Scratch That: Parenting & ReParenting Off Script 🎙️ Caitlin's BFF Kaplan Trudo Interviews Us About Becoming Parents
Today on Scratch That we are the ones being interviewed! Caitlin's wise and warm BFF, Kaplan Trudo is wading into the process of deciding whether or not to pursue becoming a parent and wants to hear from us. How did we decide we wanted to become parents? What does it feel like to co-parent with another person? They dig in with questions we never thought to ask before becoming parents ourselves.
Want more of Kaplan? You can find their writing and some yoga practices (recorded as love notes to Caitlin 🥹) on Patreon or follow their Instagram.
Tune in to hear us talk about:
🔍 What becoming parents showed us about our partners and how it shifted our relationships.
✅ The one thing Rebekah wishes she'd thought more about before becoming a parent.
🕸️ Parenting as a big group project.
🧑🧒🧒 Caitlin's epiphany about their relationship with their partner as the third client in the therapy room.
🏆 A reframe for the parent who really, really wants to "get it right."
👴 Staying connected to our children/parents as we all get older.
🎮 What happens when our values don't align with our co-parents?
Mentioned In Today's Episode:
Our conversation with Shane and Hannah Burcaw where they describe their thoughts on intergenerational living.
Our conversation with Kate Wieners where she talks about using percentage ratings for how important something is to each partner.
As Always:
Check out Caitlin and Rebekah's Book Shop! Here you can find every book mentioned in our episodes, as well as a few additional faves.
Use this link to get a 25% discount on a PokPok subcription! And if you haven't listened yet, check out our interview with PokPok creators, Esther and Melissa.
We would love to hear from you! What question do you think prospective parents should be asking? What questions do you have about parenting? Or what questions do you wish you'd asked before you became one?
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