Small Town vs Big City (with guest host Meagan Francis of The Mom Hour)
b'City versus country (versus the great strip-mall in-between): where\\u2019s the best place to raise your kids? Amy hashes it out with guest host Meagan Francis, founder of the Life Listened podcast network and co-host of The Mom Hour, one of the top parenting podcasts on iTunes!\\nFor the other half of this Host Swap, our very own Margaret Ables is talking Regional Parenting Differences with The Mom Hour\\u2019s Sarah Powers this week. Give it a listen in your podcast app or right here:\\n\\nIf The Mom Hour isn\\u2019t on your podcast subscription list yet, it\\u2019s about to be!\\nIn our own What Fresh Hell episode, Amy and Meagan discuss differences between big-city and small-town living like:\\n\\n* kids\\u2019 sports\\n* academics\\n* diversity\\n* independence\\n* culture\\n* peer-led play time\\n* minivans with trunks\\n* high school interviews\\n* friendships\\n* basements, the lack thereof being perhaps the largest drawback of city parenting life. As Andrew Cotto put it in the New York Times:\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\u2026any movement is mitigated by the fact that we have neighbors downstairs who don\\u2019t want to live below the circus. \\u201cPlease stop jumping\\u201d is the sentence I repeat more than any other while at home.\\nWhere are you raising your kids\\u2026 and does it have more benefits or drawbacks? Tell us in the comments!\\n\\n\\xa0\\nCheck out primary.com for adorable basics for babies and kids that are sparkle, slogan, and sports team-free. Just stylish basics in vibrant colors! Get 20% off your first order by going to https://bit.ly/primaryfresh.\\n\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'