Ep. 399: Breaking Up With Your Mom Group

In the special segment “Internet Insanity,” Shanna and Laura share the wild and wacky content they've found online recently, including a baby name that has risen to fame for a surprising reason and a mom-group breakup of epic proportions. Also, Laura shares how a Percy Jackson obsession turned into a spontaneous after-school trip with her kids, and Shanna talks about the device that enabled her 9-year-old to arrange her own play date. Finally, the moms share their BFPs and BFNs for the week, including family outings at two Los Angeles landmarks, one beautiful and one bizarre. Shanna’s kids are 7 and 9.5 years old, and Laura’s kids are 7 years old and 4.5 years old. Topics discussed in this episode: A spontaneous after-school adventure with your kids When your kid starts planning their own social life Giving your child a “just enough” phone for safety and texting friends 2025's name of the year and what it says about baby naming trends Toxic mom-group drama, celebrity edition Keeping longtime friendships going as parents Fun, unusual day trips around Los Angeles with kids Products, links, resources mentioned in this episode: Percy Jackson book series Percy Jackson series on Disney+ Percy Jackson end credits Griffith Observatory Tracfone "The 2025 Name of the Year is Elara" by Laura Wattenberg "How a ‘Splash’ Joke Led to the ‘Madison’ Baby Name Boom" Perez Hilton "Breaking Up With My Toxic Mom Group" by Ashley Tisdale French "Matthew Koma (Hilary Duff's husband) getting in on the 'mom group' drama" Huntington Gardens Old Los Angeles Zoo in Griffith Park Past BFP episodes mentioned in this episode: Ep. 397 - Where Shanna's kids go to "field trip" camp Ep. 305 - Where Sebastian fell and got a gash on his nose at the Huntington Gardens Connect with Us

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Ep. 399: Breaking Up With Your Mom Group is an episode from Big Fat Positive: A Pregnancy and Parenting Journey by Laura Birek, Shanna Micko.

This episode is 00:54:21 long.

This episode was published on Feb 23, 2026.

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