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Parental Control

Parental Control is a monthly parenting and lifestyle podcast created by My Baba and hosted by the website's founder Leonora Bamford.

Podcast · By My Baba · English · Official site

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Sep 17, 2026
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Jul 7, 2026

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  1. Episode · Sep 17, 2026

    Katharine Radice On How Many Clubs Should Your Child Actually Be Doing? (opens the original)

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    Swimming on Monday. Football on Tuesday. Music on Wednesday. Gymnastics at the weekend. Sound familiar? For many families, extracurricular activities have become an almost automatic part of childhood. We want our children to try new things, build confidence, make friends and discover what they love. But somewhere along the way, have we started to believe that every empty space in their diary needs filling? In this episode of Parental Control, Ellie Thompson welcomes education expert Katharine Ra

  2. Episode · Sep 9, 2026

    Are We Doing Too Much To Our Skin? William Foley On Skincare & Healthy Ageing (opens the original)

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    What if the secret to better skin isn't doing more, but doing less? In this episode of Parental Control, Ellie Thompson sits down with multi-award-winning aesthetician and celebrity facialist William Foley , founder of William Foley Skin and creator of The BioSync Method™, to challenge some of the biggest messages we're being sold about skincare today. With 17 years of hands-on experience working with skin, William believes we've become obsessed with fixing, stripping, resurfacing and perfecting

  3. Episode · Sep 3, 2026

    Why Do People Have Affairs? Anna Williamson On Infidelity, Relationships And Rebuilding Trust (opens the original)

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    Why do people have affairs, and is infidelity ever as simple as one person being in the wrong? In this episode of My Baba's Parental Control podcast, Ellie Thompson sits down with presenter, relationship expert and counsellor Anna Williamson, host of the hit podcast The Affair. Now in its sixth season, the series explores real-life stories of infidelity from every perspective, uncovering the emotions, motivations and consequences behind one of our most complicated relationship taboos. Anna and E

  4. Episode · Aug 26, 2026

    Should We Ban Social Media For Under-16s? A Child Psychologist Weighs In (opens the original)

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    Would banning social media for under-16s protect our children, or simply drive their online lives further underground? As debate around children's access to social media continues, Ellie Thompson welcomes Child and Educational Psychologist Dr Emily Crosby to the Parental Control podcast to look beyond the headlines and explore what social media is really doing to young minds. With more than 13 years' experience supporting children, young people and their families across NHS, local authority and

  5. Episode · Jul 28, 2026

    Children's Phobias: What Every Parent Needs To Know (opens the original)

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    Fear is a normal part of childhood. From monsters under the bed to spiders, needles and the dark, most children will experience fears as they grow. But when does a fear become a phobia? And what can parents do to help? In this episode of Parental Control, Ellie Thompson is joined by leading Harley Street phobia expert and Face Your Fears author Christopher Paul Jones . Having overcome his own debilitating phobias, Christopher has spent more than 20 years helping people around the world—including

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