In this episode Mairead and I talk about coping as a parent through the pandemic and Lockdown 2.  We go on to discuss how our experience of being parented has an impact on how we become parents ourselves. Mairead discusses the challenge of raising children with long age gaps between them, and wonders about the different parenting approaches to boys and girls, sons and daughters.
 
We discuss the challenge of deciding when and how we introduce our early teen to technology and social media. We discuss the strengths and risks of introducing technology too early or too late and explore how we can encourage a child to have their voice and nurture their self-worth. 
 
Keywords: Surviving Lockdown 2, Parenting Boys and Girls, Blended families, introducing children to Social media and nurturing self worth
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