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00:00Hello, I'm Amanda Keller, and welcome to our brand new series all about parenting.
00:05You know, that full-time job where you get no training and the pay is terrible and you
00:10can't quit and life's actually at stake.
00:12Would you like to buy some lemonade?
00:13Wreck-off, I'm filming.
00:14Children, of course, are a joy, but being a parent or a caregiver is hard, and we don't
00:19always get it right.
00:21My son once asked for a piece of fruit, and to my shame, I told him to get a biscuit because
00:25I was too tired to get off the couch and cut up an orange.
00:29We've all been there.
00:30But parenting tweens and teens nowadays is next-level tricky, thanks to the hyper-connected,
00:36digital device-ridden world we live in.
00:38Don't get me wrong, tech is great, those dog adoption videos aren't going to watch themselves,
00:43but with it comes a whole lot of pressures and problems that our parents could never
00:47have imagined.
00:48Oi, what did you say to my kid?
00:51Right, maybe we should go.
00:54To bring those parenting challenges to life, we've created our very own sitcom, using actors
01:01to play out the very raw, very real problems facing Australian families today.
01:09Meet the Malik family, playing mum, actor, author and broadcaster Kate Ritchie, comedian
01:18Nazeem Hussain as dad, with Keira McLennan as 15-year-old Abby, and Casper Frost as 10-year-old
01:28Jack.
01:30And in the plum role of Nan, that doyenne of Australian stage and screen, special guest
01:36Heather Mitchell.
01:40Stepping off the set and into the real world as themselves, Kate and Naz will take a deep
01:47dive into the problems causing parents the biggest headaches and heartache.
01:51If I feel like this, imagine what young people or my daughter would feel like.
01:57We have a cultural acceptance of bullying in this country, that is the second worst
02:02in the world.
02:03I didn't think I looked very pretty in it.
02:06What's TikTok?
02:07Oh!
02:08Wait, really?
02:09I'm joking!
02:12Social media content creator Tom Ford gets the inside word on how teens view parenting.
02:18I've locked my mum.
02:21And guiding us through the parenting minefield, author, podcaster and parenting guru, the
02:26queen of common sense, Maggie Dent.
02:29I absolutely do think parenting's harder today.
02:32Before, we always knew there was a generation gap, now I'd call it a chasm.
02:37It's going to be a wild ride, a bit like parenting itself.
02:41And while we don't claim to have all the answers, we will arm you with the latest science,
02:46information, hints and tips so that you can work out how best to play the sometimes crazy
02:52but crucial role of parent, which for many of us, is the role of a lifetime.