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Afternoons with Helen Farmer

Do your kids control your purse strings?

1 hour 19 minutes | Tuesday, 27 January 2026

Research from the children’s finance app GoHenry estimates that Gen Alpha now have around £3.3 billion in spending power through their influence on household purchases, with 26 percent of parents saying their children directly shape how money is spent. Helen gets the lowdown from financial coach Carol Glynn.Plus, lawyer Byron James tells us what the UAE’s new digital laws mean for your family, and we discuss Hamnet and its portrayal of parental grief with doula Lala Langtry-White and psychologist Tanya Dharamshi.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do your kids control your purse strings?
Afternoons with Helen Farmer

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