Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Should Grandparents Be Obligated To Babysit Your Kids?

Episode Date: May 31, 2021

One of our listeners spoke to us about an issue she's facing at home; her partner's parents never help out or babysit their children. But should they be obligated to babysit since they're grandparents!? This was a hot topic this morning! Ben also took his daughters to the Wellington Phoenix game over the weekend, and they did some woooonderful commentary of the game, when they had absolutely no idea what was going on! Finally, we were joined by Dr. Libby who gave us some good old tips on how to keep yourself healthy as we head into cold and flu season. Enjoy the poddy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jono and Ben, new to your mornings. Friends of Skinny, New Zealand's most recommended telco. Happy, happy, happy, oh, oh. Just when you thought you couldn't get enough of Jono and Ben, you can have them anywhere, anytime. Welcome to the Jono and Ben podcast. G'day guys, it's the podcast. It's the 31st of May.

Jeez, May rocketed through, didn't it? It did actually, you're right. What? You came back in though today in the radio show and you were singing It's the First of the Month song. Wake up, wake up, wake up, it's the first of the month. Which was, I think it was Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, was it? Yeah, was that like a 90s song, wasn't it?

They had a wonderful tenure, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, for a while, didn't they? And I was surprised that you were singing it because it wasn't the first of the month. Well, because I was in the Bluchan block and they were playing it on another radio station and I thought, oh, this is a great song for the show to be playing, whatever the show was, on the first of the month. So I assumed, wrongly so, that it was the first of the month.

And then I came back in and you're like, you idiot. Should have been singing, it's the 31st of the month. Wicker, wicker. So maybe they were just playing it because they love Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. You know, that's the only reason they were playing it today. But it was a confusing song for me at the back end of May in the early... Can we play it? We'll play someone on our radio show tomorrow.

How's that sound? Can I do that? Yeah, we can play it on tomorrow on the show when it is the 1st of the month. Now Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, what ever happened to them? Now we interviewed them. They came in. When we were working at the Rock radio station, they came in and someone said,

would you like to talk to Bone Thugs-N-Harmony? We're like, yes, please. Yes, I'd love to talk. I was a massive fan of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony back in the day. The Crossroads was a huge song. See you at the crossroads. It was number one in New Zealand for like 38 weeks or something. It was a huge song.

And we talked to them on the rock, even though we could never play their music on the rock. We were like, yes. They were wonderful, weren't they? Yeah. I remember that song was number one. It felt like it was number one for about three years. Yeah, it was huge. I remember having a conversation. Oh, the start of this. And they're in the church. And it goes...

This goes on for quite a bit, but this is beautiful singing. Oh, it is. Now it kicks in. Here we go. They didn't play the great start to that song on the radio, did they? They kind of just cut in from bum, bum, bum, bum, you know? Great song, great song. And when we talked to them about your mum.

Oh, that's why we're talking to Bone Thugs-N-H to them about your mum why were we talking to Bone Thugs and Harmony about my mum I think they were going to Christchurch and I was like Jono's mum

lives there you should go get a catch up and they were like oh yeah you said it yeah as Ben tends to do

he disrespects my mother any prior and they were like worried because we were going to see beef between the two of us he was pimping out my mum for a night

of passion with Bone Thugs andN-Harmony. I just said she was lovely and we could go. We all knew, me and the thugs. We all knew what you were meaning. We knew you were in you, we know. We knew you were in you. No, not at all.

And then, of all people, Genuine, another 90s rapper. Oh, yes, we had Genuine. Genuine. And I was genuinely, no, genuinely happy to talk to him. Pony. Yeah, he does pony. I'm just playing songs off my laptop. Hopefully this doesn't.

I'm not sure if we're allowed to do this on podcast, but we're doing it now. Oh, what a jam. I tell you what, his royalties in, you know, stag do's and hens do's throughout the years from Genuine for this song would have been through. Anyway, Genuine came and I regaled the tale of the night that Ben Boyce pimped out Annie Pryor to Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. And he rolled it. He had a wonderful time with Genuine, didn't he?

Yeah. And also, he never answered the question, what was his pony that he wanted ridden? Did the pony ever get ridden? Yeah, they were like, they tell me there might be a double meaning. He's like, you know exactly what you're talking about. And he smelt magnificent, didn't he? Yeah, he did.

He really smelled good. Great song. Magic Mike reminds me of this, you know. Bunk, bunk, bunk. Very pelvis-y song, isn't it? Yeah, so good. Yeah, a lot of pelvis-y stuff. We had a really interesting show today.

We talked to Dr Libby, who knows about what you should be putting into your body, eating, drinking, all that sort of stuff. As far as drinking goes, I found it interesting how much alcohol you should be having. Yes. And we hung up on her abruptly after that. We'll have none of your healthy propaganda on this show.

I always love talking to Dr Libby. She's a wonderful human being, but I'm like, her whole thing's health. Like, there's a medium, you know. You can let yourself go to a point, surely, but she would be running breakfast, lunch, dinner, just vegetables and just, you know. You'd feel like you couldn't go the other way

if you were in her position. She couldn't be caught at a Macca's drive-thru at 3 in the morning Dr Libby She's made a rod for her own back I don't know, a very tough rod for her own back But she's healthy and she'll outlive all of us She will As my insides rot for this podcast intro Have a great day

I'm going to bring Michelle on to the show Morning Michelle, how are you? Yeah, it's good to be on Bit of an issue in Michelle's household Have a great day. I'm going to bring Michelle on to the show. Morning to Michelle. How are you? Yeah, it's good to be on. Bit of an issue in Michelle's household with grandparents and the amount of labour they're putting into raising your children. Michelle, I'll let you pick it up from here. Well, I don't think there's any labour going on. They don't help with school drop-off, lunches, school holidays or anything.

And I just, you know, my grandparents did a lot for me and I just assumed they would be looking after the kids while we were at work and school holidays and all those kinds of things and they absolutely do nothing, they're just playing golf all the time. So now if you don't mind me asking are these your parents or your partner's parents? Of course not my parents, my husband's parents You're right, so you're having a go at your partner's parents who in no way are helping raising the children. Now, this is where the argument lies. Grandparents.

Is there a grandparental duty that they must babysit kids when needed? Yes, it's called grandparents. Well, I agree with you. Why else do we make grandparents if not for free babysitting? Do they have to, though? I mean, I understand that families all help each other out, but it's not they don't have to. I mean, in many cases, I guess their parenting's done.

If they want to go play golf, I mean, I'm sure if they had to and you guys are really stuck, would they help you out? No, we've asked all the time. And they don't have much to do with the kids at all. And I don't know, it just really surprised me because my parents live far away and can't do much, but these guys do absolutely nothing. A golf game is hard, though.

To get really good at a golf game and get down to those low scores, you've got to spend some time out there. It's a good half a day, isn't it? Yeah. And they're retired. What else have they got to do? They can salvage a game of golf to look after the kids. I understand that.

I can see where you're coming from. Michelle, what's your husband's thoughts? We disagree on the whole thing. It's something we argue about a lot. Yeah, because many people, myself included, we're lucky enough to have my wife's mum Joyce around. She's great. She helps out so much with the kids

when she can, which is awesome to have. That's what my parents do too. I'm like, what else are you going to do? Just plan where you're going to eat lunch and drink wine? Do that at home. But I mean, I don't know if it's like, it doesn't have to happen. No, that's the thing. It's not an unwritten rule, right?

Is it? Well, isn't that what family does for each other? That's right, Michelle. I'm with you. I'm with you. When I'm tired, we're working. I feel everyone needs to chip in and help out. Now, how old are the kids?

Two and four. Oh, okay. Now, you know, you get through those trenches. And grandparenting or babysitting just turns into, you know, when they're about 10 or 11, just turns into sitting on the couch and ignoring the children while watching Super Rugby. That's what grandparents are doing now.

But I know, okay, so this is nappy changing. This is work. It is a bit of work, which is why we need the help. Yeah. But they're impact players, grandparents. Come in, jack the kids up on sugar, and leave them to be. So this is what we're going to do. We're going to open up the phones.

If you have grandparents in your life, is it their genetic duty to have to look after your children when required? Yeah. I believe so. Ben, you disagree? Well, I'm going to say no. It's their choice. At the end of the day, it is their choice.

Oh, under the hits is the phone number, 4487 on the text. Let us know what happens in your household and whether you think grandparents should do this. We have had a bunch of texts on this 4487 and the phone board has lit up. We'll start with Charlene. Charlene who is also in Ashburton.

How are you going with the flood, Charlene? It's gone down a lot at the moment. Oh, that's good to hear. Your house was okay? Yeah, yeah. We live close to Millstream, so we were told to prepare to evacuate because it was quite high.

And what, so they came knocking on your door yesterday, did they? Yeah, just to make sure that we got the text message that the council sent through. Oh, listen, just we're thinking of you guys there. Geez, horrific scenes on the council sent through. Oh, listen, just we're thinking of you guys there. Jeez. Horrific scenes on the news. Yep. Okay, Charlene, on a lighter note, grandparents,

do they need to babysit your kids? Yes. Yes, they should. If they harass you to have children, they should pitch in. Oh, yeah, well, true. If that's the case, yeah, I'll agree with that one. If they're like, when are you going to have grandkids then? Absolutely. But that's the case, yeah, I'll agree with that one. If they're like, when are you going to have grandkids, then absolutely. But if they're indifferent about it, then...

That's a good argument. Very good point, Charlene. Yeah. Which is a weird scenario anyway. Your parents are like, when are you having kids? Which is, you know, when you break it down, when are you next doing it? We want a timeline. Charlene, you keep safe in Ashburton, okay?

All right Alright thank you Lots of love to you mate Amber's in from Invercargill Do grandparents have to look after your kids Amber No it's a choice I think it's a choice I don't want to force that relationship on them I want people who want to spend quality time with my kids

Doing that I don't want to force it If they're not into kids cool I'll find someone else. But what if you want to go out and have a bender? Leave the kids in the car. You can find someone. I'm sure you'd find someone else that wanted

to, you know, look after the kids. You haven't done the car park thing. No, that was an option. It's not an option. Good on you, Amber. Really appreciate it. We'll get Pania on from Masters in Morena, Pania. Hi there. Good to have you on. Have you got kids, firstly?

Yes. So we've got five kids. Ooh, that's a lot of kids to look after. And do you believe the grandparents need to babysit them? Yes. Yes, I do believe that they should babysit and they should want to support parents. I'm also a grandmother myself,

and because I'm working full time, I also take it upon myself to absolutely support my daughter who has two children. That's your duty. Just because you're a grandparent, you're retired, you think you're in the twilight of your life. I'm not retired. I work full time. Aren't you still working?

I'm still working, but my husband's mother, honestly, we would not be able to function in our everyday life if she didn't support us with our children. She's not selfish. You see, she's not out there using her gold card and getting cheap bus rides. I see, Panya. We're going to go get Maureen on here, who wants to defend grandparents. Maureen.

Howdy. You've heard the calls. Should the grandparents be looking after kids, babysitting? Yes and no. I'm a full-time working grandma of seven. As a grandparent, it's our job to spoil the kids, pump them full of sugar, have lots of fun with them, give them late nights.

Like the grandies, they will have a tub of ice cream each day. It's all the things that you didn't do with your real kids. They get a spoon. They can stay up late, watch TV. They've got their devices. We spoil them rotten, love them to bits, and we send them home. That's right. Is this some sort of sick revenge plot from you, Maureen,

for all the teenage years you had to go through as a parent? No. All the stuff that we couldn't do with our own children. plot from you Maureen for all the teenage years you had to go through as a parent? No we just love, it's all the stuff that we couldn't do with our own children that we can do with others and it's all care, no responsibility love them to bits, they have great fun, we make chocolate chip cookies

we have ice creams and we go out to the parks we do lots and lots of fun stuff and when they're all tired, when they're pumped full of sugar, we send them home. Send them home. I feel like we need to go over there. This sounds like a great time.

You can pump me full of sugar, Maureen. Yep, you name your ice cream, you have a whole tub. A whole tub. And it's all yours. It's a little bit tough. It takes me months to get through that. As much as you like until you don't want any more. There we go.

Very irresponsible grandparent on the phone there, Maureen. Love it. A lot of love there. Thank you for your want any more. There we go. Very irresponsible grandparent on the phone there, Maureen. Love it. A lot of love there. Thank you for your calls and texts. And looking at the text, geez, this has taken off this morning, and it's a 60-40 split. Oh, in what favour?

In favour of grandparents just doing what they want. They don't have to look after the kids. It's not an obligation. There you have it, Aotearoa. And how many people want the tubs of ice cream text through? Yeah, a lot of texts Coming through for that I want to come and stay

With Maureen Get jacked up on Two litres of ice cream Now you went to The Phoenix last night The soccer Yeah the football As we like to

What do we We always go soccer Don't we here in New Zealand Well I think we said soccer And then we've changed To football But to... We always go soccer, don't we? Well, I think we said soccer and then we've changed it to football, but then I think America goes soccer because they have American football, so it's very confusing. It's confusing branding for their sport. But some people get really like, you go, we go to the soccer, they go, football?

You know, okay, sorry. I don't know how to approach it when I say it. Yeah, it was actually a lot of fun. Sockball. It's quite cool going to a sports game in New Zealand and hearing the crowd, New Zealand crowd singing and crowd, you know, New Zealand crowd singing and cheering and all that sort of stuff because sometimes we just sit there with our arms folded

and don't say anything. Well, that's the best way to approach a live sporting event. Suppress your emotions. Sometimes you go to an All Blacks game and you're like, is this a funeral? Yeah, I know. People are just sitting there almost depressed. What I do know about the Phoenix,

I've never been to a game, but every time I see it on the news, the fans are always shirtless, spinning their shirts around on top of their heads. Now, the current conditions, what are we? It's the end of May. Cold out there. Did you get your shirt off and start waving around? No, it didn't seem to be the thing.

I think there's a certain, they do it if the Phoenix is, I mean, if they're up by something. It didn't happen. It didn't seem like it happened yesterday. So I mean, if they're up by something. It didn't happen. It didn't seem like it happened yesterday. So you didn't take your clothes off? No. It wasn't appropriate. I went early and everyone else was like, wow.

Why's he got his pants off above his head? He's really going for it. I took the kids along as well. Their first time going to a Phoenix game. And I noticed this morning on my phone, because Sian, my daughter, had my phone. I was like, what's she doing? You know, she's doing stuff.

She's yelling stuff. And I was like, oh, whatever, I'll ignore her. But there's a whole lot of voice daughter had my phone. I was like, what's she doing? She's doing stuff. She's yelling stuff. I was like, whatever, I'll ignore her. But there's a whole lot of voice recordings on my phone. She had been doing commentary of the Phoenix game. So here's some unsanctioned commentary. For who? I don't know. Some unsanctioned commentary of the Phoenix game. Alright, welcome to the Phoenix game

at Versus Perth Glory. I have my sister Indy here. Indy, say hi hi the phoenix has the ball and they are like kicking it down to their side this is a sign done done done done phoenix i got my sister here Hi. Hi. Hi. Woo. They got onto it. They got onto it. They got onto it a bit more. And, of course, it was hard for her because she didn't obviously know the players' names.

They were quite far away. So some of the descriptions, yeah, a little bit. And the Phoenix had the position of the ball. Phoenix with brown hair is taking it down. Another Phoenix with brown hair is taking it. They are dribbling it down the court. And one other Phoenix with the brown hair has kicked it down. Another phoenix with brown hair is taking it. They are dribbling it down the court and another phoenix with the brown hair has kicked it down. One has head-bumped it and the other stopped.

Head-bumped it. And they're fighting over it. Oh, it's a hard tackle. There was a few liberties taken with the football. Phoenix with the brown hair. To the other phoenix with the brown hair. It's the multiple brown-haired phoenix. the brown hair I was all brown haired phoenix

playing good games yesterday it's in my lego characters great commentary I'd love to see Sienna commentate the

America's Cup or something as well kids commentary maybe that's the thing an unsexual thing

what was that that was some personal content being brought to the show from his weekend. That's what that was. That's what that was.

And it was wonderful insight into your life. They're proud of New Zealand. Go New Zealand. If only New Zealand was proud of them. Jono and Ben. New Zealand's breakfast. On the hits. It is the hits.

Jono and Ben on your Monday morning. Now, Dr. Libby, you'll know her. She's a nutritional biochemist. She's a best-selling author and speaker, and she's on a mission to help Kiwis get healthier, particularly going into these winter months. Dr Libby, how are you? Oh, I'm really well, thank you.

How are you, boys? We're doing well. I've always loved having you on. You raise the average healthiness of the program up by at least 70%. I didn't really want to hear that. I'd like to think you could go it alone. Now, a couple of years ago we spoke to you actually and then you were a little bit concerned about Jono's diet

or lack thereof of not eating lunch and so you even followed it up. Yep, yep. And how's that progressed? Mate, what I'd surprise you if I said I've gone even further downhill Libby. It's definitely concerning because you learn so many

protective mechanisms with age. We need the vegetables to go in. Yeah, no, I'm going for a slow fade out, Libby. No, no. So this is where Dr. Libby can help because I imagine there's a few people around that they're not getting enough. Well, Kiwis in general are not eating enough fruit and veggies, right? It's actually astonishing. Yeah, the latest data from the Ministry of Health shows that only about 53% of Kiwi adults eat enough vegetables,

and it's even worse for fruit. So it's one of the most average, basic things we can do for our health because there are things in them that actually drive some of the biochemical pathways in our body that are really important for our everyday functioning, but also protects them against some nasty things down the track. Now, you've got a new supplement, is that right, that helps people get a bit of a boost? A couple of years ago I put a powder together and it's called Organic Daily Greens and Radiant Reds.

It was something I'd been making in my own kitchen for a really long time and I would take it on the road when I travelled. And so now BioBlend makes the powder and think about how you can add more veggies in over the day and then you have one teaspoon of the powder just once a day for 28 days to really focus on getting the nutrient density of what you're eating each day up to notice the difference to your energy.

There's a big rise in plant-based burger patties, you know, Burger King and all, plant-based meats. Are they a good thing, bad thing? A lot of them are highly processed and have all sorts of substances in them that aren't really food. But like everything, there are some that are better quality than others. So you would need to know what's exactly in those patties

to know if they're a nutritious choice or not. So when they're made from whole real foods and it's something you could easily make in your own kitchen, then it's a way better choice than something that's got lots of numbers in it and words you don't even recognise. Jeez, for something that's not really food, I really like it. Dr Olivia's with us. She's got a one-teaspoon challenge coming up at the moment,

encouraging more New Zealanders to eat more fruit and veggies. But Dr Olivia, I want to fire a couple of quick things towards you. Organic vegetables and fruit, they're very pricey. What's your thoughts on getting, obviously, the stuff that is sprayed by pesticides, but what will you do then if you can't afford to get the organic stuff to clean, to wash off the pesticides? Yes, so water doesn't get rid of pesticides because they're fat-soluble. So one option, if you're buying conventional produce,

pop that into the sink with one part vinegar and three parts water. Give it a wash because the vinegar helps to break down the fat-soluble pesticides and then rinse them in cold water, pat them dry and pop them into storage. Now, that idea I know would be overwhelming to a lot of people and they'd think, I don't have time to brush my teeth, let alone wash my vegetables like that. So I always want to premise that by saying, you know, you do what you can.

You do what you can. I love the distinct flavour of pesticide on my fruit vegetables. It really adds a twang. Because during lockdown, I was coming home with bunches of grapes and individually washing grapes. And I thought, you've finally gone past the point of no return as I was doing that. Can you use, use like palm olive?

Because I was putting them in palm olive. Oh, palm olive. Soapy stuff. Rinsing them off after. Oh, right. Does that work? I don't know. I actually don't know.

I don't know if it's something I feel that comfortable about, though. My instincts tell me. I don't know the science on it, but my instincts are a big concern for you. Don't wash your fruit and vegetables in palm oil. I was doing that. I could probably answer that one. I'm not a health professional. But hey, Dr. Libby, what about having a wine at night?

You know, there's good things, bad things about having a wine. What do you say to people that enjoy a wine after putting the kids to bed? It's highly individual. So the amount of alcohol our own individual earth suits can handle, we know in our own selves when we're having too much of something. So the current recommendations say that it's okay to have two standard drinks a day as long as you have two days off a week. And in saying that, I think there's probably lots of people who unknowingly

or knowingly regularly overconsume alcohol, and it's the regular overconsumption of it that's the worry. So I think when we feel like we need it and we want it every day, I feel like that's a little red flag that we need to look at something about. What are we using it for? Are we using it to relax, to switch off? Because there are other ways we could employ to do that rather than relying on the wine.

Okay, well, that's... Sorry. That's the stuff you don't want to hear. Can we pull Libby down now? Yeah, I think we've chatted to her long enough. Dr. Libby, it is always fascinating. I'm sorry to throw so many questions at you, but people want to take out the one teaspoon challenge

or get some of your bio blends to sort of give themselves a bit of a fruit and veggie boost. How do they do that? So all the information is available at bioblends.com you can read all about the challenge there is to boost your veggie intake and really focus on on having one teaspoon once a day for 28 days it's all at bioblends.com do the do the stickers on the fruit account is a part of your five plus or not no you need good you, you need good fingernails to pick it off though.

I always leave it on going, I'll just try and bite around it, but then sometimes it doesn't always work out. Always lovely talking to you, Dr Libby. You look after yourself and we'll speak soon. You're gems of humans. Thank you so much. To everyone pulling a sickie today, you're not fooling anyone.

Jono and Ben, breakfast on the hits. I had to go to the mall, which is, as you know, Ben, I've stated publicly before, not one of my favourite hobbies. You don't like going to the mall? You do, you stick in there for hours. Yeah, I know. My daughter seen me to the mall on the weekend. It was a great time.

Listen, I've got a 45-minute time limit. I walk in there, I hold my breath, and I don't breathe until I'm out. Yeah, I just keep my head down. Don't look anyone in the eye. Don't misbehave and prepare to be shanked at any moment.

It's much like going into a prison for me the more. But no, I had to go and pick up a jacket for Poppy who's our youngest daughter and she's out. Jeez,

they outgrow clothes too quick. Yeah, they do, don't they? Too quick. A pair of school shoes I bought my daughter. At the start of the year she was already outgrowing really

it's like what wow that must get expensive when you're constantly buying new things well you're always too and you're always wanting to get your money's worth out of whatever you're buying

and so you like buy it four years above their age and so they'll put on a pair of pants which they kind of half of the pants are hanging below their feet

and a jacket with just the dangly bits of the pants are hanging below their feet, and a jacket with just the dangly bits of the sleeves hanging off by about a metre. But I went to the shop, and I'm not a good judge of the children's body sizes when you're in the store, and you hold up an item, and you're like, oh, I think that's it. You didn't go with the age 9 to 12 thing? Well, she's quite tall probably so she yeah

she's not at her age thing so then I held up this jacket I was like that'll do and then I went back home and crammed her into it

and the problem was her the sleeves were halfway up her forearms then I have that moment of like well that'll do you know

that'll do and then Jennifer's like that's not going to do clearly You know, that'll do. And then Jennifer's like, that's not going to do. Clearly it's not going to do. The waist is hanging up halfway up her torso. So I had to go back again, back to the mall again.

And do you know what I did? Brought your daughter this time so she tried on the store? Yes. She went in where she was trying on the jacket and she looked like Bruce Banner when he's transforming into the Hulk.

You know, the clothes don't... Jeez, they must mow through some clothes, Banner. When he's transferring into the Hulk. Oh, the Incredible Hulk, yeah. Not only superheroes would, Spider-Man gets changed in a phone booth and then... Then what does he do with his clothes afterwards? Yeah, he just leaves them in a phone booth.

Someone scores some free... You'd almost want to wear clothes you didn't really care too much about if you're a superhero. Because at any moment, you're going to have to rip them rip them off Well how about just being a superhero in normal clothes What's wrong with that You guys are mowing through the chinos this month But anyway

I ended up going back Three times so I went back and then I Overcompensated Bought back a jacket that was too big Then it was starting to become quite a tense situation, as you'd imagine. Then back the third time, finally nailed it. Oh, nice one. Three times in about four hours to the same mall.

Jeez. I tell you what, I couldn't think of a better way to spend a Saturday afternoon. That's how I spend a Saturday afternoon, wandering around the mall. Yeah, so do I probably. By choice. Yeah. Do you look happy in a mall? Yeah, I do.

I really enjoy it. Every time I look at someone, they look like they're battling in a mall. Really. Yeah. Do you look happy in a mall? Yeah, I do. I really enjoy it. Every time I look at someone, they look like they're battling in a mall. Really? Yeah. It's a fun experience to go along. All the shops are in one place. It's so much better than dotting around the city

to different stores. Yeah. I've never seen anyone smile in a mall. Oh, right. Come with me. Come with me. We'll walk around weirdly smiling. Yeah.

Jono and Ben, or as they're known in the office, those two. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. Ben, during the weekend, we've got car parks, our work car parks, conveniently located at the casino, aren't they? Yeah. Which is a huge problem. This is why NZME and the hits have a rampant gambling problem.

But you can use the car parks on the weekends. So I came in with the kids on the weekend and just parked where we parked. Yeah. And I went up some lifts, not the usual main foyer lifts, the other lifts, you know. Right.

The theatre end. But I didn't realise these lifts, they took you straight into the casino. Ah. With the kids. I didn't realise that. I didn't the kids. I didn't realise that. I didn't realise that. That was just coming out of my pocket.

Well, the casino's like the lollipop's playland for adults, isn't it? Yeah. So the doors opened and security, she was talking to someone else and I just wandered in with the kids. And it turns out kids aren't allowed in casinos. I thought it was like kids gamble free when accompanied by a paying gambling adult. No. No.

So she had to catch up and she's like, what are you doing? I'm teaching the kids how to play the pokies, mate. What are you doing? Oh, God. So,

it really got, and he's got the bug too. Oscar's got the bug. He's like, I'll bet you five bucks you can't park the car in that. I'll bet you ten bucks you probably won't pick me up

from school from time to time. He always wins that one. But, I just wanted to open this this morning. Where have you accidentally taken children? Not thinking about it. Oh, like you've taken them to the casino. Accidentally? Yeah.

I mean, your kids were huge fans of The Little Mermaid, weren't they? And you're like, oh, I've got the perfect place we can go. Mermaids. No, I do remember my daughter Sienna going down K Road in Auckland, going, Mermaids, can we go there? And I was like, oh no, this is... Because I was a fan of mermaids at the time. Ariel's taken a different career path now.

And I was like, oh, this is one we're not going to explain right now. So 800 The Hits, wherever you're accidentally taking kids, you can text us 24487 It is that. We'll open up with you Lisa, welcome in Ruakaka. How are you? Hey, I'm good, how are you guys? Doing well. Kids, they were accidentally taken where?

Peaches and cream. What, the adult store? Yeah, my girlfriend rang me one afternoon I think it was Saturday afternoon. The kids were nine and six, boy and girl. And she thought, oh, we might just take them out to get ice cream. She took the teachers and three, mate.

I can see how that's a misleading name. Yes. No, but it gets funnier. So they get in there and, you know, kids get disappointed they can't get ice cream, obviously. And so the eldest one of the two said, oh, Mum, can I have that chocolate? And you can imagine what that chocolate was.

So she couldn't quite understand why she couldn't have that chocolate. And so they got over that little tantrum. A little six-year-old was looking around the shop. Mummy, Mummy, Mummy. And she comes over, she goes, can I have that, please? And they said,

what's that? And it was a blow-up doll. And she goes, no, you can't have that blow-up doll. He says, but my daddy has one just like that.

Oh! That's a good call. But when you go in there, it's a wonderland, isn't it? I suppose there's a lot of toys and stuff in there,

aren't there? A lot of lollipop-looking things. We'll go to Georgia in Wellington. Welcome, Georgia. How's the capital this morning? Oh, windy. Windy Wellington. That's how it's been branded, and appropriately so.

Where did you accidentally take kids? Well, my kids at the time were about 8 and 10, and I accidentally took them to American Pie thinking it was a kids' movie. Oh, no. There's a very graphic scene in there about halfway through the movie, isn't there? Yep, yep. Let's just say we left pretty quickly. My mum had the kids, and she was like,

oh, take them to the movies, and she saw the poster for Sausage Party, the movie. Now, Sausage Party looks like an animated fun sausage movie, but... The mad butcher would love Sausage Party. It'd be his favourite cartoon. She got up to the counter, and the person's there like, this is an R16, this is quite, you know, so they didn't get to go... Oh, is it an adult cartoon? Oh, yes, an adult cartoon, Sausage Party.

It looks so friendly and fun. It does look friendly, but yeah, it's not quite the Sausage Party the kids were hoping for, I think. We'll go to Tracey from New Plymouth. Where did you accidentally take kids, Trace? I accidentally took them tornado hunting. Tornado hunting? Well, did you say we're going to go tornado hunting kids?

Was that a sentence that left your mouth? No. Being a responsible adult, you shouldn't really do that, right? No. And so what, you got caught in a tornado well there was one coming through town and i've never seen one in real life before always thought they were really cool and thought wow look at that oh wow we'll turn up here and we'll follow it and it was so cool because there's all this stuff flying in it and i was thinking man this is so

cool and then i saw it shifting direction and i thought hmm a responsible parent probably shouldn't have their children following tornadoes in case it changes direction. So yeah. No, that was... Did a Yui and headed the other way. Questionable parenting decision there, taking the kids tornado hunting. Not my finest moment. You're also one of those people where they're like, oh, there's a tsunami coming.

Don't go to the beach. You're like, I need to go check out the beach. Just get my camera and go down for a look. We'll take one more. Hannah, you're on from Picton. We accidentally took the kids. Where was it, Hannah? She's gone.

Hannah's gone. Hannah, I'm just getting a message here. I've done it again. It's all me. It's me. And I'm going to keep talking to Hannah until she comes back, and then I make it awkward, don't I? But she went to get a tattoo drawn up.

She took her 18-month-old into the tattoo parlor. And the person next to them was getting a very sensitive area tattooed. Oh, really? By a big man with a beard. Oh, jeez. And then she looked over and realized, well, this isn't probably a... It's not a daycare, so... Want more Jono and Ben?

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