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Elbows out with Nadiya Hussain

Nadiya Hussain of the Great British Bake Off on raising teenagers and taking up space.

Nadiya Hussain, TV chef and winner of The Great British Bake Off, writes a letter to her 13-year-old daughter about how to make space for herself wherever she goes. When Nadiya was a teenager she had big ambitions 鈥 but it felt like the world around her kept trying to hold her back. She tells her daughter to keep her elbows out and not let anyone squash her dreams.

Plus, Nadiya gives Namulanta advice on raising teenagers, talks about how her relationship with her own mother changed after having children 鈥 and tells the story of the time her husband tried to boil an egg.

Letter writer: Nadiya Hussain

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Last on

Sun 3 Mar 2024 22:32GMT

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