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Bringing Up Britain: Series 13: Am I Over-Parenting?

Am I Over-Parenting?

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BBC Radio 4 - Bringing Up Britain, Series 13, Am I Over-Parenting?

Anjula Mutanda helps one guest make sense of one big parenting question.

This week, our guest Naomi worries she sometimes over-parents. We go in search of answers.

What’s happened to modern-day parenting? There was a time when babies were left to nap at the bottom of the garden in a cot – now we have baby monitors to check on their every move. The pressure to get it ‘right’ and to eradicate risk is greater than ever. Over just a couple of generations, parents have greatly increased the amount of time, attention and money they put into raising children.
Anjula Mutanda speaks to Naomi, a mother of two who fears she has fallen into the over-parenting trap. Mutanda brings together a series of experts from anthropologists to child psychologists and economists to explore the relentlessness of modern parenting and provide Naomi with some answers.
 
Producer: Sarah Shebbeare

Bringing Up Britain: Series 13

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Anjula Mutanda helps families make sense of one big parenting question.

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