It deals with issues facing parents of young children to help with the most rewarding and challenging role they will ever have.
The My First Five Years podcast is hosted by early childhood experts Jennie Johnson MBE and Alistair Bryce-Clegg, who have over 50 years of experience with early education between them. They are also the creators of award-winning app My First Five Years.
Jennie was the founder of multi–award Winning Nursery group Kids Allowed, selling the business in January 2020. She has a number of awards including CEO of the Year in 2017 by the UK Private Business Awards and Businesswoman of the Year in 2019.
Alistair has spent the last 31 years working in the Early Years sector as a practitioner, Headteacher and Early Years consultant. He is also an award-winning Early Years author with 23 books published.
Topics covered in the podcast by expert guests include sleep and nutrition and cover issues like the importance of play. There’s also the latest scientific research on child development and expert tips that actually work, to help support parents with their child’s unique development, so they are free to enjoy parenting.
The podcast helps listeners understand their child, so they don’t miss the magic in the smallest, often unnoticed, moments of their development, meaning they grow in confidence as a parent and have more fun along the way.
Jenny says: “Parenting can feel like endless and relentless questions, a never-ending list of anxieties and worries and no one there teaching you what to do and how to address the challenges we face. Well, it’s time to get rid of that anxiety and have some more fun so your child can get the best of you, our podcast is here to help.”
Alistair adds: “We want parents to be well informed by science and expert knowledge about how children develop so that they can then be secure in the role that they play and are able to help their children to thrive.”
The first episode of My First Five Years is available on all podcast platforms, with episode two on 29 November and future episodes released every other week on Tuesdays.
