Kelsey Parker, 'Sharenting', Maternity leave
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2024
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
It has been almost two years since the death of The Wanted star Tom Parker after he was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour in 2020 aged 33. His wife, Kelsey Parker, announced last month that, after a lot of reflection, it was time to take off her wedding rings. Kelsey joins Anita Rani in the Woman’s Hour studio to discuss this decision and how she has dealt with her grief.
What is the impact of 'sharenting' on the first generation of kids who grew up with it? Dorothy Koomson's new thriller, Every Smile You Fake, follows the daughter of a parenting influencer who has mysteriously disappeared. Anita speaks to Dorothy and Dr Emma Nottingham about sharenting and the proposed legislation in the US and France to regulate it.
Tomorrow is the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Oksana Grytsenko is a Ukrainian playwright and freelance journalist covering the war for various newspapers including the Wall Street Journal. She joins Anita to discuss living in Ukraine two years into the war, what is acceptable to write about whilst living through a conflict and the opening of her play focused on a family of women living in a village occupied by Russian soldiers.
The first Police and Crime Commissioner to take maternity leave, Emily Spurrell, joins us on the programme. On becoming pregnant, she realised no maternity provision existed for the role and took matters in to her own hands. She joins Anita alongside Tim Durrant, Programme Director at the Institute for Government, who’s currently researching maternity leave provisions for elected officials.
Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Emma Pearce
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| 0:45.0 | Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4. |
| 0:50.0 | Good morning and welcome to the program. |
| 0:53.0 | Sharenting, is that a word you've heard? |
| 0:55.0 | This is when parents share information about their children online. |
| 0:59.0 | Is this you? |
| 1:00.0 | Have you put up picks of your kids, divulged information that maybe you've later regretted or maybe not |
| 1:05.1 | are you the child who's having the images and information shared about you? Maybe it's simply so your |
| 1:10.3 | friends and family can keep up to date with what's going on in your life. |
| 1:13.5 | But of course if your account is public or even if it's not your information is public. |
| 1:18.7 | Does it matter? |
| 1:19.6 | Has it caused conflict in your household with your children or with your parents and how do you feel |
| 1:24.3 | about other people putting up information about their children and how they choose |
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