Episode 150: Step-families, screen time and gaming with Keza
The Scummy Mummies Podcast
Ellie Gibson and Helen Thorn
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 30 April 2019
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Our special guest for this episode is Keza MacDonald! We discuss her experience of being a step-mum, and why she changed her mind about having her own kids. There's some chat about dealing with the teenage years, and we find out Keza's number one piece of advice for new step-parents.
Then it's time for video games chat! Keza is the games editor for The Guardian, so we pick her brains about screentime, age ratings, and what to do if your child decides they want to become a pro gamer. We also talk about YouTube, our favourite games for playing with kids, and how Eurovision destroys families.
This episode was sponsored by Must Play May, an initiative designed to celebrate the positive things about gaming and how it can bring people together. For more, please visit askaboutgames.com.
Keza is on Twitter @kezamacdonald, and you can read her writing on the Guardian.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello dears, Ufichinaia Doubtfire here. |
| 0:05.0 | Interrupting your beloved podcast to remind you to do the right thing for your family this Christmas. |
| 0:10.0 | Buy them tickets to my hit Western comedy musical Mrs Doubtfire. |
| 0:14.6 | Remember, there are some things you can't buy in a department store like the magic of theatre. |
| 0:21.0 | Book now at Mrs Doubtfire Musical dot-co. UK and Merry Christmas Poppets. Hello it's Helen here from the Scummy mummies. Now I want to tell you that this |
| 0:37.5 | podcast is brought to you by Even. It's the new dating app for single parents. |
| 0:42.3 | Now as listeners will know I've been a single parent for about three and a half years now and have dipped my toe into online dating. |
| 0:50.0 | So I'm especially excited that even exists. It is a new dating app which was launched in early |
| 0:56.3 | 2023 and it was created with single parents in mind. Now here's some fun facts. |
| 1:01.8 | Did you know that 57% of single parents have been ghosted because they have children? |
| 1:06.8 | So I want to say to my fellow single moms and dads out there, |
| 1:10.3 | check out this new dating app called Even. |
| 1:12.3 | It's just for you. You can connect with people who are on the same wavelength and it'll be okay to talk about your kids or not. |
| 1:18.6 | Being a single parent and having so many things to juggle does not have to be a barrier to finding love. |
| 1:24.0 | Now even is free to download and you can discover profiles near you |
| 1:28.0 | and start chatting in a welcoming dating environment. |
| 1:31.0 | So to my fellow single moms and dads out there, go go, download even now. |
| 1:37.0 | This is the Scummy Mummies Podcast. |
| 1:50.0 | Hello, I'm Minnie Gibson and I'm Helen Thorne |
| 1:53.0 | Welcome to the Scummy Mummies podcast yes |
| 1:56.0 | Now this episode is sponsored Helen |
| 1:59.0 | Imagine that yeah no thank you sponsor who is it Ellie well yeah some people get sponsored to run marathons or climb Kilimanjaro. We just get sponsored to talk shit on the internet, but that's right to sit down and talk crap. Yes. But it's good crap, Ellen, because we're talking about video games. Yes, yes. But it's good crap, I like, because we're talking about video games. |
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