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The new book by childcare guru Penelope Leach won鈥檛 be an easy read for parents headed for divorce or separation. Whether a child stays overnight with dad depends on their age and their relationship with their father, shared residency might work for adults but it can damage kids. Divorce is always bad for children, whatever adults听might听tell themselves. Penelope Leach talks to Jane Garvey about how parents can help their children to cope with the grim, grown-up business of divorce.

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Family Breakdown: Helping children hang on to both their parents by Penelope Leach is published by Unbound

Is problem gambling increasingly an issue for women? Technological advances mean we can now bet from our mobiles, TVs or computers at any time of the day or night. The 2005 Gambling Act was designed to protect children and vulnerable people, cut crime and keep games fair. It covers all aspects of the industry; gaming in arcades, bingo, casinos and remote gambling, and forces operators make gambling more socially responsible. However the act also enabled operators to advertise on TV and radio for the first time.听 We鈥檒l be looking at the effect of all this on women - prompted by the news that has recently appointed its first ever female liaison officer.听 Jane will be joined by Sue Rossiter, Director of Policy and Projects听who chairs the Social Responsibility Committee at the Remote Gambling Association. And Stella Dalton, Head of Education and Prevention at .

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Loneliness is said to be the silent epidemic of our times.听A听study released by the National Office of Statistics revealed that British people are among the most lonely in Europe. And feelings of loneliness can be experienced at any age, and are not restricted to the elderly or those who live alone. It can afflict the unemployed, singles, new mums, empty nesters, the unemployed, the bereaved, the poor, disabled or mentally ill, as well as those who experience a deep disconnection from others even when they have plenty of human contact. But this is a condition that can be embarassing to discuss with others.

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On Woman鈥檚 Hour all this week, we鈥檒l be hearing a range of voices in different circumstances on how being lonely affects them and the factors that contribute to it as well as soultions and schemes听to听combat loneliness.听听We begin the week with the actor Patricia Greene who plays Jill Archer in The Archers talking about the challenges of life alone in your eighties.

To mark the 95th anniversary they've organised the first ever National Women in Engineering Day. Since the society was se tup at the end of the First World War, when the women who had worked in technical jobs during the war wanted to continue with this work, it's aim has been to raise the profile and celebrate women in this traditionally male dominated profession. Jane is joined by materials and forensic engineer, Prof Sarah Hainsworth, to talk about her career, from investigating knife crime to examining Richard III's skeleton.

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