About this episode

The episode discusses modern parenting challenges, particularly grounding pre-teens and the questionable love advice circulating online.

This week on Underaged Grandparents… Men love to say they “hate drama”… but Esther thinks she’s figured out exactly where men get their drama fix. And honestly, she might be onto something. We’re also tackling one of the great modern parenting dilemmas — how do you actually “ground” pre-teens these days? When their entire life is online, what even works anymore? We need your help on this one. Plus, the internet is full of “experts”… but some of the relationship advice floating around might be the worst love advice we’ve ever heard. Jump in and be part of the show!Share your stories with us by searching Underaged Grandparents on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook.

People in this episode

Hosts: Esther, Matty Acton

Topics covered

• love advice
• parenting dilemmas
• grounding pre-teens
• online life
• relationship advice
• drama in relationships

Keywords

• parenting
• pre-teens
• grounding
• love advice
• drama
• relationships
• internet experts

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