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Sharing holidays; Commonwealth sportswomen; Supporting mothers when children end up in care

The pitfalls of holidaying with another family when you do not share the same approach to parenting. Presented by Jane Garvey.

The pitfalls of holidaying with friends who don't share the same approach to parenting. With the opening of the Commonwealth Games just days away, who are the key sportswomen to keep an eye on? A mother's experience of seeing four of her children taken into care because of her lifestyle, and the project that's addressing the problems of other women like her. How botany has evolved and what it's taught us with scientist Professor Kathy Willis.

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Mon 21 Jul 2014 10:00

Chapters

  • Women Who’ve had Multiple Children Taken into Care

    Jane visits Pause Project which aims to help women turn her life around.

    Duration: 22:20

  • The Women to Watch at the Commonwealth Games

    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Sport's Karthi Gnanasegaram on the women to watch.

    Duration: 06:16

  • Holidaying with other Families

    The pitfalls and pleasures of going on holiday with other families.

    Duration: 08:05

  • The History of Botany

    Kathy Willis, Head of Science at RBG Kew, on how cuts will affect Botanical Research.

    Duration: 05:02

Women who’ve had multiple children taken into care

Women who’ve had successive children taken into care are a small group with a range of complex problems. Poor outcomes for their children and the cost to society make it crucial to help them but they’re stuck in a cycle. In Hackney in London the Pause Project seeks to help women stop getting pregnant and losing their children again and again. To be eligible, women must use long-acting contraception and in return they get support from a key-worker, access to services and even days out. Jane Garvey meets Sophie Humphreys who developed the project after years of experience of taking children from their mothers. And, talks to a woman we’re calling Helen who is trying to turn her life around after having losing her four children because of her drug use and chaotic lifestyle. 

The Commonwealth Games

From shooting to judo, boxing to badminton, the Commonwealth Games will bring together an international array of elite competitors all going for gold in Glasgow. After Olympic success for top sportswomen for Team GB in 2012, who are the medal contenders from Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland this summer? Ahead of the opening of the Games, Jane Garvey talks to Â鶹ԼÅÄ sports correspondent Karthi Gnanasegaram about the women to watch.  

The History of Botany

The history of Botany - the study of plants - is the focus of new Radio 4 series, in partnership with the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, to be broadcast over the summer. It chronicles the evolution of Botany, from Carl Linnaeus, to Beatrix Potter and the fight for botanists, men as well as women, to be taken seriously in their field of science. Prof Kathy Willis, Head of Science at RBG Kew, who presents the series, joins Jane to talk about this untold story.

'Plants: From Roots to Riches' is broadcast on Radio 4 weekdays at 1.45pm 

Holidaying with other Families

It seems like the perfect plan – going on holiday with another family. The children will have other children to play with. You’ll have proper time with your adult friends. In Lizzie Enfield’s new novel, Living with It, four couples who’ve been friends since university go on holiday to France with their children. One couple's baby daughter contracts the measles virus from another couples sixteen year old daughter. The baby is left profoundly deaf. Huge recriminations follow. This dramatic fictional example captures perfectly the consequences of different parenting styles in a holiday setting. Author Lizzie Enfield and Annalisa Barbieri who writes an advice column on parenting in the Guardian join Jane to discuss the pitfalls and pleasures of going on holiday with other families.

Living with It by Lizzie Enfield is published by Myriad Editions.

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest Kathy Willis
Producer Anne Peacock

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  • Mon 21 Jul 2014 10:00

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