Who Even Are We?

Rach spends the day supporting her youngest in her sporting competition, but when she doesn't win, it's ALL MUM'S FAULT! Suprise, suprise Rach doesn't have much sympathy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Katie's finally introduced a punishment that really works well and is proud of herself until Rach totally trumps it with an amped up version!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How often do we hear from our kids 'why can't I do that?' 'everyone else is allowed to do this?' introducing.... responsibility = privilege for Katie's household!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rach finds herself at a game of touch footy where her 12 year old is playing against the over 15's. So she does what no other parent would do and asks the coach for a jersey!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Katie wants to chat about the fashion at the moment and why our teenagers look like they're homeless!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rach finds herself in a situation where she is completely out of control, so does what any child psychologist would recommend. and throws out every punishment she can think of all in one go! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Katie is positive she made vegetarian gyoza for her veggie kids and is so angry with them for not eating it. Only to realise that they were.......pork. Another parenting fail! And she did not own it!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Katie’s daughter has decided that having children is a terrible idea — because apparently, they’ll ruin her life. This is a controversial one!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Katie sells a chair on Marketplace and ends up trauma-dumping on a stranger. Then somehow, it gets worse - a vasectomy, curious kids, and the family freezer that will never be the same again. Welcome to oversharing, parenting edition.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rach has every intention of making it a fun time waiting for netball training to start but Ellsie has other ideas and begins the attack!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is a controversial topic, but Rach wants to know why our schooling is still the same as when we went 30 years ago? Katie think AI is going to take all the jobs we are preparing them for, and Rach has a hilarious solution to what work they should go in to.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Katie has had to remind her kids that she is in fact a human being andf there's only so much she can take. As always, Rach has some good advice!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's not very often that we tackle serious topics, but a conversation started around social media that we thought was important to share!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Katie has realised that she's done hardly any parent teacher interviews because she keeps missing the deadline! Rach is the same, so they start ticking off the one off's they've taken part in over the school years!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rach's kids have been caught up with the hype of a new bakery in town which Rach has an irrational hate for! But was she able to say 'I told you so'???See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Katie knew full well her girls had left their lunchboxes in their school bags for the whole 3 weeks of holidays! Instead of being a good Mum and reminding them, she chose to let them discover for themselves! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rach is being hassled by her kids to go to the Brisbane show (Ekka) so instead she decided they would do a smaller version. The prices were still INSANE! Also KPOP has entered the Thaiday household and it is NOT ok!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Katie's absolute favourite thing to do is spend time making food for the family only to watch it nibbled on and then tipped into the bin! NOT! Rach has a few suggestions, and they decide the best approach is to lower to their level!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to a fun Friday round up before we take a week's break being Mum's on school holidays! Katie has a solution to the expensive trends the kids are wanting after seeing stuff on Tik Tok and Rach has taken bargain hunting to the next level when she refuses to buy the correct size shoes!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Katie needs a holiday and is feeling the Mum guilt of not doing much with the kids in school holidays; meantime, Rach reveals her wild past!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rach's friend kindly offers to babysit for her, but things take a turn when an innocent idea becomes pretty crazy and not at all what she wants to do!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Katie's come up with a solution to get her kids' driving hours up, but Rach isn't sure it's a great idea for her nervous system!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Katie realises that whilst teaching her kids about money she's become super tight and finds herself arguing for too long over just $1...... It's the principle!!!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Katie tells a story from the races that Rach barely remembers but reminds them both of a bad parenting moment! And the attempt to make it better actually made it worse!!!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Katie & Rach talk about technology and how their kids are all about voice notes and not actually using the phone part of the phone! It got them onto the hilarious stuff we used to do!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rach has realised the house stops when she doesn't get up to get it all going...literally!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Katie & Rach are heading to The Star Stradbroke Day on Saturday so they relive their previous bad Mum race day experiences ahead of the day!  We would love to see you on the day, DM us @amiabadmum on Instagram if you're heading to the track as we'd love to say hi! For 2-4-1 tickets, use the code PODSHAPE241 at brc.com.au See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rach has realised her 10-year-old has the exact same sense of humour as her, and it's come to bite her on the arse!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Katie swore she would never say this out loud for fear of judgment! She made a decision that is CRAZY and Rach definitely did judge!!! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rach has realised her weekends are not weekends anymore; she is an Uber driver for pretty much all of it! And why do the kids decide they're the days when they'll carry on the bad behaviour into the evening too?!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Katie had a tough decision to make to remove herself from a situation so as not to say something she'd regret! It was extreme, questionable, and, without context, pretty shocking!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rach is counting down to school holidays, which is an unusual feeling for a Mum, but what she's facing for these school holidays is a game changer!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rach has been using AI for parenting advice, and it's both interesting and amusing!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As Katie's girls get older, it's a tough one to balance treating them a bit older along with responsibility one minute and reminding them they're still kids the next. What she's decided to do is just get a bit stricter!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rach asks the question, "Am I a bad Mum for pretending to be asleep?" We have plenty of moments as Mums of being woken up by little people, but Rach's quota is DONE!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Katie gets shamed for being a millennial, but she had a great comeback when she was hit with a 'Gen Z term' her teenagers thought she'd know nothing about!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rach took her girls to see a concert but after being told she was a bad parent, she lost it!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Katie has been issued a list of what she owes her 16-year-old and asked when she'll transfer it. So obviously what she did was to work out what's owed the other way around!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rach made an allowance for her eldest daughter so as to treat her a little more grown up but has now backtracked and changed her mind! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Katie's girls love to camp out for concerts, but she's putting a stop to it for reasons they didn't expect! (And to protect her Uber Eats bill!) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rach took her kids on an outing to Billabong Santuary in Townsville but didn't tell them until they were there that it was actually all about her, so move over, kids! And Rach reveals an obsession that blew Katie's mind!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Katie has had a realisation that after 12 years at a Catholic school, her kids know very little about religion! And it turns out Rach is not that much better!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rach can't believe we're almost halfway through the year and is struggling with the lack of routine. Warning: this episode sidetracks and leaves them literally crying with laughter!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Katie is having a few dramas with her kids complaining about EVERYTHING she makes! So as always, there's a solution!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Katie is impressed with Amelia's work ethic and enthusiasm to make money but it takes a turn when she starts selling other people's stuff!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rach sent her husband, Sam on an errand to pick up the birthday cake for Gracie's birthday. What could possibly go wrong you might ask??? You will be BLOWN AWAY with what happened!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rach has discovered the Jellycat trend and it's blown her mind! This chat definitely goes sideways!!!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Katie has had a lightbulb moment but can't believe it's taken all these years to work it out! This is a must for all parents that want to make life easier for themselves!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rach had a bad Mum moment when she put together Gracie's dance outfit and she she got teased for 3 hours for what she looked like!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rach has been shamed for allowing her kids to watch one of her guilty pleasures on tv, but wait, what did WE watch as kids?!!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.