Welcome to This Glorious Mess Big Kids, a twice-weekly look at parenting as it really is - confusing, exhausting, inspiring, funny, and full of surprises. So many surprises!

Today you'll hear a different voice in place of Andrew; radio host at KIIS 97.3 and mum of three boys, Robin Bailey!

She joins Holly to share her five golden rules of parenting, and what she's learnt raising three kids and dealing with the grief of losing both her first and second husbands.

Plus this week's listener question, how do you connect with a teenage boy who wants nothing to do with you? 

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Hosts: Holly Wainwright & Robin Bailey

Audio Production: Rhiannon Mooney

Producer: Mikayla Floriano and Emmeline Peterson

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