{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhold-my-baby.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fep-25-f_2vXSk2","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Ep 26: Volleyball Parents, Pool Party Phone Bans & The Kid Everyone Knows | Hold My Baby","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/b3f405d2-e127-41e0-b9de-0d1d7a101e12/c2cd8964-fb9e-4c4d-88d4-891a97af5fdf/hold-20my-20baby.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/45f19af9-224c-455a-aefb-05f0a66f87c3\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Ep 26: Volleyball Parents, Pool Party Phone Bans &amp; The Kid Everyone Knows | Hold My Baby\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Welcome back to **Hold My Baby**, the parenting podcast where we love our kids... but we're becoming increasingly concerned about everyone else's.\n\nThis week Erik and Kira dive headfirst into the wild world of youth sports parents, field trip disasters, and the modern parenting epidemic known as **\"Buddy Parenting.\"**\n\nIn this episode:\n\n🏐 Kira survives a massive volleyball tournament\n⚾ Eric shares the shocking moment with a \"sweet\" baseball mom\n🚸 We discuss *that kid*—you know the one.\n📱 Kira proposes a controversial pool party rule\n😬 Eric confesses he may have accidentally become a prison warden\n\nAnd somehow we end up debating cargo shorts, Skechers, awkward parent behavior, and why kids desperately need to learn how to talk to actual humans again.\n\nIf you've ever volunteered at a school event and immediately regretted it...this episode is for you."}