Help! I Have A Teenager

It may have been a little while since you’ve heard co-host Ginni Mansberg’s voice in your ears. If you didn’t know, Ginni is also one of the hosts of our Gen X podcast, Unleashed, where women come together for a laugh, a chat and, occasionally, some of life’s harder conversations.
Ginni recently shared something incredibly personal with the Unleashed listeners, the story of her mum’s decision to choose voluntary assisted dying.
If you have a teenager, or a child who is now an adult, you may find yourself in a similar stage of life to Ginni: watching your parents age and beginning to face the realities of serious illness, difficult decisions and what it means to care for the people who once cared for you.
This is part one of a three-part series following Ginni and her family through the before, the moment itself and what comes after.
You can listen to part two and part three here.
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On today’s episode, writer, comedian and host of Mamamia's 456 Club podcast, Cathrine Mahoney joins us to share her unfiltered experience of parenting a teenager. With her trademark humour, Cathrine Mahoney offers hilarious reality checks about what's coming in the teenage years from endless food bills to impossible-to-wake mornings, and the unexpected melancholy of the parenting moments you don't realise will be your last.
Whether you're in the trenches with little ones, or watching your teenager pull away, this episode offers the perfect blend of practical wisdom and emotional validation about the parenting journey that passes all too quickly, reminding us to treasure even the challenging parts of parenting.
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Host: Tegan Natoli, Annaliese Todd
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Producer: Tina Matolov
Audio Producer: Jacob Round
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A parent keeps a close eye on the gifts coming into the house—it might feel like extra admin, but it's undeniably clever. Speaking of clever, one mum has cracked the code for those insufferable "home-baked treats" requests at school fetes. And, in an impressive feat, a couple transforms into wizard-like time lords to carve out more alone time.
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Host: Annaliese Todd & Stacey Hicks
Producer: Grace Rouvray
Audio Producer: Lu Hill
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What comes to mind when you hear 'strong'? Maybe muscles or physical strength? But, what about mental strength and resilience?
You may know Olympian Libby Trickett as Libby Lenton. She became a house hold name in the early 2000s swimming for Australia.
Libby wasn’t prepared for a different type of strength she would need once she’d retire from swimming. Like many new parents, Libby's world was turned upside down by the arrival of her first baby, Poppy.
You can read Libby's full little love story here.
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Guest: Libby Trickett
Audio Producer: Lu Hill
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On this weeks episode of Parents Anonymous, a gushy Facebook post has a parent questioning their entire existence. Bribery is ALWAYS in the parenting toolkit. Plus a PA theme has started to emerge with parents ringing the emergency services, possibly wasting their time. Much to unpack.
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CREDITS:
Host: Annaliese Todd & Stacey Hicks
Producer: Grace Rouvray
Audio Producer: Lu Hill
Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land we have recorded this podcast on, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
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