Liz Walker: Teenagers, working mums and the NHS

In this episode we talk to Liz Walker, GP and mum to grown up children. Liz gives some golden nuggets of wisdom on bringing up teenagers, we chat about life as a working Mum and we finish off with the current crisis in the NHS, including a few ideas how we can support the NHS.

KEY TOPICS

Topic #1 [4:25] Parenting teenagers- Liz tells us about she managed the teenage years with her kids, the importance of simply listening and how to cope when your teens are no longer interested in church.

Topic #2 [27:45] Juggling life as a working Mum-we discuss the joys and challenges of being a working Mum, how Liz coped with the pressures of life at home vs work, and how things have changed over the last 30 years.

Topic #3 [38:30] The NHS- we couldn’t not talk the NHS in the episode. Liz gives her opinion what’s causing so much pressure on the NHS right now, what we can do when we’re worried about our children with so many horrid viruses and bugs about, and how we can support those working in the NHS.

RESOURCES AND LINKS

Some of the resources mentioned in the podcast include;

· The website Liz mentions for looking at children’s symptoms is frimley-healthiertogether.nhs.uk

· Katherine Hill “Left to their own devices. Parenting in a digital age”.

· Sarah-Jayne Blakemore “Inventing ourselves, The secret life of the teenage brain.”

· Katherine Hill “A Mind of their own, Building your child’s emotional wellbeing in a post pandemic world.”

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FINALLY….

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