Matching Mom Genes

Mother’s Day (Ep 13)

Nicole is joined by our mother to take an obnoxious amount of buzzfeed quizzes about motherhood and then play Would You Rather? bizarre parenting scenario edition. It's a fun light episode that lets us all sit back and enjoy the silliness that is motherhood. 
 
Matching Mom Genes is just another mommy talk pod, but we’re still cool so stick with us. Nicole is a parenting educator and coach, mom of 3 and overall insane person who owns actual farm animals. Her twin sister Shelby is a relatively straight laced badass engineer and mom of 1 living deep in the burbs. Together they bring unique perspectives to stack on their shared childhood experiences and identical genetic codes. Welcome to clashing worldviews jenga, people, hold on to your mommy jeans. 
 
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For your own entertainment, here's the links to the quizzes- we'd love to know what results you get!
 
https://www.buzzfeed.com/l4b0d8b095/what-type-of-mom-are-you-4fm0lieeny
 
https://www.buzzfeed.com/eliachuaqui/go-grocery-shopping-to-determine-what-kind-of-mom-bw3ulhb1q1
 
https://www.buzzfeed.com/kristatorres/this-quiz-will-reveal-what-type-of-mom-you-are
 
https://www.buzzfeed.com/maya_12_24/which-disney-mom-are-you-quiz
 
https://www.buzzfeed.com/phildunphy/design-your-future-family-home-and-well-reveal-wh-fejh6v3bh8
 
https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexawinndixie/choose-baby-names-to-find-out-what-type-of-mom-you-6ocqkpeesn
 
https://www.buzzfeed.com/10angman85750/eat-meals-see-what-mom-youll-be-quiz
 
https://www.buzzfeed.com/extratigergirl321/choose-some-foods-and-well-tell-you-what-type-of-dtfn7i5q8c
 
https://www.buzzfeed.com/livvirose/what-kind-of-parent-are-youwill-you-be-5plrkh2ltk
 
https://www.buzzfeed.com/ravenishak/parenting-style-quiz
 
https://www.buzzfeed.com/eyelovey0u/raise-a-kid-and-well-tell-you-what-type-of-parent-bbpreao8j9
 
https://www.buzzfeed.com/basicdisney/which-tv-mom-are-you-1ap2x
 
https://www.buzzfeed.com/buadgroup7/what-disney-channel-tv-show-mom-are-you-amxmcads6h
 
https://www.buzzfeed.com/kayleecarson/which-stranger-things-mom-are-you-38xx9
https://www.buzzfeed.com/20brownl/which-harry-potter-parent-are-you-7brn8eg1ly

Birthday Parties Suck (Ep 12)

Nicole’s son is turning 2! And she HATES planning birthday parties! Can Shelby help change her perspective? Our plan for a joint birthday party has been dashed so let’s talk about backup plans and how to manage celebrations on top of all the other things swimming around inside a parent’s head. It’s a simple, fun conversation and Nicole was taking NOTES on these hot tips.
 
Matching Mom Genes is just another mommy talk pod, but we’re still cool so stick with us. Nicole is a parenting educator and coach, mom of 3 and overall insane person who owns actual farm animals. Her twin sister Shelby is a relatively straight laced badass engineer and mom of 1 living deep in the burbs. Together they bring unique perspectives to stack on their shared childhood experiences and identical genetic codes. Welcome to clashing worldviews jenga, people, hold on to your mommy jeans.

Privacy vs Dignity (Episode 11)

Nicole spends this week quizzing Shelby about how parents can better handle their children's identities on the internet. Do you show their faces? Do you tell silly, but maybe embarrassing anecdotes? Can children consent to content created about them? And, in this revolution around honesty in motherhood and our generation's desire to be authentic, what's the line between the PARENT'S experience and the CHILD'S rights? 
 
Matching Mom Genes is just another mommy talk pod, but we’re still cool so stick with us. Nicole is a parenting educator and coach, mom of 3 and overall insane person who owns actual farm animals. Her twin sister Shelby is a relatively straight laced badass engineer and mom of 1 living deep in the burbs. Together they bring unique perspectives to stack on their shared childhood experiences and identical genetic codes. Welcome to clashing worldviews jenga, people, hold on to your mommy jeans.

Consent At All Ages (Ep 10)

Today’s topic is slightly heavier. April is the awareness month for both sexual assault and child abuse/child sexual abuse. One of the most important things we can do as parents is try to change the narrative around consent and bodily autonomy for this next generation. Consent can be taught at any age and this week we aim to address some of those concepts and break down manageable steps you can take today to start introducing this topic. (Also, a huge thank you to Laurie for coming back to help with this episode! We love an April birthday reunion party!)
 
Matching Mom Genes is just another mommy talk pod, but we’re still cool so stick with us. Nicole is a parenting educator and coach, mom of 3 and overall insane person who owns actual farm animals. Her twin sister Shelby is a relatively straight laced badass engineer and mom of 1 living deep in the burbs. Together they bring unique perspectives to stack on their shared childhood experiences and identical genetic codes. Welcome to clashing worldviews jenga, people, hold on to your mommy jeans.
 
Links from this episode:
The Healthy Sex Talk: Teaching Kids Consent, Ages 1-21.
Teaching Consent | Safe Secure Kids
Consent at Every Age | Harvard Graduate School of Education
 
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Rest vs Rejuvenation (Episode 9)

Nicole and Shelby slow down for a quick discussion of the line between rest and rejuvenation and all of the ways they overlap in the experience of parenthood. 
 
Matching Mom Genes is just another mommy talk pod, but we’re still cool so stick with us. Nicole is a parenting educator and coach, mom of 3 and overall insane person who owns actual farm animals. Her twin sister Shelby is a relatively straight laced badass engineer and mom of 1 living deep in the burbs. Together they bring unique perspectives to stack on their shared childhood experiences and identical genetic codes. Welcome to clashing worldviews jenga, people, hold on to your mommy jeans.

Toddlers Eat Free in Italy (Ep 8)

Shelby is back from her Italian adventure and ready to spill the details on traveling to another continent with a toddler. She gives us her tally on in-flight diaper changes, explains what anchovy quiche is and why everyone in Italy loved her baby's jeans. Very on brand for us, I think.
 
Matching Mom Genes is just another mommy talk pod, but we’re still cool so stick with us. Nicole is a parenting educator and coach, mom of 3 and overall insane person who owns actual farm animals. Her twin sister Shelby is a relatively straight laced badass engineer and mom of 1 living deep in the burbs. Together they bring unique perspectives to stack on their shared childhood experiences and identical genetic codes. Welcome to clashing worldviews jenga, people, hold on to your mommy jeans.

Toddlers With Context (Episode 7)

This week, Laurie returns and talks with Nicole about therapizing humans during the great pandemonium and they talk through what it’s like to have backgrounds in mental health while parenting. TLDR: Big feelings happen to everyone and the emotions of parents are just as messy as the emotions of kids. Plus, Nicole compares all of your cute babies to aliens, so that’s just nice.
 
Matching Mom Genes is just another mommy talk pod, but we’re still cool so stick with us. Nicole is a parenting educator and coach, mom of 3 and overall insane person who owns actual farm animals. Her twin sister Shelby is a relatively straight laced badass engineer and mom of 1 living deep in the burbs. Together they bring unique perspectives to stack on their shared childhood experiences and identical genetic codes. Welcome to clashing worldviews jenga, people, hold on to your mommy jeans. 

The System (Episode 6)

This week we have our first guest! Please welcome Laurie, a truly beautiful soul who has worked in many aspects of the social work field, first with her Bachelors of Social Work and then with as Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She has also worked as a teacher in an international school, but sadly had to rejoin America where we can talk all day about how the system sucks. Laurie is a longtime friend- we’ve known her 10 years now?!?!- and talks this week with Nicole about their individual experiences working within the social work and family service fields. Shelby is out galavanting the world, but we hope you will enjoy this deeper dive into why people are so passionate about this work and how working in different parts of the over all family-legal system compare to one another.
 
Matching Mom Genes is just another mommy talk pod, but we’re still cool so stick with us. Nicole is a parenting educator and coach, mom of 3 and overall insane person who owns actual farm animals. Her twin sister Shelby is a relatively straight laced badass engineer and mom of 1 living deep in the burbs. Together they bring unique perspectives to stack on their shared childhood experiences and identical genetic codes. Welcome to clashing worldviews jenga, people, hold on to your mommy jeans.
 
You can find us on Instagram and TikTok as @matchingmomgenes and for more details on Nicole's work as a parenting coach and family advocate go to householdhealthandharmony.com 

The (Purple) Boots With The Fur (Episode 3)

Shelby is cleaning paint out of eyelashes and Nicole's baby was almost named Pizza Dinosaur. Maybe. Also, has anyone else been allowed inside the scary Bluey mom groups? Someone let me in!
 
Matching Mom Genes is just another mommy talk pod, but we’re still cool so stick with us. Nicole is a parenting educator and coach, mom of 3 and overall insane person who owns actual farm animals. Her twin sister Shelby is a relatively straight laced badass engineer and mom of 1 living deep in the burbs. Together they bring unique perspectives to stack on their shared childhood experiences and identical genetic codes. Welcome to clashing worldviews jenga, people, hold on to your mommy jeans.

Mommy & More Mommy (Episode 5)

We were in the same place for exactly 37 hours and Shelby had to print out TSA guidelines to survive. What are the real rules around flying with a kid? What's the right etiquette? 
 
Matching Mom Genes is just another mommy talk pod, but we’re still cool so stick with us. Nicole is a parenting educator and coach, mom of 3 and overall insane person who owns actual farm animals. Her twin sister Shelby is a relatively straight laced badass engineer and mom of 1 living deep in the burbs. Together they bring unique perspectives to stack on their shared childhood experiences and identical genetic codes. Welcome to clashing worldviews jenga, people, hold on to your mommy jeans.