What Fresh Hell Is... Being the Only Grownup in the Room?
From What Fresh Hell: Parenting, Relationships, and Making Life Better, with Two Funny Moms by Margaret Ables and Amy Wilson
July 8, 2026 · 40 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the experience of feeling underqualified while being in charge of various responsibilities as a parent.
You know how sometimes when you're in charge, in a really hard moment, you keep watching the door for an actual grownup to show up? Because it can't possibly be 42-year-old YOU who's in charge at this moment? In this episode we discuss the strange experience of being the person in charge while also feeling wildly underqualified. From broken bones and dinner logistics to taxes, travel mishaps, and medical decision-making, here are the times when we— and our listeners— were hoping for an authorit figure besides ourselves to show up and fix everything. Join our Facebook group to see all of our listeners' hilarious responses! What Fresh Hell is co-hosted by Amy Wilson and Margaret Ables. We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website: https://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/p/promo-codes/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
People in this episode
Hosts: Amy Wilson, Margaret Ables
Topics covered
- parenting
- responsibility
- self-doubt
- humor
- family dynamics
Keywords
- parenting
- grownup
- responsibility
- humor
- family
- self-doubt
- medical decisions
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Organizations: What Fresh Hell
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