The Naughty Step

We're back and we're more confused than ever! In Stu and Robyn's first podcast of 2019, they revisit YouTube kids' sensation Blippi in light of his Harlem Shake poo allegations (the BuzzFeed article they quote is here); Olaf Falafel's It's One Giant Leek for Mankind gets the Bedroom Bookclub treatment (and you can win a copy!), and Stu reveals HIS new book(s)!

This week we don't have a guest, and that guest is Anthony Nolan Young Ambassador Kathryn Cartwright. We field questions about parenting from the childfree, review Dr Seuss's The Sleep Book, and tell you what to say to anyone trying to make you feel guilty for 'overpopulation' and climate change.

We talk to Rebecca Schiller, author of Your No Guilt Pregnancy Plan, about bad parenting advice, "birth noises" and whether it's okay to nap while your wife's in labour. Also! Your tales of genuine sibling psychopathy! And! Win a copy of Rebecca's book!

Nominally about the lies parents tell children, and revisiting There's A Wocket in my Pocket as a bedtime rap phenomenon, episode 20 quickly descends into gutter chat about whether being a handmaid might actually be quite a nice life. Without all the rape, of course. ALSO! Send us your sibling stories and win a copy of Stu's book, Don't be a Dick, Pete! Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Facebook, leave us an iTunes review, and -- oh yeah -- get some sleep.

Father's Day! Tinga Tinga Tales on CBeebies! German Paw Patrol! Elaborate lies our parents have told us! Whether putting a funnel in a hole in the floor would make an acceptable toilet in a pinch! Episode 19 of The Naughty Step has it all.

Robyn and Stuart share their (and your) traumatic tales of soft play hell, contemplate the life of Dr Seuss and review his book THERE'S A WOCKET IN MY POCKET. This episode also serves as Robyn's voiceover showreel, and features spurious slurs concerning poor people, ladders, and the north.

Stuart is going away for work this week, which means that Robyn is left to look after the kids. How do their approaches to parenting differ when the other one vanishes? Also, the majesty that is HEY DUGGEE.

This episode is not about gazebos, lightning or death, although it was recorded during a storm. This week Stu and Robyn discuss the weird world of diagnosing baby rashes, the children's book Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae, and whether it's appropriate to watch graphic murder documentaries when your kids is in the room. Enjoy!