S10 EP3: Parenting Hell Mixtape

Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe

Keep It Light Media / Spotify Studios

Comedy, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8 • 19.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Here's a hand crafted selection of the finest tales and advice from the Parenting Hell podcast archives. Each one a guaranteed banger... TRACK LISTING: ELLIS JAMES Kicking things off, Ellis James reveals how his son’s early wake ups miraculously disappeared... only to return. ABBEY CLANCEY Next up, Abbey Clancy describes the mayhem and mishaps in her jam-packed household… IAIN STIRLING The next highlight comes from Iain Stirling as he talks getting to grips with the early stages of parenting… HELEN RUSSELL Helen Russell discusses the delights of Danish living and the lengths she’ll go to for Danish pastries… BABATUNDE ALESHE Babtunde Aleshe discusses competitive children, the pleasures of countryside living, and his son’s unusual comfort habit… SAM QUEK Our penultimate clip features new mum Sam Quek revealing some of the strange requests she’s as an Olympian… CHARLIE BAKER And finally, Charlie Baker, shares his perfect analogies for living with and parenting his teenage son… If you want to get in touch with the show here's how: EMAIL: [email protected] TWITTER: @parenting_hell INSTAGRAM: @parentinghell A 'Keep It Light Media' Production Sales, advertising, and general enquiries: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Rob Beckett and I'm Josh Willickham.
0:05.9	Welcome to Parent in Hell, the show in which Josh and I discuss what it's really like to be a parent,
0:11.3	which I would say can be a little tricky.
0:30.6	So, to make ourselves, and hopefully you, feel better about the trials and tribulations of modern-day parenting, each week we'll be chatting to a famous parent about how they're coping.
0:32.4	Or hopefully how they're not coping.
0:37.9	And we'll also be hearing from you, the listener, with your tips, advice and, of course, tales of parenting woe.
0:41.7	Because let's be honest, there are plenty of times where none of us know what we're doing.
0:51.2	This episode is brought to you by Go Henry. The money app and debit card that gives kids an advantage in life through learning to earn, save, spend and grow
0:54.7	their money from age six to 18. It's stuff we all wish we'd learned before we spent our
0:59.5	first ever paycheck on sweets and trainers. And just because you're a parenting hell listener,
1:03.7	we've got a little bonus for you. Sign up today at gohenry.com slash parent in hell
1:07.9	and you'll get five pounds free pocket money a head start on their finances
1:11.4	or some sweets. The GoHenry card is issued by IDT Financial Services Limited, a principal member
1:17.2	of Visa Europe. This episode is brought to you by the Times and Sunday Times.
1:22.7	Josh, do you ever find yourself second-guessing your parenting decisions? Yes. Every single day.
1:29.2	Go on. Talk to me.
1:30.1	Whether I should have, you know, got them to bed earlier.
1:33.5	Whether I should have been harder on whether they could have a second biscuit.
1:36.7	Whether I should let them watch that much TV.
1:38.8	That's just some of the examples, Rob.
1:40.6	How about you?
1:41.1	Yeah, I'm constantly.
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