"Are You The Nanny?"

Katie Harrison talks to two stepdads to see how family life is different for them compared to stepmums. They talk about gender roles and the impact it has on stepfamily dynamics. 

Social psychologist Dr Sandra Wheatley speaks to Katie Harrison about how stepmums can mentally prepare for Christmas. They talk about some of the challenges that stepmums face in the run up to Christmas. 

Kim Chakanetsa talks to a US step-parenting coach and a journalist in India about their experience of being a step-mother. They discuss the challenges of blended families and give advice to women in similar situations.

When Naja Hall began dating a divorced man with thre ...

Kat is giving a Bestie in need some needed parenting advice for siblings who just don't get along. Déjà and Latisha reflect on their own relationship and how far they've come. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 

Laurie Taylor talks to Helen Charman, Fellow and Assistant College Lecturer in English at Clare College, University of Cambridge, about her study of mothers fighting for alternative futures for themselves and their children. Is motherhood an inherently political state, one that p ...  Show more

When the Sugars answered a letter from a woman who felt trapped in the role of "wicked stepmother," dozens of listeners wrote in asking the same question: what about the stepchildren, who have no control over the restructuring of their family? The Sugars respond with an episod ...