Dear Daughter podcast

Dear Daughter

Extraordinary letters written from parents to their children with Namulanta Kombo. Sharing 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 written to their children (or their future children, or the children they never had) with the advice, life lessons, and personal stories they’d like to pass on. Expect unbelievable true stories, inspirational advice for parents, and moving accounts of families, relationships and raising daughters. Share your letter! What do you want to say to your kids? Or the next generation? Do you have thoughts on motherhood, fatherhood, or parenthood to share? Whether you are a mum or mom, dad or papa, grandparent, uncle, aunt, daughter, son or just want to write a letter, send us a Whatsapp message on +44 800 030 4404 or visit bbcworldservice.com/deardaughter. You can read our privacy notice here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3ZFHNV8v7qgTm1zbKbkwsvR/dear-daughter-privacy-notice

Extraordinary letters written from parents to their children with Namulanta Kombo. Sharing 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 written to their children (or their future children, or the children they never had) with the advice, life lessons, and personal stories they’d like to pass on. Expect unbelievable true stories, inspirational advice for parents, and moving accounts of families, relationships and raising daughters. Share your letter! What do you want to say to your kids? Or the next generation? Do you have thoughts on motherhood, fatherhood, or parenthood to share? Whether you are a mum or mom, dad or papa, grandparent, uncle, aunt, daughter, son or just want to write a letter, send us a Whatsapp message on +44 800 030 4404 or visit bbcworldservice.com/deardaughter. You can read our privacy notice here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3ZFHNV8v7qgTm1zbKbkwsvR/dear-daughter-privacy-notice

 

#71

Leaving for college

Shelley’s daughter leaves for college – it’s a thrilling moment for everyone, but at the s... more

04 Jul 2025

25 MINS

25:38

04 Jul 2025


#70

Grieving you

Paola’s daughter Camilla was beautiful, with curly hair and big eyes like her mother. She ... more

27 Jun 2025

26 MINS

26:03

27 Jun 2025


#69

Don’t fear menopause

Annice Mukherjee is a hormone expert – she’s spent her career helping women deal with meno... more

20 Jun 2025

27 MINS

27:02

20 Jun 2025


#68

The nappy braai

Azola’s friends welcomed him to fatherhood with a surprise baby shower, called a nappy bra... more

13 Jun 2025

25 MINS

25:40

13 Jun 2025


#67

Walk away the first time

Listener Julia writes a letter to her future daughter with some advice from her own life: ... more

06 Jun 2025

27 MINS

27:30

06 Jun 2025


#66

The sexy novel at Christmas brunch

Malaka’s written her first book – it’s a romance novel with a lot of sex scenes. How will ... more

30 May 2025

26 MINS

26:20

30 May 2025


#65

Bombs overhead

Firyal and her daughter were asleep when the Yemeni civil war reached their town in 2014. ... more

23 May 2025

23 MINS

23:44

23 May 2025


#64

Advice for partying

Every year Norwegian high school graduates paint the town red for “russefeiring”. It’s a m... more

16 May 2025

27 MINS

27:06

16 May 2025


#63

Divorce is not a dirty word

When Vandana’s marriage ended in divorce, she felt stigmatised and outcast. After a long a... more

09 May 2025

26 MINS

26:15

09 May 2025


#62

Prison and parenthood

Rahab went to prison when her children were little. She’d been taking part in carjackings ... more

02 May 2025

25 MINS

25:55

02 May 2025


#61

The bra fashion show

When Mahynour’s daughter gets her first bra, it’s Mahynour who is the most excited – her l... more

25 Apr 2025

28 MINS

28:08

25 Apr 2025