How would you react if you found out you were to become a Dad via text message… after a one night stand… whilst at work? Welcome to the story of Alfie Brown, who lays bare to Stu and Sindhu the story of his unconventional relationship with his children's Mum, how his own parenting influenced his life choices, and what comes next.

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This episode of Child Labour is quite simply filled with love. Quincey Brome is aware of he how he looks and is perceived… a big imposing character. As you’ll hear though, Quincy is that and so much more. Sindhu and Stu listen to how he became a sole parent, how he gives back to his community, how a Hollywood star is his son’s Godparent and gives the podcast’s most painfully honest ‘rose and thorn’ so far.

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Do you grimace or smile at the school gates? If you say hello through gritted teeth then you’ll love this episode’s guest, comedian Jen Brister. Jen takes Stu and Sindhu through the trials of being a lesbian parent, being on the end of a stern Spanish mother and how to hopefully be the perfect complimentary parent.

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Eastenders actress Jo Joyner is a woman who likes to plan. Going through IVF treatment is a testing time for any prospective parent, but Jo became fascinated with the ins and outs of the science and lets Sindhu and Stu in on her experiences, and what it’s like to have twins.

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Something different for this episode of Child Labour when Stu and Sindhu welcome actor Sophie Aldred into the studio. From how her early career as Dr Who’s sidekick won her more time at home, to the impact of a Steiner education, Sophie tells us her story of her ace teenagers.

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50% of the Infinite Monkey Cage podcast, Robin Ince joins Stu and Sindhu on this episode to talk about never being fully relaxed. One of the UK’s finest polymaths, does being able to process a ton of information on parenting help or hinder the actual experience? Plus Robin and Stu share being too worried about their children, and Sindhu settles them down.

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Intense parents… a bad thing? Well, maybe not. In this episode Guilty Feminist Jessica Fostekew opens up about holding onto things when it would be better for parent and child to just let it go.

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Falling pregnant with a guy she’d only known for a matter of weeks, comic and writer Athena is now a fiercely proud and resilient mother. We talk about the matriarchal line of her own family; from her mum’s less-than-perfect role as her birth partner, to the societal flaws Athena feels she can now challenge in how she raises her daughter.

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Growing up with a professionally invisible dad, and toughening up to survive multiple schools, Spencer is now an actor, award-winning comedian and maker of beautiful, ludicrous art. His own children often now feature in his work, and he reveals his struggle to preserve their creativity against the undertow of the mundane.

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Raised by a mother who criticised her every move, author and actress Arabella’s temper was forged in defiance. Having parented her children by deliberately doing the opposite of whatever her own mother would have done, she talks to Sindhu and Stu about purging the echoes of that scathing voice.

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