Two mums, one very real week. Nikki opens up about her son George, who is autistic and minimally verbal, being turned away from a home ed class and a mainstream school in the same week, the long wait for an EHCP, and whether school is really for the kids or for the parents.
Then Ellie tries a period facial (yes, really), we ask why we’re still calling it menopause, and we imagine we’re on the government’s new misogyny task force. First to go: “the missus”, “female CEO”, and dads who “babysit” their own children. Plus why motherhood should be at the centre of everything, “Spermageddon” and falling birth rates, and what the world’s blue zones can teach us about connection.
The good, the bad and the ugly. What would YOU do if you were on the task force? Tell us in the comments.
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00:00 Coffee, guts and why “sunshine” is patronising
01:59 The gilet ick
03:22 Splattering foundation on a stranger
04:21 A tough week: hives in the woods
05:54 George, autism, EHCP and home education
07:03 Rejected from a cooking class
09:22 Turned down by a mainstream school
09:58 Leaving Qatar: was it the right call?
10:50 Who is school really for?
14:56 I tried a period facial
17:20 Why we need a new word for menopause
19:23 The misogyny task force
20:26 Retire “the missus”
20:56 Drop “female” from job titles
21:37 “Who’s looking after the kids?”
22:19 Dads don’t babysit
22:59 Why are balls the measure of bravery?
23:58 Put motherhood at the centre
26:42 “Spermageddon”: falling birth rates
28:43 Humankind, blue zones and connection
30:54 Wrap up and next week
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