Amen! I actually was just thinking about this the other day how she should have like a “normal” character. One who is health conscious, but not overly so and the main thing about this character is they need to be very introverted and not the type to tell other people things. Almost like the character, her husband plays, except in woman form. A character who while the crunchy and silky mom are battling it out she is just like oh my God how do I get out of here. Maybe make her a little anxious? I also thought it would be interesting if she does a Collab with that really like purposefully annoying Utah mom. The one who is health conscious, but is also about labels. And kind of a mean girl lol It would be interesting for me to see because crunchy mom struggles a bit with being liked. She kind of reminds me of Michael Scott. So while I think she would disagree with a lot of what the Utah mom was saying, if she met up with like a click of Utah moms, I’m curious if it would influence her…. And then I feel like she needs to do a Kalab with like a western homesteading mom who just does things her way, and is confident in her choices and doesn’t do like the arguing thing that a lot of her other characters do at the table. For example, two crunchy mom’s out crunch each other. Crunchy versus silky moms are just lost in translation Crunchy mom versus label, obsessed health-conscious Utah. Mom would be interesting because I think they would both be trying to outdo each other in their own way. Crunchy mom versus a normal mom would be crunchy mom trying to talk all about her lifestyle and normal. Mom would just agree. Agree agree while in her head going oh my gosh I gotta get out of here texting her husband like SOS. Crunchy mom versus Western Homestead mama, crunchy mom would be talking all about her lifestyle and Homestead mama would just be like OK well I’m a still do it this way. And just be very confident in her choices. And unbothered with crunchy mom’s reasoning for why her ways are better. I think it would puzzle crunchy mom. If any of these characters appear, I think the western’s mom name should be Wendy and I will take him. I don’t know like 40% of whatever the shorts make in ad revenue. 😉
and at the end of the day, it's not really anyone else's business how others choose to raise their kids -- unless there's some actual abuse/neglect going on, ofc.
I mean what's worth saying? "Youse all need to get along and set a good example for the children of manners?" I'd doubt they'd listen, it takes a lot to stop that avalanche.
@@vffncl0 it becomes my business when I'm named godmother. Alas, my friend still will not listen to anyone's advice, not even her own mother. Just Facebook and tiktoks, keeping herself glued into her echo chamber so she doesn't have to feel mother's guilt for feeding her children "fruit" bars and craft Mac n cheese twice a week.
I love how crunchy mom and silky mom became friends! It's even better than her friendship with Juniper's mom because there's no competition or expectations, just the love they each have for their own children. 💕
From a mostly crunchy mom (who used to be quite silky), I see pros and cons to both sides of the aisle... I would want to be friends with both moms. Silky mom seems fun and spontaneous... Crunchy mom I could learn a lot from. 😁 here for all of it. Your channel is one of my favorites, Emily.
Wow, I wouldn't want to be friends with either of them. Crunchy mom is just so condecending and passive agressive if you don't do things exactly like her. Silky mom just doesn't want to learn anything, is also quiet condecending and is disrespectfull to other traditions and ideas then her own Actually characterwise they are pretty similar, their valies just differ alot. If you wonder: i am a mix of both worlds. I do inform myself about toxins and prctise some waldorf routines at home, prefer wooden toys etc but we do occassionally eat at mcdonald, there is plastic i n my home and yes, my kid is allowed to watch cartoons... it is the mix and always thinking about where to draw a line that works for me
@@89taklungin other words, it's just like dieting. Do everything in moderation. Very little things in the world that most people live in won't kill you if you do it once. No I'm not talking about eating hemlock or jumping out of a plane without a parachute. Just normal everyday life
Is life really better this way? I don’t have the answer for that but I do know that when I left all those crunchy mom Facebook groups, and then Facebook all together and carefully pruned all my other social media feeds down to only things that give me joy, I became much more secure in my place and decision making as a mother. It was like a night and day difference. Taking care of my family is enough responsibility for me. I will leave monitoring and making other families’ choices up to them.
I had my child earlier than my peers so I experienced the toxicity of mom groups. They dont ever try to be toxic, but it pretty much ends up that way unless it's a group of close friends. So I quit all parenting social media for my younger kids and I'll never go back. There is a lot of help, but it comes with insane judgement and competition.
You are sooo funny! Love your work! Thank you I think I went to a crunchy cookie party once. Discovered I'm allergic to chia seeds on the way. I actually fainted, and the last thing I heard was how good chia was for me😂😂
I love the Crunchy and Silky Mom videos! They show the pros and cons of both while showing in the end, they're both doing their best to be good Moms. Love that. 🥰
My 8 year old asked me about what makes a crunchy mom crunchy and I explained to her it means always eating healthy food and no screen time and she said "I'm glad you're not a crunchy mom"
You make me feel like such a good mom, my kids eat cereal and play Minecraft. But we do nature walks and they have a bedtime so I do the happy medium... This may not work in your family, But it works in mine😊
I have gone from extreme crunchy to finding balance. I see the benefit to naturally letting your immune system build, using what Natures given us to support our bodies, avoiding toxins- and holy cow, natural fabrics are a game changer… especially for sleep. However I know my kids will be exposed to everything else eventually and I want them to learn balance with it, How it makes them feel, and not to live in fear. We now say at home, this is how we eat… it someone else has something different, that’s okay. Video games are a fun weekend activity when all else is done but if something else comes up where we get to go on adventure or hang out with people … that’s more important. I still hate the doctor because I feel like I’m constantly having to figure out what is wrong for myself and then annoy them till they get it… however, if we do ever have to use them, that’s okay. So far the kids have not (other than broken bones) and I’m very thankful for that.
@@janelleblount128I love everything you said. Let your kids play in the dirt, show them the joy of eating fresh foods from the garden and have fun growing them together, teach them about all the different kinds of birds and bugs, and get outside with them to play and get exercise. But we also have to know that our kids are growing up in a world where EVERYONE is on the internet basically all the time, even from their phones (which gives us even more freedom to enjoy the outdoors if you think about it, because you can be connected from anywhere). So there's a lot of value in not demonizing that stuff and letting it have a healthy place in your lives - like your thing about video games on the weekend. Especially if you can share in some of that together. They can be a great bonding activity if they're done in moderation. We have to protect kids but that doesn't mean they can't enjoy a whole variety of things the world has to offer. We can guide them to develop a relationship with technology that's maybe a bit healthier than some people in our generation have with it.
Exactly 🙌🏻. Thankfully at this stage (8 and under). They still will choose hiking over video games and acknowledge they don’t want crap food all the time because they don’t feel great after. I hope they continue to be able to use that discernment for themselves.
@janelleblount128 I'm very similar to you! We lean crunchy, but we also don't want them to be in fear, and feel it's important to teach them to set limits on things while we have the chance, so they have tablets they use on rare occasions like long car drives or trips, and occasionally like camping etc. eat junk cereal , but I try really hard to teach them to pay attention to how foods make them feel and to eat nourishing foods most of the time. I believe in 80/20 so I'd say I'm 80% crunchy and 20% silky, I don't want to be extreme on either side, a healthy balance is good!
@@HomesteadHealing Yess! This! I'm so glad we are all learning how to know better and do better 🥰🥰 my family won't accept growth so it nice to not be called helicopter parent for not allowing too many snack or unsupervised TH-cam
@@emily_devos Me too! I was raised silky and thought I'd be super silky too. But I started breastfeeding cus it just sounded easier, then cloth nappies because they were cheap... and now i have a bare foot toddler, lathered in breastmilk lotion sitting in my plant pots, eating homegrown herbs straight off the plant lmao. And i went from drinking 6 cans of coke a day and smoking and vaping, to drinking kombucha and being horrified by the thought of even putting perfume on my body. I do feel much better like this though!
I think I'm probably somewhere in the middle. My kids don't drink soda or high sugar drinks, mainly just water (tap water) or low sugar juice. I cook 95% of our meals from scratch and we spend a lot of time outdoors but I've definitely taken my kids to Chuck E Cheese and amusement parks and water parks and we indulge in some processed foods in moderation.
Rethink the tap water, if it’s not from a well it really is toxic, think Flint Michigan. Municipal water is full of pharmaceuticals, pesticides, fluoride, and who knows what else, clean water is one of the most vital pieces of health.
@randomcole619 we have a full home filtration system, but the water directly from the tap isn't bad. We get quarterly reports from the municipal on the water quality.
@@randomcole619that really depends on where you live. Some places have better tap than others. But yeah I always prefer well water over anything else. Grew up in Maine with a well and it tasted so much better than the tap water we had to switch to when the well broke.
Oh wow I relate way too much to both the crunchy and silky mum hahaha 😅 I started out as the crunchiest mum going, no sugar, no screens, looking into Steiner schooling, all natural colours in clothing, no plastic etc etc and now I am the coffee drinking mum who lets my sons play Minecraf, watch anime and whatever else they want 😂 and we eat sugar, meat, dairy and plenty of processed foods 😜 how dramatically I have changed over the last 8 years 😬😄
As a mom of a college freshman, it’s amazing how things change. There’s a reason the crunchy groups are full of babies and toddlers and verrrrrrry few teenagers. 😁 I know about 25 moms who were all in our super crunchy group together 18 years ago. Only one is still crunchy. But she’s amazing!!
@@saltcitysunshine haha 😄 thank you for that comment I really enjoyed reading it 😁 helps with my mum guilt haha 😅 but so true right, all the crunchy mums I know are either first time mums or all their kids are young babies and toddlers like you said 😆😊
Maybe you are having so many nightmares because you are so obsessed with…everything. 😂 And I’m here for it. I love your channel and subscribe to your newsletter.
Thanks for your video! Motherhood and being a human is tough and feels like tightrope sometimes, may we rest in our similarities and find compassion for our differences. I personally grew up silky, went very crunchy (some of it extremely reactive) and now learning to do what works for me and family based on where we are so we can keep healing and growing to truly change the widescale problems that will impact us all :)
I feel this so much! I’m very much the same! I had a time where I was paranoid about chemicals and it just consumed me after growing up very silky. Now I’m just trying to trust the Lord and make small realistic changes a little at a time
I'm sure she's a one-off case, but my husband's 96 year old grandma is sharp as a tack/still mows her lawn and her diet is amusingly atrocious. Overheard her say once "After I had some sweets I ate some pumpkin pie, you know, cause I figured the pumpkin could be my vegetable..." lol I've always just figured she lived a life of balance (according to stories of her younger years), mindfulness, and low stress (and a good amount of the Lord's good favor haha). She's the most happy-go-lucky soul
"Its not a cookie!" Same gurl, same. My mums tells me to eat fruit whenever I look for some random candies or chocolate and I've given up explaining its not the same. Lord forbid I tell her to eat beans, like I do, when she wants to dine on cereal.
My preschooler told me that bananas are better than cookies. I don't agree with him but I guess I'm proud of him for enjoying fresh fruit and making healthy choices. My older child and I would definitely reach for sugary cookies (processed or homemade) before considering eating a banana. We didn't tell him that though.
I was a wanna be-crunchy mom before, but due to cronic pain and mental illness I had to give up - it was just too much. Now I am "scrunchy" - and very happy about that!😅
I'm only 19, and not a parent, but I have been getting crunchier by the year and I've found it really fun. Everyone I know, young and old, has complaints about their health. My whole country is sick, but most people aren't in a position to change that. I don't want to be like those people who aren't even in their 30s yet complaining of issues that used to be for the elderly. Lifestyle is the biggest contributer to disease, and it's something I have power over, so I'm doing what I can to take advantage of it. Call me crazy, but I don't want to be miserable.
This was Uber FABULOUS!! Sooooo many good nuggets I can’t even list them all. Sparkly toothpaste (with fluoride I assume), and the bathroom spray (Glade “flower bouquet” by chance?) 🤣 The scat bit 🤣. Ur just too awesome. The ramen shirt was spectacular. I’m living for Emily “Karen” Crunchy Mom vs Coke Mom!! Two very crunchy 👍👍
It's sad, I wish more people would think about what's best for the kids. We grow up eating all the sugar, processed foods, chemicals in the things we use around us. Desensitized to violence by tv, authoritarian parenting, and from other kids experiencing the same. Grow up in schools that teach conformity, and obedience to authority, instead of creativity and learning and finding ourselves and our passions and interest, learning compassion. It's just sad. Then we spend the rest of our lives either trying to fix ourselves or go through it blindly lashing out hurting ourselves and others around us. It's good to see you spreading peace to the next gen, thank you. Gives me hope. We need more crunchy families.
I am silky mom. 😂 "I wish I could leave." Yes, that is me with my crunchy mom friends when they start talking about all the plants. "We have a thing!" Yes, it's called a pick-up order at McDonald's. 😂
Is life easier the silky way? I believe that is your essential question. There is no question that buying pre-ground flour is tremendously easier than milling your own grains. But if you cannot relinquish the fear of what's added to the Pre-milled grains, or if you can discern the difference between pre-ground and freshly-ground flour then maybe the trade-off isn't worth it. You certainly have more time for house-chores or for yourself if you send the kids to day care and public school. But if your fear of what the kids will learn in those places is too high, or the fear of their being exposed to excessive plastic and electronics is too high then, again, the decision to keep kids home might be the best one for you. Certainly throwing on a T and jeans is easier than always dressing to the nines in wool and linen. But I am no fashionista so I won't give any additional comments there. In terms of Baby Showers / Blessing Ways or Christmas parties, I'd suggest tuning the party to the guest list, or tune the guest list to the party. That is, silky people will be uncomfortable at crunchy parties, and crunchy people are uncomfortable at silky parties. The primary rule of guest courtesy is make everyone comfortable. So try to avoid inviting the silkies to the crunchy parties. And if you are invited to a silky party, do your best to relax and enjoy it. That's all I have in answer to your question. Neither life is really easier - Day Care versus Home, Pre-milled vs Mill Your Own, Jeans/T vs wool and linen -- each side has its perks and drawbacks. Best wishes to you, especially if you are in the middle of a little cris du Coeur.
@@rachelsweet8615 Yes, why not? I've had multiple showers - one at work, one with friends. What would be the big deal of having a crunchy party on one day and a silky party on another day? The crunch friends attend one party and all the silks (from work, Church, spouse's family, SONIC-eating brother, whoever) attend the silky-ish one. No rule says you are limited in number of baby showers or holiday parties, especially if you genuinely enjoy parties.
Not me writing fan fiction in my head of Crunchy Mom and Silky mom spending more time together, learning from each other, and becoming the true friend each other needed all along.
I can relate much more to the Silky Mom than to the Crunchy Mom. And I can understand what the Silky Mom says, while some words that come out of the Crunchy Mom are gibberish to me. Both, however, are extreme examples of their respective "creeds". Another thing, I think Crunchy Mom's nightmares might have some "guilty pleasure" component at the subconscious or unconscious level.
I believe it's best to strike a balance in those things. I like natural products but people can overdo it and make it into a competition and too much tv and sugar foods is not healthy either. Healthy balance is good and some things work better for certain folks and don't work for others. As long as we're all understanding and respectful, all is good. Just my two cents ^^
Oh my word ppl, she's making light of all types. Don't judge yourself or other moms. Do the best you can as a mom, and friend, and never make another mom feel less bcuz of your and her differences, and how you raise your kids. Learn from each other. Encourage each other, don't compare each other. "Be kind, tender hearted...Eph. 4:32
ABC needs to offer you one of those laughtrack-free sitcoms. I’d love to see some of these premises really expanded into a twenty minute episode. The b plots could be about the kids or husbands or pets.
I’ll always be crunchy at heart. It’s my peaceful protest/rebellion in this world! I’ll never give up my granola…. But also, sometimes I eat little Debbie snacks 😂
I grew up in the suburban part of a city. If I don't hear regular airplane noise and the occasional emergency vehicle I get antsy. Scrunchy is the best I'll ever do. (Also I'm allergic to a bunch of outdoors stuff, but that's as simple as taking an antihistamine before exploring nature.)
As a homesteader I lean crunchy but SO much of crunchy life is not conducive to actual.... life. Overly emotional and not very rational or practical. The only thing I can really get behind is zero screens, and homemade food.
The idea of putting tape on my mouth horrifies me. Breathing is one of my favorite things to do. The idea of limiting the ways I can intake air while I sleep is something I want to avoid. I'll take any possible negative side effects over getting enough oxygen into my lungs.
Yesterday I dreamed of ordering pizza but I couldn’t stand the thought of gmos, anything artificial and the other things they would make it of.. so sometimes I do dream of not caring anymore but I just can’t 🤷♀️ so I made homemade sprouted spelt breadsticks and miso soup.
I really want to know what crunchy mom would think about my wheatgrass drink today - powdered wheatgrass (poor man's matcha) in hot water with a very generous splash of international delight french vanilla coffee creamer.
Shouldn't crunchy mom be an unschooler? There is a wrong way to do it, so read Unschooling to University to learn how to unschool in a way that leads to college if it fits their goals. Now the "I'll spank you if you keep crying" really is a terrible nightmare, though.
They all actually seem like terrible nightmares to me She’s crunchy herself so I’m pretty sure she’s basing crunchy mom on herself, so I guess she herself isn’t an unschooler
I would be the quiet mom sitting in between them, cringing hard but keeping my thoughts about them both to myself because I fear confrontation. 😭❤
Amen! I actually was just thinking about this the other day how she should have like a “normal” character.
One who is health conscious, but not overly so and the main thing about this character is they need to be very introverted and not the type to tell other people things.
Almost like the character, her husband plays, except in woman form. A character who while the crunchy and silky mom are battling it out she is just like oh my God how do I get out of here. Maybe make her a little anxious?
I also thought it would be interesting if she does a Collab with that really like purposefully annoying Utah mom. The one who is health conscious, but is also about labels. And kind of a mean girl lol
It would be interesting for me to see because crunchy mom struggles a bit with being liked. She kind of reminds me of Michael Scott. So while I think she would disagree with a lot of what the Utah mom was saying, if she met up with like a click of Utah moms, I’m curious if it would influence her….
And then I feel like she needs to do a Kalab with like a western homesteading mom who just does things her way, and is confident in her choices and doesn’t do like the arguing thing that a lot of her other characters do at the table.
For example, two crunchy mom’s out crunch each other.
Crunchy versus silky moms are just lost in translation
Crunchy mom versus label, obsessed health-conscious Utah. Mom would be interesting because I think they would both be trying to outdo each other in their own way.
Crunchy mom versus a normal mom would be crunchy mom trying to talk all about her lifestyle and normal. Mom would just agree. Agree agree while in her head going oh my gosh I gotta get out of here texting her husband like SOS.
Crunchy mom versus Western Homestead mama, crunchy mom would be talking all about her lifestyle and Homestead mama would just be like OK well I’m a still do it this way. And just be very confident in her choices. And unbothered with crunchy mom’s reasoning for why her ways are better. I think it would puzzle crunchy mom.
If any of these characters appear, I think the western’s mom name should be Wendy and I will take him. I don’t know like 40% of whatever the shorts make in ad revenue. 😉
and at the end of the day, it's not really anyone else's business how others choose to raise their kids -- unless there's some actual abuse/neglect going on, ofc.
I mean what's worth saying?
"Youse all need to get along and set a good example for the children of manners?"
I'd doubt they'd listen, it takes a lot to stop that avalanche.
@@vffncl0 What if it affects other people's kids?
Like loss of property or unsafe learning environments, no one likes that.
@@vffncl0 it becomes my business when I'm named godmother. Alas, my friend still will not listen to anyone's advice, not even her own mother. Just Facebook and tiktoks, keeping herself glued into her echo chamber so she doesn't have to feel mother's guilt for feeding her children "fruit" bars and craft Mac n cheese twice a week.
I love how crunchy mom and silky mom became friends! It's even better than her friendship with Juniper's mom because there's no competition or expectations, just the love they each have for their own children. 💕
What's juniper's mom like?
@@nellahorelli3226 *Super* crunchy 😄
From a mostly crunchy mom (who used to be quite silky), I see pros and cons to both sides of the aisle... I would want to be friends with both moms. Silky mom seems fun and spontaneous... Crunchy mom I could learn a lot from. 😁 here for all of it. Your channel is one of my favorites, Emily.
I’m the opposite, lol. But life just got too crazy.
Wow, I wouldn't want to be friends with either of them. Crunchy mom is just so condecending and passive agressive if you don't do things exactly like her. Silky mom just doesn't want to learn anything, is also quiet condecending and is disrespectfull to other traditions and ideas then her own
Actually characterwise they are pretty similar, their valies just differ alot.
If you wonder: i am a mix of both worlds. I do inform myself about toxins and prctise some waldorf routines at home, prefer wooden toys etc but we do occassionally eat at mcdonald, there is plastic i n my home and yes, my kid is allowed to watch cartoons... it is the mix and always thinking about where to draw a line that works for me
@@89taklungin other words, it's just like dieting. Do everything in moderation. Very little things in the world that most people live in won't kill you if you do it once. No I'm not talking about eating hemlock or jumping out of a plane without a parachute. Just normal everyday life
indeed the truth tends to lie somewhere in between the extremes
The joy is in finding the happy medium. 🎉
Is life really better this way? I don’t have the answer for that but I do know that when I left all those crunchy mom Facebook groups, and then Facebook all together and carefully pruned all my other social media feeds down to only things that give me joy, I became much more secure in my place and decision making as a mother. It was like a night and day difference. Taking care of my family is enough responsibility for me. I will leave monitoring and making other families’ choices up to them.
Yes!! I did that too. I am the mother I am now, not copying anyone
I had my child earlier than my peers so I experienced the toxicity of mom groups. They dont ever try to be toxic, but it pretty much ends up that way unless it's a group of close friends. So I quit all parenting social media for my younger kids and I'll never go back. There is a lot of help, but it comes with insane judgement and competition.
Silky mom leading the nature hike is fully me when forced to be outdoors. “Scat is a form of jazz singing” 😂 I was wheezing
You are sooo funny! Love your work! Thank you
I think I went to a crunchy cookie party once. Discovered I'm allergic to chia seeds on the way. I actually fainted, and the last thing I heard was how good chia was for me😂😂
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Did I mention, I love Coke mom . She's the best !😊
I love the Crunchy and Silky Mom videos! They show the pros and cons of both while showing in the end, they're both doing their best to be good Moms. Love that. 🥰
I'm team Silky Mom 100% 😂 Still waiting for Crunchy Dad to meet Silky Mom!
Oooooh! Didn’t know I needed that but now that’s all I can think about lol
Same!
Crunchy Dad may have some very silky ideas but although they look identical he loves crunchy Mom and wouldn’t change anything for the world.
I hope silky dad is chill
I want silly dad to meet crunchy dad
My 8 year old asked me about what makes a crunchy mom crunchy and I explained to her it means always eating healthy food and no screen time and she said "I'm glad you're not a crunchy mom"
You make me feel like such a good mom, my kids eat cereal and play Minecraft. But we do nature walks and they have a bedtime so I do the happy medium... This may not work in your family, But it works in mine😊
I have gone from extreme crunchy to finding balance. I see the benefit to naturally letting your immune system build, using what Natures given us to support our bodies, avoiding toxins- and holy cow, natural fabrics are a game changer… especially for sleep. However I know my kids will be exposed to everything else eventually and I want them to learn balance with it, How it makes them feel, and not to live in fear. We now say at home, this is how we eat… it someone else has something different, that’s okay. Video games are a fun weekend activity when all else is done but if something else comes up where we get to go on adventure or hang out with people … that’s more important. I still hate the doctor because I feel like I’m constantly having to figure out what is wrong for myself and then annoy them till they get it… however, if we do ever have to use them, that’s okay. So far the kids have not (other than broken bones) and I’m very thankful for that.
@@janelleblount128I love everything you said. Let your kids play in the dirt, show them the joy of eating fresh foods from the garden and have fun growing them together, teach them about all the different kinds of birds and bugs, and get outside with them to play and get exercise. But we also have to know that our kids are growing up in a world where EVERYONE is on the internet basically all the time, even from their phones (which gives us even more freedom to enjoy the outdoors if you think about it, because you can be connected from anywhere). So there's a lot of value in not demonizing that stuff and letting it have a healthy place in your lives - like your thing about video games on the weekend. Especially if you can share in some of that together. They can be a great bonding activity if they're done in moderation. We have to protect kids but that doesn't mean they can't enjoy a whole variety of things the world has to offer. We can guide them to develop a relationship with technology that's maybe a bit healthier than some people in our generation have with it.
Exactly 🙌🏻. Thankfully at this stage (8 and under). They still will choose hiking over video games and acknowledge they don’t want crap food all the time because they don’t feel great after. I hope they continue to be able to use that discernment for themselves.
@janelleblount128 I'm very similar to you! We lean crunchy, but we also don't want them to be in fear, and feel it's important to teach them to set limits on things while we have the chance, so they have tablets they use on rare occasions like long car drives or trips, and occasionally like camping etc. eat junk cereal , but I try really hard to teach them to pay attention to how foods make them feel and to eat nourishing foods most of the time. I believe in 80/20 so I'd say I'm 80% crunchy and 20% silky, I don't want to be extreme on either side, a healthy balance is good!
@@HomesteadHealing Yess! This! I'm so glad we are all learning how to know better and do better 🥰🥰 my family won't accept growth so it nice to not be called helicopter parent for not allowing too many snack or unsupervised TH-cam
When i was pregnant with my first i thought I'd be a crunchy mom but as time goes on I'm more and more like the silky mom 😅😂
I’m the opposite 🤣 funny how life unfolds
@@emily_devos Me too! I was raised silky and thought I'd be super silky too. But I started breastfeeding cus it just sounded easier, then cloth nappies because they were cheap... and now i have a bare foot toddler, lathered in breastmilk lotion sitting in my plant pots, eating homegrown herbs straight off the plant lmao.
And i went from drinking 6 cans of coke a day and smoking and vaping, to drinking kombucha and being horrified by the thought of even putting perfume on my body.
I do feel much better like this though!
"That's Not A Real Subject Anyway" 😂
I think I'm probably somewhere in the middle. My kids don't drink soda or high sugar drinks, mainly just water (tap water) or low sugar juice. I cook 95% of our meals from scratch and we spend a lot of time outdoors but I've definitely taken my kids to Chuck E Cheese and amusement parks and water parks and we indulge in some processed foods in moderation.
I think that's the prime place to be
Rethink the tap water, if it’s not from a well it really is toxic, think Flint Michigan. Municipal water is full of pharmaceuticals, pesticides, fluoride, and who knows what else, clean water is one of the most vital pieces of health.
@randomcole619 we have a full home filtration system, but the water directly from the tap isn't bad. We get quarterly reports from the municipal on the water quality.
@@randomcole619that really depends on where you live. Some places have better tap than others. But yeah I always prefer well water over anything else. Grew up in Maine with a well and it tasted so much better than the tap water we had to switch to when the well broke.
I love that she pulls tape off her mouth when she wakes up from the nightmare she made sure not to mouth-breath through 😂
I was wondering what the tape was for!
I hate a buyuteko breathing therapist prescribe this too me. I'm not sure how crunchy that is?!
With chronic sinus issues, I'd probably die if I did that 😂
She probably had to pull that tape off 'cause she was about to hyperventilate from that silky mom dream!
I love how silky mom is slowly getting exposed to the crunchy way! And maybe adding some balance back 😉 Love them both 🥰
😅😂🤣🤣🤣 Love it! I found it hilarious, even though I'm neither Crunchy nor a Mom myself. 💙
I’m fully on board with silky mom in front of the Christmas tree 🎄. 100% on point
Oh wow I relate way too much to both the crunchy and silky mum hahaha 😅 I started out as the crunchiest mum going, no sugar, no screens, looking into Steiner schooling, all natural colours in clothing, no plastic etc etc and now I am the coffee drinking mum who lets my sons play Minecraf, watch anime and whatever else they want 😂 and we eat sugar, meat, dairy and plenty of processed foods 😜 how dramatically I have changed over the last 8 years 😬😄
As a mom of a college freshman, it’s amazing how things change. There’s a reason the crunchy groups are full of babies and toddlers and verrrrrrry few teenagers. 😁 I know about 25 moms who were all in our super crunchy group together 18 years ago. Only one is still crunchy. But she’s amazing!!
@@saltcitysunshine haha 😄 thank you for that comment I really enjoyed reading it 😁 helps with my mum guilt haha 😅 but so true right, all the crunchy mums I know are either first time mums or all their kids are young babies and toddlers like you said 😆😊
Maybe you are having so many nightmares because you are so obsessed with…everything. 😂
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Wait, what’s this about a newsletter? I have to know!!! 🙏🥰
Thanks for your video! Motherhood and being a human is tough and feels like tightrope sometimes, may we rest in our similarities and find compassion for our differences. I personally grew up silky, went very crunchy (some of it extremely reactive) and now learning to do what works for me and family based on where we are so we can keep healing and growing to truly change the widescale problems that will impact us all :)
I feel this so much! I’m very much the same! I had a time where I was paranoid about chemicals and it just consumed me after growing up very silky. Now I’m just trying to trust the Lord and make small realistic changes a little at a time
Well, silky mom is a lot less anxious than crunchy mom! 😂
Neither, the middle is the best of both worlds.
I love how you have the same look for silky mom for both actual encounters and for Emily's nightmares, but they are so obviously different.
We need an "in-between these two" character 😂
That'd just be most mums though, nowhere near as interesting as the extremes
That’d be boring.
I love that people is so afraid of chemicals on their food and not about E. Coli on their raw milk. The irony
So cute - your channel is entertaining and completely family friendly. Thank you for that. ❤
I love how she makes the silky mom so relatable.
I think both mums are good mums because both are present in their kids life. That's the most important thing.
Well apart from the one who forgot her kid was at school!
I'm sure she's a one-off case, but my husband's 96 year old grandma is sharp as a tack/still mows her lawn and her diet is amusingly atrocious. Overheard her say once "After I had some sweets I ate some pumpkin pie, you know, cause I figured the pumpkin could be my vegetable..." lol I've always just figured she lived a life of balance (according to stories of her younger years), mindfulness, and low stress (and a good amount of the Lord's good favor haha). She's the most happy-go-lucky soul
"Its not a cookie!" Same gurl, same.
My mums tells me to eat fruit whenever I look for some random candies or chocolate and I've given up explaining its not the same.
Lord forbid I tell her to eat beans, like I do, when she wants to dine on cereal.
My preschooler told me that bananas are better than cookies. I don't agree with him but I guess I'm proud of him for enjoying fresh fruit and making healthy choices. My older child and I would definitely reach for sugary cookies (processed or homemade) before considering eating a banana. We didn't tell him that though.
@@mrsmack5808 Bananas do go hard on the plate. 🤓
Grapes are about the only fruit I reach for my sweet tooth. They're a classic.
I was a wanna be-crunchy mom before, but due to cronic pain and mental illness I had to give up - it was just too much. Now I am "scrunchy" - and very happy about that!😅
I'm only 19, and not a parent, but I have been getting crunchier by the year and I've found it really fun. Everyone I know, young and old, has complaints about their health. My whole country is sick, but most people aren't in a position to change that. I don't want to be like those people who aren't even in their 30s yet complaining of issues that used to be for the elderly. Lifestyle is the biggest contributer to disease, and it's something I have power over, so I'm doing what I can to take advantage of it. Call me crazy, but I don't want to be miserable.
This was Uber FABULOUS!! Sooooo many good nuggets I can’t even list them all. Sparkly toothpaste (with fluoride I assume), and the bathroom spray (Glade “flower bouquet” by chance?) 🤣 The scat bit 🤣. Ur just too awesome. The ramen shirt was spectacular. I’m living for Emily “Karen” Crunchy Mom vs Coke Mom!! Two very crunchy 👍👍
It's sad, I wish more people would think about what's best for the kids. We grow up eating all the sugar, processed foods, chemicals in the things we use around us.
Desensitized to violence by tv, authoritarian parenting, and from other kids experiencing the same. Grow up in schools that teach conformity, and obedience to authority, instead of creativity and learning and finding ourselves and our passions and interest, learning compassion. It's just sad.
Then we spend the rest of our lives either trying to fix ourselves or go through it blindly lashing out hurting ourselves and others around us.
It's good to see you spreading peace to the next gen, thank you. Gives me hope.
We need more crunchy families.
Oh gosh, I'd rather eat plastic than whatever replaced tuberculosis. That's one of the big reasons we started pasteurizing milk.
I am silky mom. 😂 "I wish I could leave." Yes, that is me with my crunchy mom friends when they start talking about all the plants. "We have a thing!" Yes, it's called a pick-up order at McDonald's. 😂
Is life easier the silky way? I believe that is your essential question. There is no question that buying pre-ground flour is tremendously easier than milling your own grains. But if you cannot relinquish the fear of what's added to the Pre-milled grains, or if you can discern the difference between pre-ground and freshly-ground flour then maybe the trade-off isn't worth it. You certainly have more time for house-chores or for yourself if you send the kids to day care and public school. But if your fear of what the kids will learn in those places is too high, or the fear of their being exposed to excessive plastic and electronics is too high then, again, the decision to keep kids home might be the best one for you. Certainly throwing on a T and jeans is easier than always dressing to the nines in wool and linen. But I am no fashionista so I won't give any additional comments there. In terms of Baby Showers / Blessing Ways or Christmas parties, I'd suggest tuning the party to the guest list, or tune the guest list to the party. That is, silky people will be uncomfortable at crunchy parties, and crunchy people are uncomfortable at silky parties. The primary rule of guest courtesy is make everyone comfortable. So try to avoid inviting the silkies to the crunchy parties. And if you are invited to a silky party, do your best to relax and enjoy it. That's all I have in answer to your question. Neither life is really easier - Day Care versus Home, Pre-milled vs Mill Your Own, Jeans/T vs wool and linen -- each side has its perks and drawbacks. Best wishes to you, especially if you are in the middle of a little cris du Coeur.
@@rachelsweet8615 Yes, why not? I've had multiple showers - one at work, one with friends. What would be the big deal of having a crunchy party on one day and a silky party on another day? The crunch friends attend one party and all the silks (from work, Church, spouse's family, SONIC-eating brother, whoever) attend the silky-ish one. No rule says you are limited in number of baby showers or holiday parties, especially if you genuinely enjoy parties.
Thanks for taking my mind off of my relationship stress. I scroll to your videos and they immediately cheer me up.
You are perfectly wonderful. Thanks 😊
Loved this first time round. Love non crunchy mom!
Not me writing fan fiction in my head of Crunchy Mom and Silky mom spending more time together, learning from each other, and becoming the true friend each other needed all along.
they would be amazing friends
I would absolutely love to meet you and your family to see how the crunchy and silky manifest in real life. Your content is great!!!
I feel bad she only has nightmares, where are the good dreams where she successfully converts her friend 😁
😂😂😂😭
“Shhhh mommy will pick a curriculum in the morning” I FEEL this in my bones 😂😂😂
I think lesson plan would be a more appropriate term. The curriculum runs for months!
@@KateLate____ Doesn’t have to! We do a lot of unit studies cause we are curious about a lot of things hahaha
I just got an ad for a silky skin foundation and I thought it was ironic 😅😂
Live with all the modern amenities and technology, yes please.
This is just the best. Love Silky Mom videos!
Usually I’m against the crunchy mom, but that baby shower looks like much more fun than the ones that I’ve been to.
I have and love that Snoopy mug. 😊
I can relate much more to the Silky Mom than to the Crunchy Mom. And I can understand what the Silky Mom says, while some words that come out of the Crunchy Mom are gibberish to me. Both, however, are extreme examples of their respective "creeds". Another thing, I think Crunchy Mom's nightmares might have some "guilty pleasure" component at the subconscious or unconscious level.
The fact she wakes up from these dreams proves she has the mindset of a silky mom lol
I think the best is a balance of silky and crunchy
I need a scrunchy mom kit where they look at both moms and eat popcorn
I believe it's best to strike a balance in those things. I like natural products but people can overdo it and make it into a competition and too much tv and sugar foods is not healthy either. Healthy balance is good and some things work better for certain folks and don't work for others. As long as we're all understanding and respectful, all is good. Just my two cents ^^
100% life is better as a mixture of the two and sprinkled with grace for both sides.
That was my childhood in a nutshell and I can say it was fantastic!!
Oh my word ppl, she's making light of all types. Don't judge yourself or other moms. Do the best you can as a mom, and friend, and never make another mom feel less bcuz of your and her differences, and how you raise your kids. Learn from each other. Encourage each other, don't compare each other. "Be kind, tender hearted...Eph. 4:32
I love how I'm a mix of these two. No kids yet but it's amusing 😂
Lightly toasted mom
Im still stuck on the “your s’mores pop tarts in the microwave” part 😂 never in my life have I heard of pop tarts being microwaved and not toasted
ABC needs to offer you one of those laughtrack-free sitcoms. I’d love to see some of these premises really expanded into a twenty minute episode. The b plots could be about the kids or husbands or pets.
I’ll always be crunchy at heart. It’s my peaceful protest/rebellion in this world! I’ll never give up my granola…. But also, sometimes I eat little Debbie snacks 😂
I try to be like Emily, but honestly, I'm more of the "Coke" mom. 😂
I grew up in the suburban part of a city. If I don't hear regular airplane noise and the occasional emergency vehicle I get antsy. Scrunchy is the best I'll ever do. (Also I'm allergic to a bunch of outdoors stuff, but that's as simple as taking an antihistamine before exploring nature.)
You have won me to crunchy.
Somewhere in between is a good balance for me haha
BAHAHAH I LOVE THAT NATURE WALK 😂
Omg, thank you for the laugh of the day...week...month!
If you thift a 100% cotton coke shirt, are you crunchy or silly?
I am like 😱 I’m silky mom. Except I homeschool, I don’t spank and I breastfed and co slept. But oh my word. This mom? I relate to her 😂
Hilarious. Emily is my favorite, and Husband is funny, but I've been missing Other Mom Fantastic videos. Thank you
Crunchy mom: my ideal
Silky mom: my reality 😂
You should do a collab with the woman who does the "cig mom" series 😂
Silky mom actually cares for their family. Crunchy mom just cares about their anxiety and no one else. It's a veneer
The "ratted" messy bun on Coke mom😂
As a homesteader I lean crunchy but SO much of crunchy life is not conducive to actual.... life. Overly emotional and not very rational or practical. The only thing I can really get behind is zero screens, and homemade food.
I like somewhere between crunchy and silky, I'm scrunchy
I love the nature hike 😄
I _must_ know what's wrong with swaddle cloths? Newborns literally crave the womb-like restriction of swaddling. 4:26
I think my favorite is the Crunchy Cookie Party 🤣
I'm not even crunchy, but that silkiness made me shudder in horror
“They eat something and then digest it and then Shoobee Doo Poo”
I'm literally in between lol 🤣
“Those kinda look like turkey tails!”
🤣🤣🤣🤣💀
The idea of putting tape on my mouth horrifies me. Breathing is one of my favorite things to do. The idea of limiting the ways I can intake air while I sleep is something I want to avoid. I'll take any possible negative side effects over getting enough oxygen into my lungs.
She's a nice lady
I love how at the end coke mom didn’t know the name of an oak tree but by dumb luck knew turkey tail mushroom
Something inbetween these two would be perfect. Two sides of these extremes are always bad
Yesterday I dreamed of ordering pizza but I couldn’t stand the thought of gmos, anything artificial and the other things they would make it of.. so sometimes I do dream of not caring anymore but I just can’t 🤷♀️ so I made homemade sprouted spelt breadsticks and miso soup.
The camera work is sort of like a just slightly less frantic version of the camera work on Modern Family. Nice.
I love how she has tape on her mouth when sleeping omg lol I've thought about going that direction but no I'm good on the skittles, thanks.
We were pretty crunchy with our first child... fast forward to our 4th child... lol not so much.
So funny how you change over time, I’m the opposite. Getting crunchier by the year, never thought this would be me 🤣
I really want to know what crunchy mom would think about my wheatgrass drink today - powdered wheatgrass (poor man's matcha) in hot water with a very generous splash of international delight french vanilla coffee creamer.
Shouldn't crunchy mom be an unschooler? There is a wrong way to do it, so read Unschooling to University to learn how to unschool in a way that leads to college if it fits their goals.
Now the "I'll spank you if you keep crying" really is a terrible nightmare, though.
They all actually seem like terrible nightmares to me
She’s crunchy herself so I’m pretty sure she’s basing crunchy mom on herself, so I guess she herself isn’t an unschooler
Yeah I'm pretty silky but you won't catch me spanking.
What’s it called when you’re too crunchy for the silkies but not crunchy enough for the crunchies?
I call it scrunkly.
Scrunchy, I believe.
That is the other extreme. Most families are somewhere in the middle between crunchy and silky families.
Waking up and taking the tape off her mouth 😂🤣
I think crunchy mom has a silky mom alter ego waiting to come out. And crunchy dad is not going to mind either one.
You can be too crunchy and too suburban. I love the satire.