Dear Daughter
Extraordinary letters written from parents to their children with Namulanta Kombo. Sharing amazing real-life experiences, parenting advice, family stories and life lessons. Dear Daughter is an award-winning podcast from the BBC World Service about love, life, family, and raising children. It is the brainchild of Namulanta Kombo, a mother on a quest to create a ‘handbook to life’ for her daughter, through the advice of parents from all over the world. Each episode, a guest reads a letter they’ve...
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Episodes (88)
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Elbows out with Nadiya Hussain
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Bonus: The Documentary
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Holding on to love: Dear Daughter live
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Finding love: Dear Daughter live in Nairobi
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Dear son
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You are wanted
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Trying to conceive
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Keep growing, always change
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On apples and trees
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Making friends
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Generation gap
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Without mum
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Grandma’s gift
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Spend some, save some
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I’m not fine
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Kindness: My superpower
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Kids? No pressure
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Healing letters
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Your dad, my dad
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Coming soon: Season 2
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Growing pains
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I left for you
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Birds and bees
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Empty arms
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The confidence of a cockroach
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Fly bird, fly
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Seize the day
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Faith in you
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Perfect match
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Just ask mum
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Pah Pah and Ma Ma
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Self-defence guy
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'Wife material'
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Thongs and eyebrows
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For Koko
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Introducing: Dear Daughter
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