not-what-i-was-expecting-5955665/when-everyone-s-needs-are-urgent-and-yours-are-always-last) — 2026-01-29T10:00:00+00:00 - [Extended School Year: What Parents Should Be Thinking About Now](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-not-what-i-was-expecting-5955665/extended-school-year-what-parents-should-be-thinking-about-now) — 2026-01-15T05:00:00+00:00 - [Parenting Is Problem-Solving Until You’re Allowed to Sleep](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-not-what-i-was-expecting-5955665/parenting-is-problem-solving-until-you-re-allowed-to-sleep) — 2025-12-31T10:00:00+00:00 - [Grab a Pen. We're Taking a Break](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-not-what-i-was-expecting-5955665/grab-a-pen-we-re-taking-a-break) — 2025-12-18T10:00:00+00:00 - [Raising Independent Kids](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-not-what-i-was-expecting-5955665/raising-independent-kids) — 2025-11-20T10:00:00+00:00 - [Parenting in the Digital Age](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-not-what-i-was-expecting-5955665/parenting-in-the-digital-age) — 2025-11-07T19:22:40+00:00 - [Parenting in the Digital Age](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-not-what-i-was-expecting-5955665/parenting-in-the-digital-age-2) — 2025-11-06T10:00:00+00:00 - [Because Sometimes Parenting Takes Creativity](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-not-what-i-was-expecting-5955665/because-sometimes-parenting-takes-creativity) — 2025-10-23T09:00:00+00:00 - [Making Memories, Not Debt](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-not-what-i-was-expecting-5955665/making-memories-not-debt) — 2025-10-16T09:00:00+00:00 - [Roblox, Screen Time, and Sanity](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-not-what-i-was-expecting-5955665/roblox-screen-time-and-sanity) — 2025-09-18T09:00:00+00:00 - [Homework battles and WiFi Wars](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-not-what-i-was-expecting-5955665/homework-battles-and-wifi-wars) — 2025-09-05T14:00:51+00:00 - [When Insurance Says No (Again)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-not-what-i-was-expecting-5955665/when-insurance-says-no-again) — 2025-08-21T12:06:40+00:00 - [I love my kids but also, please go back to school!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-not-what-i-was-expecting-5955665/i-love-my-kids-but-also-please-go-back-to-school) — 2025-07-17T15:52:13+00:00 - [It’s Not Just You. Friendships Are Hard](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-not-what-i-was-expecting-5955665/it-s-not-just-you-friendships-are-hard) — 2025-06-19T10:00:00+00:00 - [We Get Therapy for Our Kids—But What About Us?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-is-not-what-i-was-expecting-5955665/we-get-therapy-for-our-kids-but-what-about-us) — 2025-06-05T11:00:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. A page view does not automatically enqueue transcription.