As the end of the year approaches, the programme hears how parents cope with partners who work for the emergency services, children in hospital or extended family far away and overseas. A trio of presenters  Susannah Streeter , Rahul Tandon and Manuela Saragosa, share their stories of juggling work and family life in the busy run up to the holidays.  And Manuela, Rahul and Susannah are joined by guest Adam Carrigan from the USA,  a Federal employee, a union official and a father of a baby being cared for in hospital over the festive season.  How does he manage it all, in a country that has some of the shortest amounts of paid vacation or family leave in the world? (Picture: A stand in a Christmas street market in Europe. Credit: Marcos del Mazo/LightRocket via Getty Images)