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Woman's Hour: Listener Week - Nits, Accents, Becoming a mother unexpectedly, Paddle sports, Losing your belongings, Choirs

29/08/2020

Listener Week - Nits, Accents, Becoming a mother unexpectedly, Paddle sports, Losing your belongings, Choirs

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Listener Week - Nits, Accents, Becoming a mother unexpectedly, Paddle sports, Losing your belongings, Choirs

Stories of the week suggested by listeners.

Louise Somerville thinks we need to talk more about nits. She feels that increasingly schools are inconsistent in how much they help parents deal with nits and that clear advice is lacking. We ask how best to deal with nits and head lice, and the stigma attached, and why it matters. With entomologist Richard Jones and Joanna Ibarra from Community Hygiene Concern.

Daisy Leigh was 23 when she felt an unfamiliar kicking sensation and was shocked to discover she was 30 weeks pregnant. She had just two months to prepare, mentally and practically, for becoming a mother. Nine months on, she says her daughter is the best thing that's ever happened to her.

Women and Paddling: kayaking, canoeing, paddle boarding, rafting; what are the attractions, what is involved, and how can paddle sports help physical and mental health? Cadi Lambert runs the #ShePaddles programme for British Canoeing, and Emma Kitchen has started training to be a coach to help people improve their paddle skills.

Are women taken more seriously in the work place if they have an RP accent? Jane hears from listeners Karen Jenkins, Bethan John and Dr. Melanie Reynolds, and Professor Deviyani Sharma, Professor of Socio-linguistics at Queen Mary University of London.

How do you cope when you lose all your belongings? Eve, Pat Plumbridge and Sue Hepworth discuss.

How much do you miss singing in a choir? Carolyn Acton, Sandra Colston, MD Funky Choir MD and Liesbeth Tip, Clinical psychologist at the School of Health and Social Science at University of Edinburgh, discuss.

Presenter: Jenni Murray 
Producer: Dianne McGregor

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