Ellie Lee: No One Used to 'Parent'

<p>🚨 Get 20% off tickets to the Battle of Ideas and see Take Me Home Live: <a href="http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1851549427179/?discount=TMH26 " target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1851549427179/?discount=TMH26 </a>🚨</p><p>---</p><p>In this episode of Take Me Home, Hilary and Sebastian are joined by sociologist Ellie Lee to discuss how parenting has changed, and what happens when ordinary family life becomes increasingly shaped by experts, policies, and professional advice.</p><p>They talk about parental authority, common sense, the medicalisation of everyday life, and whether parents are being given less responsibility for raising their own children.</p><p>Recommendations:</p><p><a href="https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=growing-up-in-the-culture-wars-identity-affirmation-and-generational-conflict--9781509567058" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Growing Up in the Culture Wars</a></p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34886821/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">La Grazia (2025)</a></p><p><a href="https://wanderlog.com/place/details/4818350/the-hot-mineral-water-varna" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Varna&#39;s Hot Spring Baths</a></p><p>Check out the SDP website or get in touch:</p><p><a href="www.sdp.org.uk" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">www.sdp.org.uk</a></p><p><a href="mailto:hilary.salt@sdp.org.uk" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">hilary.salt@sdp.org.uk</a></p><p><a href="mailto:sebastian.moore@sdp.org.uk" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">sebastian.moore@sdp.org.uk</a></p>