On the final episode of Child Labour series 1 Stu and Sindhu talk to firecracker comedian Sara Barron about the decision to have one child, questioning the pursuit of your career and the impact of the choices your parents make through your life. We would love to hear from you, so tweet us! Sindhu @SindhuVFunny or Stuart @ComComPod, and include #ChildLabourPod, about anything we’ve discussed in this episode or on any of the podcasts so far!
How would you co-parent if you separated from your partner before lockdown but then spent lockdown together for the benefit of your child? Well that is the situation comedian Ivo Graham found himself in. Hear how they have navigated that, the impact of heading to boarding school when he was 5 and what that means in the future for his own child. We would love to hear from you, so tweet us! Sindhu @SindhuVFunny or Stuart @ComComPod, and include #ChildLabourPod, about anything we’ve discussed in this episode or on any of the podcasts so far!
Amanda Donnett is the founder and director of Spilt Milk Psychology and in this episode she takes Sindhu and Stu through the importance of self-care, talking your child down when you’re really talking yourself down and how her own upbringing as part of a large family, made larger by foster children shaped who she is. We would love to hear from you, so tweet us! Sindhu @SindhuVFunny or Stuart @ComComPod, and include #ChildLabourPod, about anything we’ve discussed in this episode or on any of the podcasts so far!
What’s it like having two “fizzy” parents? Geoff Norcott take us through his own upbringing with a chauvinistic mum (his words), asks why you need a third character and the synchronisation of families. We would love to hear from you, so tweet us! Sindhu @SindhuVFunny or Stuart @ComComPod, and include #ChildLabourPod, about anything we’ve discussed in this episode or on any of the podcasts so far!
Comedian Josie Long brings her immense positivity to Child Labour and wows Stuart and Sindhu with her take on smiling as the world burns around you, smiling as your eyes burn due to lack of sleep, and smiling in anticipation of her sinister phase two... We would love to hear from you, so tweet us! Sindhu @SindhuVFunny or Stuart @ComComPod, and include #ChildLabourPod, about anything we’ve discussed in this episode or on any of the podcasts so far!
Would you raise your child gender neutral and not let immediate family members know their sex? That is what the guests, Hobbit Humphrey & Jake England-Johns have chosen to do and on this episode of the podcast they take us through the process, searching their own unconscious bias, the reaction and how their own upbringings shaped where they are. We would love to hear from you, so tweet us! Sindhu @SindhuVFunny or Stuart @ComComPod, and include #ChildLabourPod, about anything we’ve discussed in this episode or on any of the podcasts so far!
Comedy institution Dara O’Briain talks to Stu and Sindhu about how Catholicism stops with him, creating memories for your kids that they simply won’t remember, the benefits of gaming and why he is an eruption of parenting. We would love to hear from you, so tweet us! Sindhu @SindhuVFunny or Stuart @ComComPod, and include #ChildLabourPod, about anything we’ve discussed in this episode or on any of the podcasts so far!
The first guest on Child Labour to be kidnapped by their own parents, BAFTA winner Christian Stevenson talks to Sindhu and Stu about his own childhood, single parenting three boys, and how you can still be true to yourself and use that to shape your children. We would love to hear from you, so tweet us! Sindhu @SindhuVFunny or Stuart @ComComPod, and include #ChildLabourPod, about anything we’ve discussed in this episode or on any of the podcasts so far!
Hello! This episode of Child Labour sees Sindhu and Stu catching up about their lockdown experiences. The highs, the lows, the excitement and the mundane. 50% of this podcast was laid low by the virus and 100% had their eyes opened to how their partners truly parent, plus we hear listeners’ emails for the first time. We would love to hear from you, so tweet us! Sindhu @SindhuVFunny or Stuart @ComComPod, and include #ChildLabourPod, about anything we’ve discussed in this episode or on any of the podcasts so far!
Former TV exec Cally Beaton joins Stu and Sindhu on this episode of Child Labour and she takes them through her management of her personal and emotional parenting life; raising a child with autism, enjoying the guilt-free nights away from parenting, and the importance of telling your child that they are loved. We would love to hear from you, so tweet us! Sindhu @SindhuVFunny or Stuart @ComComPod, and include #ChildLabourPod, about anything we’ve discussed in this episode or on any of the podcasts so far!