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Radio 3,22 Jun 2016,15 mins

SeriesA Reflection on Worrying

A Reflection on Worrying: Parental Worries

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We all have worries but rarely do we speak honestly about them. In this series of personal essays, five essayists share their intimate relationship with worry. As both a parent and historian, Professor Emma Griffin explores how parental worries have changed throughout the centuries and asks whether worry has always been a part of raising children.

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