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With it being Cystic Fibrosis week from 13-19 June, it's very timely that this week we speak to Laura Barrett, the mother of Bailey who was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis. Laura has since written a book to help other parents through the trauma of such a diagnosis and how to cope with the long hospital stays, family adjustments and the guilt that may come with it. We talk about her book, "Unconditional Love - An empowering guide to accepting your child's diagnosis, managing long hospital stays and building your new self" We also talk toMargaret Chapman and Tamsin Holland from St Albans Girl's School about the upcoming transition to secondary school for our children, and how best to manage the changes in their school life. The Parents' Show is sponsored by Rayden Solicitors.

In this episode, we speak to Nicola Mc Kinnon, Community Fundraiser at Herts Young Homeless, a wonderful local charity that puts huge time and energy into preventing homelessness among young people in our county. She speaks about upcoming opportunities to support their work through various Fundraising initiatives in the coming weeks. We also speak to entrepreneur Rebecca Jackson, a Mum who is pregnant with twins and going through an incredibly stressful roller-coaster of a pregnancy. She has decided that one way to deal with the difficulties that have and may face her in the future is to speak openly and let us all learn from her experience. Rebecca will tell us about what she’s going through. Our programme is sponsored by Rayden Solicitors

It's part 4 of the #ADHD special on the Thursday's Parents' Show. Lydia speaks to James Wenger about being diagnosed with ADHD in adulthood, and how that is helping him relate his experiences growing up to his own son who also has ADHD, after recapping everything the show has covered about over the last few weeks. The Parents' Show is sponsored by Rayden Solicitors.

As we continue with our February Focus on ADHD, we are really pleased to have the opportunity to interview Mel Peeke, ADHD and Autism Lead at ADD-vance - ADHD & Autism Trust. Mel will be answering questions on topics from the isolation young people and parents experience to medication and gender dysphoria, to the vital role our schools have to play. This show is for everyone, it will answer questions for parents and carers on how best to support their child but it is also incredibly valuable for all parents to gain a better understanding of what children with ADHD go through. We are proudly sponsored by Rayden Solicitors

This week on the Parents’ Show we catch up with Claire Healey from Raring2go St Albans and Harpenden about some exciting upcoming developments. Keep an eye on those book bags for more! On a more serious note, we speak to Debi Roberts, CEO of The OLLIE Foundation about how some media have got it wrong covering recent suicides in the news and how important our use of language is around this incredibly sensitive subject. Proudly sponsored by Rayden Solicitors

As it's World Book Day this Thursday, we thought we'd take you back to January's Parents' show where we explore how we can get our kids reading more and hear from a local book retailer. We speak to Margaret Allen, Curriculum and Education Specialist at Renaissance Learning who have the well-known programme Accelerated Reader as part of their offering. We will be speaking about how important reading is. Then we speak to Mr Jack Pettitt from Verulam School who will be providing incredible practical advice on supporting your child’s reading. Finally, we will speak to Books on the Hill about what they are doing to get us reading in 2022! Tune in from 8-9pm on Thursday. Rayden Solicitors sponsor the Parents’ Show.