Mix 92.6’s The Parents' Show

04/04/2024

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19:00 Thu Apr 04

01/04/2024

Coming up on Thursday 4th April at 7:00 pm on Mix 92.6
Autism Awareness, recovery and running the London Marathon for the ‘Smallest Things’ charity.

It’s Autism Awareness Week and Lydia catches up with Karen Hannan, our resident expert on neurodiversity, who talks about the challenges faced by neurodiverse children and adults.

This week Karen looks at recovery from mental health, the importance of carers looking after themselves and where parents of autistic children in particular can get assistance and support.

In part two, Neil meets Sarah Miles and Veronica Bodell. Sarah is a trustee of the / charity, which supports parents of premature babies and herself gave birth to premature identical twins before losing one of them after 6 months in NICU to complications. The charity works to raise awareness of and support the needs of parents who are looking after their premature infants and has been instrumental in changing the law on parental leave. www.thesmallestthings.org

Veronica is running the London Marathon this year to support Sarah’s charity, and the two talk to Neil about the creation of the charity, its work, how Veronica’s preparations are going and her hopes for the run. You can donate to support Veronica’s run at justgiving.com/page/vrunslondon .

You can find out more about the Prem Aware Award for schools at www.thesmallestthings.org/prem-aware

That’s this Thursday at 7pm on 92.6FM, online at mix926.com and on your smartspeaker.

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31/03/2024

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20:00 Sun Mar 31

28/03/2024

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19:00 Thu Mar 28

24/03/2024

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20:00 Sun Mar 24

23/03/2024

Hello, sleep-deprived parents of the world. 😴 March is and we're here to help you catch those elusive extra hours. Remember our podcast episode about the importance of sleep (for you AND your kids)?

If you missed it amidst the chaos of bedtime stories and under-the-bed monster checks, now's your chance to tune in. So grab your favourite blanket, a steaming cup of chamomile tea, and dive into the fascinating world of sleep. Sweet dreams!

Listen here: 🔗 https://buff.ly/4alUSxX

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On the Parents’ Show this week, Lydia is joined by Alexandra Collingbourne, who runs Sleep by Alexandra and is a Baby sleep consultant for infants, toddlers and young children. Alexandra talks about why we need sleep, how to gauge our children’s sleep patterns and how to encourage a bedtime and ...

23/03/2024

The Odyssey is the world’s greatest independent Cinema and can be found on London Road in St Albans. In this podcast, Mix 92.6FM presenter Neil Rodger sits down with two of the biggest film geek…sorry…experts on the Odyssey team, Roberta Da Silva and Nicolas De Bellis. This podcast is for you ...

21/03/2024

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19:00 Thu Mar 21

21/03/2024

Happy parents! Remember when we explored the joys and challenges of raising kids with Down's Syndrome on Mix 92.6 Parents Show? If you missed it or simply want to re-live the magic, we've got you covered.

Our podcast is ready and waiting to help fill your day with love, tears and even a bit of laughter. So grab a cup of coffee (or wine, we're not judging), sit back and dive in.

Listen here: 🔗 https://buff.ly/3TF4RZx

In this week’s show, Neil meets Michelle Bolton, one of the founders of DS Achieve, a charity formed to help empower families and professionals to enable children and young people with Down Syndrome to fulfil their potential. Michelle’s son Tom was born with DS, and she speaks openly about how T...

20/03/2024

Coming up on Thursday 21st March at 7:00 pm on Mix 92.6

St Albans Parkrun, Spanish visitors and Winston’s Wish

This week on The Parents’ Show on Mix 92.6 92.6, Andreea meets Richard Sved, who is one of the team behind the St Albans parkrun and finds out who it’s for, how young can you be to take part and how you can volunteer to help.

Then, Lydia caught up with some Spanish students who are over in St Albans on a school trip and finds out how they are getting on.

To finish, Mix Morning’s Elly O’Meara met with Sam Rose, an ambassador for the Winston's Wish - giving hope to grieving children charity, which supports grieving children who have lost a parent or loved one. The sad statistics are that on average, an estimated 127 children lose a parent every day. Sam tells Elly what the charity does to support our young people and how you can help.

That’s this Thursday at 7pm on 92.6FM and online at mix926.com, repeated on Sunday at 8pm.

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This week on The Parents’ Show on Mic 92.6, Andreea meets Richard Sved, who is one of the team behind the St Albans Parkrun and finds out who it’s for, how young can you be to take part and how you can volunteer to help. Then, Lydia caught up with some Spanish students who are ... Read more

19/03/2024

Calling all parents, caregivers, and those who've accidentally stepped on a Lego in the dark - this one's for you.

The Parents' Show on Herts Mix 92.6FM is where we tackle the joys, tears and occasional tantrums of parenting. Launched by a group of St Albans locals who decided they'd had enough of Googling 'why is my child eating crayons?' at 3am.

Every Thursday from 7-8pm (and repeated Sundays 8-9pm for those who missed it because they were too busy guarding the naughty step), we bring in top experts to answer your burning questions on everything and anything to do with parenting. It’s not designed to make you feel bad, it’s all done with love so you can get a little bit of knowledge that might help you. https://buff.ly/3wVvoc9

Tune in, laugh, cry, and remember - you're not alone in the amazing / guilt-ridden / exhausting journey of parenting.

18/03/2024

Hello, magnificent (and long-suffering) parents of Facebook. Remember when 'parenting' just meant stopping your kid from eating dirt? Ah, simpler times. Now, we've also got to navigate the internet too. But don't worry, we've got your back. Check out the latest episode of The Parents Show 👉 https://buff.ly/49X3UBt. It's like a GPS for the digital age parenting journey. "Mix 92.66

This Sunday at 8pm, Lydia caught up with Olivier Cauberghs from Textgain about the recent Safer Internet Day. Based in Belgium, Textgain use AI to find and flag problems with all sorts of internet issues such as fake news, hate speech and general harmful content. Olivier guides Lydia through some of...

17/03/2024

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20:00 Sun Mar 17

14/03/2024

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19:00 Thu Mar 14

12/03/2024

Coming up on Thursday 14th March at 7:00 pm on
Talking teen motivation and teen fitness
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Motivating our teens seems to be a very difficult thing to do sometimes, so it’s great to hear Henry Di**le from Young Fire Academy give us some tips on how we can use empathy and not control to get the best out of our young people.

In the second part, Luc, Archie and Luca continue their Duke of Edinburgh’s Award volunteering experience with us as they talk to Adam Wallace of Levitate, a personal training studio, about the importance of fitness for young people and who shares some insights and tips on how to use a gym.

To close the show, we play a newly-released track by local singer/songwriter Bobby Love, who with his daughters wrote and recorded this track in memory of Emma Barwell, a friend who recently passed away leaving her husband and four children. The song, Angel, was co-written by Bobby and his youngest daughter Elena, and sung by daughters Rebecca and Sofia Gray. Sofia and Elena are both at St.George’s School in Harpenden.

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Motivating our teens seems to be a very difficult thing to do sometimes, so it’s great to hear Henry Di**le from Young Fire Academy give us some tips on how we can use empathy and not control to get the best out of our young people. In the second part, Luc, Archie and Luca continue ... Read more

10/03/2024

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20:00 Sun Mar 10

07/03/2024

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19:00 Thu Mar 07

06/03/2024

As you know, we aim to cover as many topics of interest to parents here on the award-winning Parents' Show, but have we missed anything?

Is there something you'd like us to discuss that you haven't heard on the show?

Do you have a parenting story or success you'd like to share?

Are you on the road to parenthood and looking for some help and advice?

We'd love to hear from you - comment below or message us!

03/03/2024

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20:00 Sun Mar 03

03/03/2024

On the Parents’ Show this week, Lydia is joined by Alexandra Collingbourne, who runs Sleep by Alexandra and is a baby sleep consultant for infants, toddlers and young children.

Alexandra talks about why we need sleep, how to gauge our children’s sleep patterns and how to encourage a bedtime and sleep routine. She talks about the importance of bedroom temperature, creating a positive association with the bedroom and advice for helping neurodiverse children. Alexandra also gives advice to us parents on getting our own best sleep.

Post-natal depression in fathers is rarely discussed and Alexandra also can help spot the signs of such depression in both parents.

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That’s Thursday at 7pm here on 92.6FM, online at mix926.com and on your smartspeaker. Mix 92.6

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29/02/2024

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19:00 Thu Feb 29

28/02/2024

Listen in on Thursday, it's a great show as always!

This Sunday at 8pm, Lydia caught up with Olivier Cauberghs from Textgain about the recent Safer Internet Day. Based in Belgium, Textgain use AI to find and flag problems with all sorts of internet issues such as fake news, hate speech and general harmful content. Olivier guides Lydia through some of...

26/02/2024

Coming up on Thursday 29th February at 7:00 pm on
Safer Internet and Happy Days activities for kids
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This Thursday at 7pm, Lydia catches up with Olivier Cauberghs from Textgain about the recent Safer Internet Day.

Based in Belgium, Textgain use AI to find and flag problems with all sorts of internet issues such as fake news, hate speech and general harmful content. Olivier guides Lydia through some of the things parents can do to help protect their children to be safer online and in the world in general.

In the second part of the show, Neil talks to Rob Cox from the Happy Days charity, based in Hitchin, who provide activities for children who are either suffering from a medical condition or have other challenges in their life such as being a carer for a parent, or who are grieving a loss, for example.

That’s this Thursday at 7pm on 92.6FM, online at mix926.com and on your smartspeaker.

The Parents’ Show is sponsored by Rayden Solicitors.

This Sunday at 8pm, Lydia caught up with Olivier Cauberghs from Textgain about the recent Safer Internet Day. Based in Belgium, Textgain use AI to find and flag problems with all sorts of internet issues such as fake news, hate speech and general harmful content. Olivier guides Lydia through some of...

26/02/2024

Apologies if you were hoping to listen to our show on Internet Safety and Happy Days last night, the show will now be broadcast on Thursday 29th February, or you can listen to the podcast of the show at

This Sunday at 8pm, Lydia caught up with Olivier Cauberghs from Textgain about the recent Safer Internet Day. Based in Belgium, Textgain use AI to find and flag problems with all sorts of internet issues such as fake news, hate speech and general harmful content. Olivier guides Lydia through some of...

25/02/2024

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20:00 Sun Feb 25

23/02/2024

Coming up on Sunday 25th February at 8:00 pm on
Safer Internet and Happy Days activities for kids
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This Sunday at 8pm, Lydia caught up with Olivier Cauberghs from about the recent Safer Internet Day.

Based in Belgium, Textgain use AI to find and flag problems with all sorts of internet issues such as fake news, hate speech and general harmful content. Olivier guides Lydia through some of the things parents can do to help protect their children to be safer online and in the world in general.

In the second part of the show, Neil talks to Rob Cox from the , based in Hitchin, who provide activities for children who are either suffering from a medical condition or have other challenges in their life such as being a carer for a parent, or who are grieving a loss, for example.

That’s this Sunday at 8pm on 92.6FM, online at mix926.com and on your smartspeaker.

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22/02/2024

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19:00 Thu Feb 22

20/02/2024

Don't forget! As well as tuning into the Parent's Show on Thursdays at 7pm and Sundays at 8pm, you can also go back and listen to our HUGE archive of interviews with experts and parents on past shows (you lucky people...). Find them here on Spotify or, you know, wherever you get your podcasts.

Listen to The Parents Show on Mix 92.6 on Spotify. The Parents' Show was launched in October 2010 by local parents from St Albans with the aim of providing parents or anyone who cares for kids with up-to-date information and resources on the issues that matter to them. The show is broadcast every Th...

18/02/2024

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20:00 Sun Feb 18