This week we were joined by Chathu to discuss childhood and its significance on our future lives. By drawing on our own experiences, we explored the problematic notion of the heteronormative 'nuclear family' whereby we expect men to be breadwinners and women to be caregivers. We also discussed the role of gender in the upbringing of children, and the expectations that tell us that boys and girls need to behave in a certain way.

Reality Check

Childhood

Reality Check is a space for your hosts, Jess and Sophie, to chat about contentious and complicated topics that dominate the social and political society that we live in. Issues such as climate change, feminism and mental health sometimes feel too complex to fully engage with. By deep-diving into smaller aspects of these huge problems on a weekly basis we hope to give our audience the opportunity learn alongside us.

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