Welcome back to **Hold My Baby**, the parenting podcast where we love our kids... but we're also teaching them one very important life lesson: **You don't have to answer the front door.** This week, Erik and Kira tackle one of modern life's greatest annoyances—people who absolutely refuse to take "No, thank you" for an answer. Inside this episode: 🎭 Erik proudly shares his son's first theater camp production... and the instant celebrity status that came with landing a solo. ⛪ Erik takes a hilarious trip through his childhood, bouncing between Catholicism, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Pentecostal churches. 🚪 HOLD MY BABY: Pushy door-to-door salespeople ☀️ Kira's showdown with an aggressive solar salesperson who refused to leave until her husband came home. 📞 Erik reveals his favorite way to waste telemarketers' time. 🎤 Erik and Kira relive the emotional trauma of "barking" for comedy clubs... including one rejection that still hurts decades later. If you've ever hidden from a salesperson in your own house...this episode is definitely for you.
Welcome back to **Hold My Baby**, the parenting podcast where we love our kids... but we're also teaching them one very important life lesson: **You don't have to answer the front door.** This week, Erik and Kira tackle one of modern life's greatest annoyances—people who absolutely refuse to take "No, thank you" for an answer. Inside this episode: 🎭 Erik proudly shares his son's first theater camp production... and the instant celebrity status that came with landing a solo. ⛪ Erik takes a hilarious trip through his childhood, bouncing between Catholicism, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Pentecostal churches. 🚪 HOLD MY BABY: Pushy door-to-door salespeople ☀️ Kira's showdown with an aggressive solar salesperson who refused to leave until her husband came home. 📞 Erik reveals his favorite way to waste telemarketers' time. 🎤 Erik and Kira relive the emotional trauma of "barking" for comedy clubs... including one rejection that still hurts decades later. If you've ever hidden from a salesperson in your own house...this episode is definitely for you. ---
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