Jessica is back from a week at AFA Nationals in St. George watching Gabby's softball team battle through four games in 102-degree heat (and a home run!), while Kelly's son Wes had his own big weekend in Chicago — also with a home run of his own. The sisters dig into the realities of travel ball season, why some kids start losing interest in the sports they grew up playing, and whether kids today need "real jobs" or if summer chores and creative challenges do the trick. Plus: how Jessica used Claude to build a custom writing workbook for her son who hates writing, summer reading picks (hello, Lord of the Flies), and a full true-crime detour into Netflix's The Crash that gets spicy fast.

In This Episode, We Talk About:

• Surviving four softball games in one day at 102 degrees (and Gabby's clutch home run)
• Wes's home run weekend at a massive Chicago tournament
• Why some kids start pulling away from sports they once loved
• The "should teens have summer jobs" debate — sports vs. work ethic
• Turning summer into "worker season": chores, reading, and creative projects
• A flag football carpool experiment in independence (yes, public buses were involved)
• Using Claude AI to build a custom 60-page writing workbook for a reluctant writer
• Prepping for honors math placement and tackling Lord of the Flies before fall
• A deep dive into Netflix's The Crash — the parents, the prosecution, and all the theories
• A tease for their next true-crime watch, Maternal Instinct
• Getting nostalgic over Off Campus and what it brings up about their own college years
• What they're reading this summer (hi, The Bollywood Bride)

Shows & Documentaries Mentioned:

• The Crash (Netflix, 2021)
• Mean Girl Murders (Hulu)
• Maternal Instinct
• Off Campus

Books Mentioned:

• The Bollywood Bride
• Lord of the Flies by William Golding

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