Youth is Wasted on the Young

Marit & Sonja
  • 5.0 (3)
  • Parenting

A mother and daughter, 37 years apart, talking about everything. Periods and menopause. Acne and wrinkles. Sex, or lack thereof. Divorce. Dads. Dating. School. College acceptances. Siblings. Social media. Protesting. Climate change. Whatever else two women more than 3 decades apart refuse to shut up about. Marit's been through it. Sonja's going through it. Somewhere in between, they figure it out together, out loud, unscripted. Fair warning: language isn't always clean. Neither are the conversations.

Episodes

  1. 1d ago

    Body Hair and Tattoos

    Send us Fan Mail This time Marit and Sonja get into it on Double D: body hair (to shave, laser, or otherwise) and tattoos (regret, meaning, and sagging skin). Then it's Word Up, where Sonja asks her mom to describe her first kiss, and Sonja has to share, too.   Along the way, they end up talking about online dating and inappropriate cat calls, because apparently no conversation about bodies stays contained for long.

  2. 4d ago

    Body Image (Gen X vs. Z)

    Send us Fan Mail This one's a mashup of everything. Marit and Sonja dig into body image across two generations, what's changed, what hasn't, and where the pressure actually comes from. They also get real about divorce and its impacts. Plus: a round of Word Up, the rapid-fire word game where generational gaps get exposed fast, and Sonja gets quizzed on a Gen X game she's never heard of. Spoiler: it does not go well for her. Heads up: we swear sometimes. Real talk between a mom and her teenage daughter doesn't always come out G-rated.

  3. Aug 8

    Mixed Race & Birth Order

    Send us Fan Mail This second episode is about mixed race and mixed-up birth order. And we launch a new segment, Mind the Gap, our generational sorta trivia segment where we prove that 37 years is a very, very long time.

  4. Season 1, Episode 1 Trailer

    Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N Roll

    Send us Fan Mail In their debut episode, Marit and Sonja kick off Youth Is Wasted on the Young with the Double D (Dialogue and Discussion) segment on sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll, comparing what each generation actually thought and lived through versus what gets assumed about them.  Thirty-seven years apart and completely unfiltered, they dig into where the generational gap is real, where it's overblown, and where a mother and daughter surprise each other (rarely).

Trailer

Ratings & Reviews

5
out of 5
3 Ratings

About

A mother and daughter, 37 years apart, talking about everything. Periods and menopause. Acne and wrinkles. Sex, or lack thereof. Divorce. Dads. Dating. School. College acceptances. Siblings. Social media. Protesting. Climate change. Whatever else two women more than 3 decades apart refuse to shut up about. Marit's been through it. Sonja's going through it. Somewhere in between, they figure it out together, out loud, unscripted. Fair warning: language isn't always clean. Neither are the conversations.

Information

  • Creator
    Marit & Sonja
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    4
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Youth is Wasted on the Young
  • Show Website
    Youth is Wasted on the Young