Podcast Episode
Ellie Lee: No One Used to 'Parent'

About this episode
🚨 Get 20% off tickets to the Battle of Ideas and see Take Me Home Live: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1851549427179/?discount=TMH26 🚨---In this episode of Take Me Home, Hilary and Sebastian are joined by sociologist Ellie Lee to discuss how parenting has changed, and what happens when ordinary family life becomes increasingly shaped by experts, policies, and professional advice.They talk about parental authority, common sense, the medicalisation of everyday life, and whether parents are being given less responsibility for raising their own children.Recommendations:Growing Up in the Culture WarsLa Grazia (2025)Varna's Hot Spring BathsCheck out the SDP website or get in touch:www.sdp.org.ukhilary.salt@sdp.org.uksebastian.moore@sdp.org.uk