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Sunday Omnibus - Challenges of Parenthood

Fi Glover presents the omnibus edition of the series that proves it's surprising what you hear when you listen with three conversations about the challenges of parenthood.

Fi Glover presents the omnibus edition of the series that proves it's surprising what you hear when you listen with three conversations - between friends and fellow carers of adult children; on the challenges of having a baby born with a heart defect; and on the impact of losing a new-born baby.

The Listening Project is a Radio 4 initiative that offers a snapshot of contemporary Britain in which people across the UK volunteer to have a conversation with someone close to them about a subject they've never discussed intimately before. The conversations are being gathered across the UK by teams of producers from local and national radio stations who facilitate each encounter. Every conversation - they're not Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ interviews, and that's an important difference - lasts up to an hour, and is then edited to extract the key moment of connection between the participants. Most of the unedited conversations are being archived by the British Library and used to build up a collection of voices capturing a unique portrait of the UK in the second decade of the millennium. You can learn more about The Listening Project by visiting bbc.co.uk/listeningproject

Producer: Mohini Patel

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14 minutes

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Sun 28 Apr 2019 14:45

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  • Sun 28 Apr 2019 14:45

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