Your Turn: Chores, Unpacking & Party Pooper (literally)

Sara Cox & Clare Hamilton are back in the shed with more tales of mind-foggling teen behaviour. Sara and her husband had a romantic weekend away which meant her teens were given a tedious TED talk on how to lock doors and feed cats. Clare’s son has accused her of spamming his phone and Sara’s connecting with her son through the medium of badly angled gym videos. And why do teenagers decide that midnight is the best time for an in-depth parental chat? Prom season is upon us, so bank balances are being decimated with splashing the cash on dresses, make up & hair-ups! When did this become such a big thing and why the heck is it so expensive? Plus, Sara and Clare’s teens are trying to be independent but calling them with the most random of questions. What’s the most bizarre question your teens, aka ‘adult babies’, have asked you?  Email us at [email protected]    Follow us on Instagram: @djsaracox, @clarehamilton__  Visit www.theteencommandments.co.uk  Teen Commandments is a Sara Cox Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Emails from Teen Commandments disciples have been plucked out of the inbox for Sara and Clare to share with the world.    There’s talk of Imperial Leather and Old Spice for the parents whilst the teens demand the serums, acids and oils to fuel their skincare obsessions.    A listener’s lost her ruler, only to discover her boys have been using it in the bathroom! Another listeners’ son has demanded condoms in a larger size and we learn there are many more places, other than toilets, that teens choose to pee in.    One frazzled dad is secretly listening whilst drinking wine, and there’s a goosebump moment as Sara gives proper props to the amazing parents who never say a bad word about the ex’s new partner.     Email us at [email protected]    Follow us on Instagram: @djsaracox, @clarehamilton__  Visit www.theteencommandments.co.uk  Teen Commandments is a Sara Cox Production   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s not been a glamorous start to the week at TCHQ! Clare’s been playing the role of both referee and nurse with her teenagers, and Sara’s taken to sleeping on the sofa.  It’s exam season so the offspring are in revision mode and big compromises are having to be made, from clearing out garages to postponing trips.   There’s been public PDAs in front of cringing teens, Professor Clare has another half-baked science fact and standby for a (not-so) tall tale involving a Cuban heel.   How do YOU navigate keeping the romance in your relationship when you’ve got teenagers? We want all the in’s and out’s! (Pun fully intended)  Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Instagram: @djsaracox, @clarehamilton__  Visit www.theteencommandments.co.uk Teen Commandments is a Sara Cox Production   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

More hilarious tales of teenager behaviour, courtesy of your fabulous emails.    One dad has done a ‘deal’ with their teen to avoid them both getting into big trouble. Teen Commandments listeners want to know why teens don’t open curtains & what do they actually do at the gym? Plus it’s official, we can send a popstar into space, yet no parent will ever solve the mystery of the wet towels.    Sara and Clare ponder why teens wrap up in the heat but shed layers in arctic conditions, plus the best pals grass each other up, revealing they both did the exact same things that now drive them mad as parents.   Email us at [email protected]   Follow us on Instagram: @djsaracox, @clarehamilton__ Visit www.theteencommandments.co.uk Teen Commandments is a Sara Cox Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Heroes, Hikes & Public Rows   This week Sara and Clare strike a pose as they become beauty influencers - kinda.    Another man makes an impression on Clare on the train, but not in a good way.   There’s booze free shocks, teens hiking in slippers (& no socks), underbum management and public transport meltdowns as Sara and Clare navigate entertaining the teens during the Easter hols.   Email us at [email protected]   Follow us on Instagram: @djsaracox, @clarehamilton__ Visit www.theteencommandments.co.uk Teen Commandments is a Sara Cox Production   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Your Turn goes international as Sara and Clare open up the email inbox via Cyprus and Manchester. Sara’s on sunscreen duty, treading the fine line between trying to protect the teens without being a nag, whilst Clare’s method involves her flashing a crinkly body part and shouting “see!” There’s pornaggeddon for one shocked dad and toilet etiquette is back with a vengeance - one story quite literally makes Sara gasp! ‘Special cuddles’ are discussed and what the heck do you say when a teenager asks you how many partners you’ve had? Email us at [email protected]   📲 Follow us on Instagram: @djsaracox, @clarehamilton__ 👩‍💻 Visit www.theteencommandments.co.uk 🎙 Teen Commandments is a Sara Cox Production PS - if you’re heading off on holiday and want a brilliant beach read, then Sara’s book ‘Way Back’ needs to be in your suitcase! www.bio.to/wayback Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s Teen Commandments  comes with an all-inclusive buffet and sea views. Sara is on holiday with two teenagers, feeling thoroughly left out of the gang, whilst Clare is back in the Manchester salon, where she refuses to do any teenagers hair. Asides from hair and holidays, Sara and Clare want to know where all the hair bobbles go? How do teens create a tangled mess with every electrical wire they own? And who was more sensible as teenagers: themselves or their kids? Warning: it doesn’t matter what time of day you listen to this; you’re going to want a chippy tea immediately afterwards.  Email us at [email protected]   Follow us on Instagram: @djsaracox, @clarehamilton__ Visit www.theteencommandments.co.uk Teen Commandments is a Sara Cox Production And finally… if you haven’t listened to Sara & Clare’s dead good episode of Where There’s A Will There’s A Wake yet, then you can click here…  https://listen.sonymusic-podcasts.link/COCO57300 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Single parents have assembled! They’ve flooded the Teen Commandments inbox with messages of support and coping tips for those who go from being full-time parents to childless at weekends.    On a less touching note, there are more tales of drunken vomiting! We hear from a mum who has accidentally plied her daughter with shots, while another parent wins the award for ‘the world’s most resourceful sick bowl’…    Plus, have you ever wondered what Sara’s dream funeral would be like? Well, wonder no more! Sara & Clare are the hosts of this week’s ‘Where There’s A Will, There’s A Wake - Purgatory Series’. Listen here: https://listen.sonymusic-podcasts.link/COCO57300   P.S. Sara’s new book is now out in paperback! 'Way Back’ is available here: www.bio.to/wayback    THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER “Here is the feel-good read you have been looking for... “ “The big-hearted novel brimming with warmth, humour and heart”. “Please go and buy it, so Sara can keep taking me to fancy Italian restaurants” – Lady Jackie of Boltonia   Email us at [email protected]   Follow us on Instagram: @djsaracox, @clarehamilton__ Visit www.theteencommandments.co.uk Teen Commandments is a Sara Cox Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sara & Clare’s strict health regime has come to end so they’ve excitedly tumbled off the wagon to discover they’re now complete lightweights.  This week Clare’s caught the eye of yet another man on the train and Sara’s worked out the easiest way to keep teenagers happy. Spoiler alert, it involves hard cash.  Sara & Clare open up about their experiences of being step-parents, navigating wicked stepmothers of their own and raising their own kids in blended households.  The matter of virginity comes up and what’s changed over the years in terms of judgment and shame.  Peer pressure, contraception and borrowing mum’s lingerie - it’s all there. Meanwhile Sara’s eldest has demanded a correction of something Sara said in last week's episode…  PS, Sara’s new book is out in paperback now. Way Back is available here: http://www.bio.to/wayback  THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER  “Here is the feel-good read you have been looking for... “ “The big-hearted novel brimming with warmth, humour and heart”. “Please go and buy it, so Sara can keep taking me to fancy Italian restaurants” – Lady Jackie of Boltonia Email us at  [email protected]   Follow us on Instagram: @djsaracox, @clarehamilton__ Visit www.theteencommandments.co.uk Teen Commandments is a Sara Cox Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The email inbox is back open and it’s full of corkers! One listener discovers her daughter’s bold new piercing - self inflicted & not even in her ears, another’s room was so messy the police presumed it had been burgled and one confused lad has a question about teachers and sexual positions. Oh and it’s official … (well according to one TC listener) having teens is as demanding as having a newborn & a disgruntled mum relives the cutting moment her teen popped in her AirPods & said “bye” So pop yours in right now & enjoy! Email us at  [email protected]   Follow us on Instagram: @djsaracox, @clarehamilton__ Visit www.theteencommandments.co.uk Teen Commandments is a Sara Cox Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices