Published May 7, 2026, 8:00 a.m. ET Over the last 17 years, we have watched the Jersey Shore cast go from one-night stands in the smush room, bar brawls, and drunken kookah slips to doting spouses, PTA parents, and, in some cases, sober mentors. Their evolution from fist-pumping partiers in their early 20s to domesticated homemakers and successful businesspeople in their early 40s has been well-documented on MTV’s Jersey Shore Family Vacation , which begins airing its final season tonight. While they are certainly exemplary role models at this point in their lives, they know their young children will one day come across their carefree days in Seaside. What will they tell them? Well, the cast paid a visit to DECIDER’s studio last month, and we got to ask! Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi was the first of the group to become a parent. If you remember, her husband, Jionni LaValle, was initially one of those one-night stands in the smush room back in Jersey Shore Season 3.…