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I'm Vanessa, mom of four: two by birth, two by guardianship. Nobody hands you an instruction manual when you become a parent, so I'm telling it like it actually is — the funny stuff, the hard stuff, raising kids two different ways, and winging it through all of it. Explicit and honest. Parenting: equal parts impossible, hilarious, and terrifying — and somehow still the best part of my life.
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🎃 An early treat for Halloween — this one couldn’t wait for Monday. (New episodes every Monday after this one!) 🎃 It’s the Halloween special. The ghost stories: the little voice that said “we’re here” the night before Hadley and Rory came home, Matthew and the ghost cat, my mom’s story about two-year-old Matthew, and my best friend Allie’s story that will make you check your ceiling tonight. Send me your spooky stories for a future story-time episode: nomanualparentingpodcast@gmail.com or DM me on Instagram @nomanualparentingpodcast. Explicit. Parenting: equal parts impossible, hilarious, and terrifying — and somehow still the best part of my life.
Episode 1 — meet the family. I'm Vanessa, mom of four: two by birth, two by guardianship. In this first episode I introduce Matthew, Sianna, Hadley, Rory, and Roy, tell the story of how this family actually came together — a baby at 19, and again at 22, a wedding, and two kids who were dropped at my door "for a month" — and explain what this show is: the good, the bad, and the ugly of parenting, with no instruction manual. Explicit language, because that's how I talk. Got a parenting story of your own? I want to hear it.
Welcome to No Manual: Four Kids and Winging It — I'm Vanessa, mom of four: two by birth, two by guardianship. Episode 1 is coming soon. Parenting: equal parts impossible, hilarious, and terrifying — and somehow still the best part of my life.
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