This week’s episode is part back-to-school survival guide, part summer highlight reel, and part investigation of parenting double standards.  We reflect on the chaos and joy of crisscrossing the country on book tour with three kids, what we learned about road-tripping as a family, and why hiking with toddlers is best done with candy.

Also why do dads traveling with kids get treated like heroes while moms get judged?

Plus: the reality of childcare, the myth of “parenting experts,” and what it really takes to keep all the balls in the air as working parents.

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What No One Teaches You About Taking Care of a House

Under the Influence is a deep dive into social media, a place haunted by aspirational marketing where it feels like every other person is a social media influencer trying to sell you something, all while posed in perfect houses that never seem to get messy. And behind this airbrushed perfection is money, so much money. Billions and billions of dollars. Journalist and mom Jo Piazza looks at how we got here, what it all means and how the commodification of every single aspect of our lives is driving everyone (but mostly women and mothers) a little insane.