Step-Parenting, Virginity & The Pill

Sara & Clare’s strict health regime has come to end so they’ve excitedly tumbled off the wagon to discover they’re now complete lightweights.  This week Clare’s caught the eye of yet another man on the train and Sara’s worked out the easiest way to keep teenagers happy. Spoiler alert, it involves hard cash.  Sara & Clare open up about their experiences of being step-parents, navigating wicked stepmothers of their own and raising their own kids in blended households.  The matter of virginity comes up and what’s changed over the years in terms of judgment and shame.  Peer pressure, contraception and borrowing mum’s lingerie - it’s all there. Meanwhile Sara’s eldest has demanded a correction of something Sara said in last week's episode…  PS, Sara’s new book is out in paperback now. Way Back is available here: http://www.bio.to/wayback  THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER  “Here is the feel-good read you have been looking for... “ “The big-hearted novel brimming with warmth, humour and heart”. “Please go and buy it, so Sara can keep taking me to fancy Italian restaurants” – Lady Jackie of Boltonia Email us at  hello@teencommandments.co.uk   Follow us on Instagram: @djsaracox, @clarehamilton__ Visit www.theteencommandments.co.uk Teen Commandments is a Sara Cox Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Best friends Sara Cox and Clare Hamilton survived their chaotic teenage years together. Now they're back in the trenches with five teens between them - but armed with laughs, survival tactics and the kind of wisdom that only comes from being former rule-breakers themselves.  Each week they’ll reminisce and commiserate as they attempt to make sense of the often mind-boggling behaviour of modern teens…because the best teen advice comes from those who know every trick in the book. Mum, dads, carers, parents, step-parents, grandparents and yes, even you teens, are welcome, encouraged even, to step into the world of The Teen Commandments.   When not parenting, riding her horse or walking her 3 dogs, or caring for her other numerous pets, Sara Cox can be found broadcasting on BBC Radio 2, presenting television shows and writing one of her 3 Sunday Times Best-selling books, Sara can be found in her garden shed with Clare recording this podcast.  Leaving the chaos of her own teenagers behind her, with a coffee in hand and headphones in, hairdresser and single mum Clare Hamilton hops on a train each week from her home in Manchester to travel to Sara’s for a sleepover and to record this podcast.  📧 Email at hello@teencommandments.co.uk   📲 Follow on Instagram: @djsaracox, @clarehamilton_  👩‍💻 Visit www.theteencommandments.co.uk 🎙️ Teen Commandments is a Sara Cox Production