Umm, Are My Kids Breaking Me? | Listener Q&A with Ellie Knaus & Adam Sztykiel

#247 • Family update at the Sztykiel house! Ellie Knaus and Adam Sztykiel share their attempts to keep the peace with their tyrannical two year-old, what it's like for Adam to parent with an autoimmune disease, the surprising redirection Ellie's life seems to be taking, and more. Plus, Ellie announces our new biweekly release schedule. Thank you listeners on our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages for all your great questions! 

xx Ellie Knaus

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#187: Family meeting! We're breaking down Eliza's first birthday, our mother/daughter field trip to the ER, turtle races, Eliza's plane enemy, nature spirit sightings on Instagram, and (I'll dare say: hilarious) audio of our family meeting gone wrong. Humiliation abounds in this Sztykiel family update.

xx Ellie Knaus


#234 • Join Adam and me on our experimental micro-date, the latest trend in staying connected after kids. In this episode, Coach Adam discusses what to do when your kid's soccer team loses every single game, and Ellie takes a premature super mom victory lap for organizing a flu shot house call for the whole family using a popular medical app. We report back after it goes horribly, insanely, outrageously awry.

x Ellie