Beth Moran on fostering, Theo Bleak, Dating someone a similar age to your children

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

What’s it like fostering in your 40s? Author Beth Moran had three children in her twenties but decided to take up fostering once they flew the nest. Her new novel It Had To Be You is inspired by her experiences of fostering thirteen children in five years.

Singer-songwriter Theo Bleak has received huge acclaim recently for her raw lyrics and soaring melodies. As well as supporting Suede, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds and Joesef on tour, her debut LP Pain was also nominated for Scottish Album of the Year. Theo performs her latest single You Said You’d Feel It All Again live in the Woman’s Hour studio.

The director Sam Taylor-Johnson was 42 when she met husband to be Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who was 18 at the time. They recently made a red carpet appearance with her two eldest daughters and the hashtag #SameAgeAsStepDaughter became a TikTok trend. Clare McDonnell is joined by Alexandra who was her husband’s third wife and at 30 had stepdaughters of 26 and 20 from his first two marriages. She joins Clare McDonnell, along with parenting expert and family psychologist Anna Mathur.

Presenter: Clare McDonnell Producer: Laura Northedge

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0:00.0	In 2024, we were here for the chatty ones.
0:04.6	Right, it's time to talk about this with big name podcasts.
0:07.8	Amazing.
0:08.6	Side tracked.
0:09.4	Charlie Axiax.
0:10.5	Welcome.
0:11.6	Thanks for having me.
0:12.4	I'm so excited.
0:13.6	Desert Island Discs.
0:14.8	Killion, how have you found choosing your discs?
0:16.8	I showed a couple of friends the list and they said, oh, well, that's good.
0:19.8	There's no crazy obscure stuff out there.
0:22.1	And miss me. I was playing the pyramid stage of Blastonbury and I was like, there's no way they're going to see me walking out on that stage.
0:28.4	We're like, whatever. The best of 2024 is here. Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:35.8	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:39.5	Hello, this is Claire Macdonnell and you're listening to the Woman's Hour podcast.
0:44.1	Hello and welcome to Woman's Hour and a very happy New Year's Eve to you all.
0:49.8	Now, if your grown-up children have finally flown the nest, can you even imagine going back to the beginning and starting all over again?
0:58.0	Well, that is precisely what author Ben Moran did. Sorry, Beth Moran did.
1:02.7	Beth had three children in her 20s and decided to take up fostering once they'd left home.
1:08.1	She's now written a book about her experiences and she'll join me in the
1:11.9	Woman's Our Studio. Live music too this morning from Theo Bleak, who's been receiving huge acclaim
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