Hold My Baby

Ep 5: School Rules, YouTube Kids & Parenting Without a Manual

Episode Summary

This episode starts with a brutally honest breakdown of **how much money it costs to look like a woman over 40**, spirals into YouTube phrases your kids should *never* repeat at school, and somehow ends with school lunch rules that feel like minimum-security prison.

Episode Notes

Welcome back to **Hold My Baby**, the parenting podcast where we love our kids, fear school administrators, and are just trying to survive modern life with our dignity (and credit score) intact. This episode starts with a brutally honest breakdown of **how much money it costs to look like a woman over 40**, spirals into YouTube phrases your kids should *never* repeat at school, and somehow ends with school lunch rules that feel like minimum-security prison. 

Erik and Kira get into: 

• Why beauty routines should be covered by insurance 
• White teachers panicking, parents clarifying, principals saving the day 
• Schools micromanaging kids like inmates 
• Safety supervisors who are allergic to logic 
• Sex-ed videos we now desperately want to watch If you’ve ever thought 

— welcome home.

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