What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood | Parenting Tips From Funny Moms · Margaret Ables and Amy Wilson

DEEP DIVE: Better Then? Or Better Now?

December 15, 2025·44 min·4 clips
Why did we wear stiff jeans before Lycra, and why do kids today reject them for athleisure?
Hosts Margaret and Amy humorously debate whether various aspects of parenting and daily life were 'better then' or 'better now,' covering topics like jeans, Valentine's Day, music, and Halloween costumes, while sharing listener tips and personal anecdotes.

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A brisk nostalgia debate that keeps circling back to the small parenting details that linger.

What Fresh Hell? treats the better-then-or-better-now question as a smart, easy parenting argument, moving from school lunches to music and the small routines that stick in family memory.

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Your childhood lunch table gets the final word.

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