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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
Episode | Date |
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Leaving for college
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Jul 04, 2025 |
Grieving you
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Jun 27, 2025 |
Don’t fear menopause
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Jun 20, 2025 |
The nappy braai
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Jun 13, 2025 |
Walk away the first time
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Jun 06, 2025 |
The sexy novel at Christmas brunch
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May 30, 2025 |
Bombs overhead
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May 23, 2025 |
Advice for partying
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May 16, 2025 |
Divorce is not a dirty word
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May 09, 2025 |
Prison and parenthood
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May 02, 2025 |
The bra fashion show
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Apr 25, 2025 |
Coming soon: Season 5
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Apr 18, 2025 |
Encore: The dating to-do list
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Apr 11, 2025 |
Encore: Without mum
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Apr 04, 2025 |
Mama Seebz: Social media fame and dealing with haters
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Mar 28, 2025 |
Kalki Koechlin: Bollywood and beauty standards
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Mar 21, 2025 |
Audrey Akande: The Receipts and becoming a ‘girl mum’
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Mar 14, 2025 |
Dr Rae Wynn-Grant: Surviving bears, jaguars, and motherhood
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Mar 07, 2025 |
Adjoa Andoh: Bridgerton, bodies, and bizarre pregnancy cravings
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Feb 28, 2025 |
Dear Daughter: Stars is coming soon!
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Feb 14, 2025 |
Choosing to be child free
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Jun 07, 2024 |
Growing up polygamous
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May 31, 2024 |
The little girl with trauma
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May 24, 2024 |
Diagnosed by a stranger, with Ria Lina
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May 17, 2024 |
My daughter, who I thought was my son
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May 10, 2024 |
Blending families
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May 03, 2024 |
A public apology from a besotted mother
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Apr 26, 2024 |
It’s just hair, with Joy Kendi
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Apr 19, 2024 |
Moving on
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Apr 12, 2024 |
The dating to-do list
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Apr 05, 2024 |
The people-making business with Janine Harouni
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Mar 29, 2024 |
The perfect trap
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Mar 22, 2024 |
Making amends
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Mar 15, 2024 |
Being Superwoman
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Mar 08, 2024 |
Elbows out with Nadiya Hussain
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Mar 01, 2024 |
Coming soon: Season 3
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Feb 22, 2024 |
Bonus: The Documentary
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Nov 09, 2023 |
Holding on to love: Dear Daughter live
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Jun 18, 2023 |
Finding love: Dear Daughter live in Nairobi
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Jun 11, 2023 |
Dear son
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Jun 04, 2023 |
You are wanted
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May 28, 2023 |
Trying to conceive
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May 21, 2023 |
Keep growing, always change
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May 14, 2023 |
On apples and trees
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May 07, 2023 |
Making friends
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Apr 30, 2023 |
Generation gap
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Apr 23, 2023 |
Without mum
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Apr 16, 2023 |
Grandma’s gift
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Apr 09, 2023 |
Spend some, save some
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Apr 02, 2023 |
I’m not fine
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Mar 26, 2023 |
Kindness: My superpower
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Mar 20, 2023 |
Kids? No pressure
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Mar 13, 2023 |
Healing letters
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Mar 06, 2023 |
Your dad, my dad
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Feb 27, 2023 |
Coming soon: Season 2
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Feb 14, 2023 |
Growing pains
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Mar 21, 2022 |
I left for you
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Mar 14, 2022 |
Birds and bees
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Mar 07, 2022 |
Empty arms
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Feb 28, 2022 |
The confidence of a cockroach
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Feb 21, 2022 |
Fly bird, fly
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Feb 14, 2022 |
Seize the day
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Feb 07, 2022 |
Faith in you
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Jan 31, 2022 |
Perfect match
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Jan 24, 2022 |
Just ask mum
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Jan 17, 2022 |
Pah Pah and Ma Ma
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Jan 10, 2022 |
Self-defence guy
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Jan 03, 2022 |
'Wife material'
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Dec 27, 2021 |
Thongs and eyebrows
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Dec 20, 2021 |
For Koko
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Dec 10, 2021 |
Introducing: Dear Daughter
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Nov 25, 2021 |