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Down with the Kids · Oct 6, 2025 · 32 min

Soft Play Hell, The Stranger in the Attic and Dirty Socks

In this week’s episode, Kylie’s scared of soft play, Sarah hates the park and both discuss their current parenting phases involving LEGO, football and laughing at farts. Plus a creepy attic man, performative parenting, disappointing Jammie Dodgers and endless white socks, with expert soft-play insight from psychologist Marietta Arampazzi. Sponsor Thanks to Reading Eggs for supporting this episode. Try a FREE 30-day Reading Eggs and Mathseeds trial at readingeggs.co.uk/trial Stay in touch Instagram & TikTok: @DWTKpodcast Email: downwiththekidspod@gmail.com Tags parenting podcast, parenting anxiety, soft play, toddler trenches, circus years, honest parenting, motherhood, fatherhood, parental guilt, performative parenting, messy homes, tidy minds, Bluey, Lego, Jammie Dodgers, parenting humour, supportive parenting community Email: downwiththekidspod@gmail.com Instagram & TikTok: @DWTKPodcast Hosts: Kylie Pentelow & Sarah Turner Tags parenting podcast, motherhood, fatherhood, honest parenting, family life, parenting fails, school milestones, parenting clichés, toddler life, raising boys, working parents, social media and parenting, family outings, toilet training, parenting humour, parenting pressure, parenting community, summer holidays with kids

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In this week’s episode, Kylie’s scared of soft play, Sarah hates the park and both discuss their current parenting phases involving LEGO, football and laughing at farts. Plus a creepy attic man, performative parenting, disappointing Jammie Dodgers and endless white socks, with expert soft-play insight from psychologist Marietta Arampazzi.

Sponsor

Thanks to Reading Eggs for supporting this episode. Try a FREE 30-day Reading Eggs and Mathseeds trial at readingeggs.co.uk/trial


Stay in touch

Instagram & TikTok: @DWTKpodcast

Email: downwiththekidspod@gmail.com


Tags

parenting podcast, parenting anxiety, soft play, toddler trenches, circus years, honest parenting, motherhood, fatherhood, parental guilt, performative parenting, messy homes, tidy minds, Bluey, Lego, Jammie Dodgers, parenting humour, supportive parenting community

Email: downwiththekidspod@gmail.com

Instagram & TikTok: @DWTKPodcast

Hosts: Kylie Pentelow & Sarah Turner


Tags

parenting podcast, motherhood, fatherhood, honest parenting, family life, parenting fails, school milestones, parenting clichés, toddler life, raising boys, working parents, social media and parenting, family outings, toilet training, parenting humour, parenting pressure, parenting community, summer holidays with kids

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