Join Molly and Meg as they engage in a shorter episode this week that they refer to as a power hour. Listen as they review their latest reads. Molly has a few hot takes on A Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry and Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt. While Meg gives us her honest opinion of All Fours by Miranda July and a Novella, The Answer is No by Fredrik Backman.

We hope you enjoy this shortened version of The Momsense Podcast.

This week on The Momsense Podcast, the women start off with a review of Penny’s 9 month doctors appointment and Megan's week of horrors. Molly and Meg did something together this past weekend which serves as the thing they did for themselves.

Molly and Meg discuss their disdain for their astrological sign as well as share their thoughts on sleepovers before diving into the topic of this episode.

For this week’s episode topic, Megan interviews Molly on the best ways to raise mentally healthy kids.

Join us this week to hear Molly do her thing and Megan fire out the questions all moms want answers to. Molly reviews the importance of labeled praise, setting appropriate expectations and consistent reward systems.

Topics: Raising confident children, labeled praise with children, setting expectations with children, reward systems for children, Molly's ABC method, naming emotions, developing emotional awareness, emotional intellegence, Astrology, Postpartum Depression, Child Mental Health, 9 month well child visit

This week on The Momsense Podcast, Molly and Megan start off with their weekly dose of Inez appreciation. Molly then gets into her review of Father's Day and Penny's latest tricks, while Megan updates us on the new developments in Brooke's Penny fascination.

Moving on, Megan talks about Reese's field trip with her new co-op and sunscreen woes. The Rosman clan took a trip to Michigan's Adventure, and Megan gives her thoughts on how it stacks up against Cedar Point.

The women finally get back into book club and review past and current reads for you guys. While Molly was mildly impressed with her books this week, Megan's hit home in an emotional way.

Molly and Meg's conversation about what they googled quickly turns into a discussion on poop, as most mom conversations often do.

As Molly and Meg finally get around to the episode topic for this week, they begin discussing their most embarrassing mom fails. They quickly realize that what they thought would be a funny topic is eliciting feelings that are not comical. When the mom guilt gets too overwhelming, what do we do? Say it with us: AVOID. The ladies wrap this conversation with a quick discussion about opioids being given out like candy to postpartum moms.

Thanks for listening to another chaotic week of Momsense, don’t forget to quarter your kids' grapes!

Topics: Father's Day, Michigan's Adventures, Cedar Point, Homeschool Co-Ops, Hair Appointments, Family Pictures, Book Reviews, The Simple Wild, Remarkably Bright Creatures, The Pact, The In-Between, The Tenant by Frieda McFadden, Infant Constipation, Mom Fails, Opioids and Postpartum Moms