Home Education, Ask the Dr and Coping With More Grandchildren.
Kaye Adams asks if you would home educate your child. Plus a Falkirk teen says that red hair propelled her to taekwondo stardom, and sex surgery is being discussed in Ask the Dr.
The number of children being home-schooled has risen by about 40% over three years, the 麻豆社 has found. Across the UK 48,000 children were being home-educated in 2016-17, up from about 34,000 in 2014-15.
In Scotland, 0.1% of children are home-educated, 969 in total.
Would you consider home educating your child?
Also on the show...
TAEKWONDO
How red hair propelled one Falkirk teen to taekwondo stardom!
Jordyn Smith has become Britain's latest World Junior champion in after a stunning performance in Tunisia. Jordyn says she owes it all to being born a redhead!
ASK THE DOC - SEX SURGERY
Today's Ask the Doc is a sex surgery special. If you have a question relating to your sex life, or sexual health, Dr Tom Smith and sex and relationships therapist Rachel Morris, are on hand to help.
KAREN GRAY
We'll catch up with the Edinburgh mum who's campaigning for medicinal cannabis to be available on the NHS - she's taking her petition to Westminister. Kevan Christie is Health Correspondent at the Scotsman.
GIVE IT UP
Could you buy and eat all local produce? Hayley Matthews is 14 days into her latest ethical challenge. Wendy Barrie is Creator and Director of the Scottish Food Guide.
Ps AND Qs
Amazon's smart assistant Alexa can now be made to encourage children to say: "Please," and: "Thank you'. The move comes after the company noticed that hardly any of the children ever used the words 'please' or 'thank you' when talking to their devices. How important are good manners to you?
COPING WITH GRANDCHILDREN
Prince Charles has joked that 'he doesn't know how he'll keep up' after the birth of his new grandchild - so how do you cope with a growing brood of grandchildren?
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