# Toddlers are SCIENTISTS, the 2026 World Cup & going to a kids’ party WITHOUT kids?!

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Podcast: [Two Parents & A Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/two-parents-a-podcast-6863189)
Published: 2026-06-15T23:39:00+00:00
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This week on Two Parents & A Podcast, happy Monday & welcome to our FIRST week of 3 episodes a week!!! (Mon/Wed/Fri…) And YES, we are kicking things off with a LITTLE chaos (there were storms in Texas last night and everyone was up all night!!) So if you think this episode feels all over the place… IT IS!! (welcome to the inside of our brains on a Monday morning lol). On today's episode: we get into a parenting concept that has officially rewired our brain: toddlers are SCIENTISTS!!! We are SO down to let our kids experiment + learn from their mistakes (safely). Plus, our #1 toddler hack: give them two choices (it has saved us in SO many standoffs already). First we get into the World Cup… it's taking over our lives (and America) in the best way possible!!! The TikTok video of girls asking "wait, when did the US get into the World Cup?!" sent us, the European fans are LOSING THEIR MINDS over Buc-ee's, ranch, & unlimited refills (& sales tax not being on the list price?!), and Rod Stewart canceled his concert to go to a World Cup game (Harrison's defense: no chance, you'd NEVER do that for a group stage match — it was laryngitis). Plus, Elon Musk officially became the world's FIRST trillionaire after SpaceX's IPO (Stock School with Harrison incoming!), the Summer House butterfly effect (Harrison's wildest theory yet on Jesse, Sierra & West), and the question we cannot stop thinking about: will Taylor & Travis ACTUALLY get married at MSG?! (& who would perform?? 🤔). And the IRL stuff: Rocky's 8 week update (the reflux is significantly better!!), the importance of building your mom community (a huge s/o to my Austin moms 🥹), going to a kid's birthday party WITHOUT kids (the dual parenting brain is REAL), our BICKER OF THE WEEK (where Alex hid Harrison's laptop outside our…

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