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Mike returns to work while his wife - a lawyer - stays at home to care for their daughter. Mike considers the pressures on families to conform to the status quo, investigates paid parental leave for fathers, and meets two dads who are bucking the trend. Man-Child follows political journalist and new dad Mike Wesley-Smith through the first 90 days of being a parent. He's deep in the trenches with his newborn daughter - no schmaltz, no filters - just the ups, downs and gritty reality of life with a newborn. www.newshub.co.nz/podcasts
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