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Sep 2022
36m 42s

Things our mum and dad used to say - AIR...

Craig Wealand
About this episode

Bringing up children is not easy, and it's not always easy to be brought up by our parents either. 


In this podcast, we'll share some things our parents used to say that made sense at the time, but seem strange when we look back on them many years later. 

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