Woman's Hour Kids and Family
Parenting, family matters and relationships: topical subjects in the news affecting women around the world from BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour. Jenni Murray and Jane Garvey present news, views, interviews and discussions from a female perspective. Woman's Hour brings you the big celebrity names and leading women in the news and subjects range widely from politics to health, law, education, arts, parenting, relationships, work, fiction, food and fashion.
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WHFamily: Coming out as a lesbian
Is honesty always the best policy?
Last week Miriam Margolyes spoke on Desert Island Discs about how she regretted coming out as a lesbian to her mother. With the perceived wider acceptance of homosexuality, what hurdles do people face coming out, and how should this process be handled? Jane will be talking to the crime novelist Natasha Cooper about her experiences, and to Tim Franks, Chief Executive of PACE, a charity that promotes the mental health and emotional wellbeing of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
WHFamily: Suicide and the Family
Every year in the UK between 600 and 800 young people take their own lives. Huge numbers of young people consider suicide and many thousands of those actually make an attempt. Sarah Parker talks to Rosie and her daughter Ziggy, who attempted suicide recently. Jane discusses the issue with Dr Alice Parshall, Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Director at the West London Mental Healthcare Trust, and Anne Parry, Chair of Papyrus, a charity which campaigns to prevent suicide in young people.
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