In this two part episode on parenting, I sit down with Leedie and Chris, two medical students who are managing their studies while balancing being parents. Leedie is a final year student in Melbourne and a mum of three boys, two of which have additional needs. Chris is a former pharmacist, a third year student in Geelong and a single dad of three kids who he co-parents with their mum.

We talk about:

- Is studying a degree like medicine while being a parent selfish or is it good for our kids? Is it a gendered question?

- How much does being a parent shape a person's decision to pursue medicine?

- Do people have kids in medical school?! How!?

- Are our kids watching us? What are they learning from us when they see us pursuing our dreams?

- Going it alone, seeking support and responding to the naysayers

- The essential need for tip top time management and supportive family and not needing to "know it all"