Feed Play Love

As soon as Sean Szeps realised he was gay, he gave up his dreams of becoming a parent. What followed was a long and painful journey to remembering and realising his dream. Sean talks about his obsession with mums of all colours, the obstacles he and husband Josh faced on the road to parenthood, and why he's the best dad to a little girl.

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For several years now Gen Muir has been giving Feed Play Love the benefit of their practical and compassionate advice on parenting. In our final week we've brought back one of our favourties- enjoy!

"Attention seeking" in children gets a bad rap. Whether they're acting out, being clingy, or loud, this sort of behaviour is often dismissed frustrating and something to ignore. 

But this attention seeking is just one of the ways kids try and seek connection with their parents and understanding this can help build better habits and stronger bonds. 

We're often talking and thinking about how to help our girls achieve equality, but what about our boys? Are we raising them to have equal ability to express emotions, to embody different ideas of masculinity... to be themselves?

Kasey Edwards and Dr Christopher Scanlon are the authors of Bringing up Boys Who Like Themselves...  and they’ve looked deeply into the things that are holding our boys back. They talk about how we can all take steps today to help raise our boys to be healthy men.

Wouldn’t it be nice if everyone in life was easy to get along with?  The truth is that no woman is an island, and so we often need to have relationships with people who are... difficult. Dr Rebecca Ray is the author of Difficult People – which is the ultimate guide for those of us struggling to manage these people in our lives. 

One of our favourite parenting experts - Maggie Dent has always managed to step into a room and help parents feel at ease. To feel seen and heard. Her words always hit the right note with empathy, practical advice and understanding. We start our final week with this awesome episode from the archives, where Maggie explains how we can best communicate with our sons.