Would you rent a nanna? One Australian grandma has built a business on what so many exhausted parents are missing. Take our money, Nanna. 

Meanwhile, Meghan Markle has been dubbed a submarine parent. Is she really doing anything different from a FIFO dad or does it get complicated when motherhood and domesticity are also part of your brand?

Plus, should we stop telling our kids they’re amazing at everything? Raygun, North West and one brutally honest dad have us asking whether endless praise is actually doing kids any favours.

Also: the deeply bleak world of AI slop for kids, Matty J is officially Dad Of The Year, and the school photo privacy story that might make you look very differently at your childcare app.

Reccos:

Stacey recommends these Tik Tok ridiculously easy banana pancakes.

Monz recommends the $20 Silent Basketball from Rebel Sport. Same bouncing. None of the indoor ball noise rage

Amelia recommends Poster Children by Christine Kenneally in The Monthly

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CREDITS:

Hosts: Stacey Hicks, Amelia Lester & Monique Bowley

Video Editor: Artemi Kokkaris

Associate Producer: Tessa Kotowicz

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