EMERGENCY Squishy Drop
5/23/202612 min
Dr. Becky recently had a run-in with a ... dubious ... purveyor of NeeDohs, the outrageously popular, notoriously hard-to-find squishy toys. And it made her think twice about why this craze has taken over our homes in the first place. So she did what any reasonable person would do: she recorded an emergency podcast episode in her closet.
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First 90 secondsBecky Kennedy· Host0:01
Okay guys, this is an emergency drop about squishies, and I wanna tell you why I wanna talk to you all about this. It comes from a place of confession. The other night, I almost did something totally nuts. It was about 11:00 PM, and I am on what I know is a fake website that claims to have squishies. They even claim to have Neetos. And I have been late to the game, okay? I am not always one with the trends, and I was like, "Okay, I'm gonna get my kid one of these," but I knew I was a moment away from sharing my credit card details with what was definitely a scam website, and still, I was debating it. Finally, I took a breath, and I kinda said, "What has happened to my life?" And even more, what is going on? This has been the topic in so many of my mom group texts. This has been the topic so many of you have been DM'ing me about, and I just wanna talk about it with you. And honestly, as you can tell, not from the place of I figured it all out, I mean, I seriously almost risked my family's financial security on the off chance I might get some scented piece of foam for my child. And this is coming from me, and I actually think it's a good thing for kids to want things and not have them, but I found myself so sucked in. So let's get to it. First of all, I don't think your kid is spoiled. And I know you might be thinking, "Hold on. I didn't ask you that, and also, you don't know my kid," but I think this is coming up