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Voice-overWelcometoChangingLifestyles.Todaywe'lltakealookatthechangingroleoffathers.Inthe1950sandthe1960s,mostfatherswenttoworkeverydayandmostmothersstayedathometotakecareofthechildren.However,sincethelate60sandtheearly70s,familylifehasbeenchangingdramatically.Insteadofacceptingtherigidrolesimposedbysociety,manycoupleshavebeendecidingtochangetheirwork-lifebalance.Moremothershavebeenpursuingcareers,whileatthesametimefathershavebeendevotingmoretimetocaringforchildrenanddoinghouseholdchores.ThisisDavidNoll.Davidis33yearsold,husbandandfatheroftwogirls.Davidisamodernfather.Heandhiswifebothpursuecareersandshareinraisingthechildrenanddoinghousework.

DianeOK,wellthenareyougoingtogototheplayground

Children1Right.Right,Mama.

DianeRight.Iloveyou.

Children2Bububa.

DianeBye-bye.

Children1Bye.

DianeBye-bye.

Voice-overDavid'sfatherBobNollwasalsoalovingfather,butDavid'sroleasafatherwasdifferent.Duringtheearlypartofhiscareer,BobwenttoworkeverydaywhilehiswifeShirleystayedhome.Bobworkedfor38yearsatWestinghouseasanelectricalengineer.Bobworkedonsomeofthefirstcomputerseverproduced.Bobhadalwaysbeenaninvolvedfather.Butin1970Shirleydecidedtogobacktowork.ThatwaswhenBob'sroleasafatherchanged.

BobWhenShirleywentbacktowork,Ihadtochangemy,uh,roleandstarttodomorecooking,um,drivingthechildrenhereandthere.WhenourchildrenweregrowingupItookalotofinterestinthem,whattheyweredoing.

DavidIthinkinmanywaysI,IwasprobablybetterpreparedforthechangingrolesthatI'vehadtotakeonby,bymyfather.

BobWedidmanythingstogetherandItriedtogettheminvolvedinotherareasthattheyseemedtoshowinterestin,suchastheatreandmagic.

DavidHedidagreatdealmorethanIthinkmanyfathers,ImeanI,Icanthinkofchildhoodfriendswhosefathers,youknow,wererunningbusinesseswho,whoparticipatedalmostat,not,notatallintheir,intheir,intheirdevelopment.Um,andIthinkIhad,IthinkIhadarolemodel.

BobIrememberDavidwasinterestedin,hegotveryinterestedinmagicand,andjuggling,andhewasanavidreader.

Voice-overAsayoungman,Davidlovedmagic.Buthepursuedacareerasabiochemist.Beforehavingchildren,Davidspent40hoursperweekstudyingcellularDNAinaresearchlab.AndhiswifeDianespent40hoursaweekworkingasalawyerinWashingtonDC.Afterthegirlswereborn,DavidandDianebothcutbackontheirhoursinordertotakecareoftheirdaughters.Asaresearchscientist,David'sschedulewasmoreflexible.Sohetookonmoreresponsibilityforthechildren'sday-to-daycare.

DavidWell,Ihavebeenable,uh,toadjustmyschedulesothatIcanbehomeat5o'clock,um,forthekidsandifthechildrenaresick,beingabletocomehome,um,takethemtothedoctors.Wegoforawalk,wetakethedogsupthestreet,gotothepark,hangoutatthepark.Andthenweheadback,uh,tothehouseand,andbeginpreparingdinner.

Voice-overSinceBobretiredtenyearsago,hehasbeenenjoyinghisroleasagrandfather.He'sbeentravellingwithhiswife,Shirley,andhe'sbeenplayingtennis.Meanwhile,Davidisjustbeginninghisjourneyasafatherinanewera.

DavidItcanbedifficult,especiallywhen,youknow,you're,you'retakingonnewrolesforthefirsttime.Anditcanbe,itcanbedisconcertinganditcanbemorecomfortabletotakeonthosetraditionalroles.Um,Ihave,IthinkIhavemanymoreresponsibilitiesthan,thanevenmostfathersdotoday,um,andcertainlymore,I,Ithinkthanwhenmyfatherwas,wasraisinghischildren.Um,butthe,thedifferenceisnotthesortofclassicrolereversal.I'm,I'mnotastay-at-homeDad.Wehaveanexcellentbabysitterwho,that,whohasallowedus,um,allowedbothmywifeandItheopportunitiestocontinuepursuingourcareer.

Voice-overWhiletherearemanydifferencesinhowDavidandBobhaveraisedtheirchildren,therearemanyimportantsimilarities.

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HostThere'saquestionthat'sbeenarguedaboutforalongtime.Whichismoreimportant,yourfamilyenvironmentoryourgenesWell,astoryhascomeupinthenewsaboutidenticaltwins,separatedatbirth.They'vejustbeenreunited-andguesswhat-therearesomeamazingcoincidencesintheirlifestories.

Here'sthestory-twoAmericangirlscalledTamaraandAdrianawereseparatedatbirthandadoptedbytwodifferentsetsofparents.Andthisiswherethecoincidencesbegin.Bothfamiliesendedupliving25milesapart.Bothgirlsdecidedtostudypsychologyatuniversitiesthatareonlyamileapartfromeachother.Isn'tthatstrange

Andthisgirl,who'safriendofbothofthem,insiststheymeet.Justbeforetheymeet,Adriana'smothertellsherthatshehasatwinsister.Canyouimaginehowthatmustfeelwhenyou're20yearsoldtolearnyouhaveatwinAndwhenthegirlsmeet,it'slikelookinginamirror-they'reidentical!

Nowgetthis!

BothTamaraandAdriana'sadoptivefathersdiedwhenthegirlswerechildren.Bothgirlsfellthroughglassdoorsattheageoffive-that'shardtobelieve,isn'titTheirboyfriendslookalikeandhavesimilarnames-AlexandAdam.Andthisisthebestpart-bothofthemhavethesamerecurringdream.Isn'tthatincredible-theyhavethesamedream!

Ithinkit'sanamazingstory.So,forallthoseofyououttherewhohavecomments,andI'msureyoudo,thelinesareopen.OK,we'vegotJoshontheline.HiJosh!

JoshHi.

HostSo,whatdoyoumakeofthisstory

JoshIt'sagreatstorybutitdoesn'tsurprisemeatall.I'manidenticaltwin.

HostYouare

JoshYeah,mybrother'scalledToby,andwe're22,andwe'regoingoutwithtwosisters...andwe'rehavingadoubleweddingnextJune.

HostCongratulations!

So-whatdoyouthink-isitourgenesthatdecidewhoweareThesekindofstoriesseemtosuggestit.

JoshWell,I'mnotascientist,butIthinkso.

HostResearchtellsusthatit'saboutfifty-fifty.

JoshI,Idisagree.

HostThanksJosh.OK,ournextcalleris...

Passage2

Part1

Voice-overKidneytransplantsareoftwokinds-transplantsfromdeadpeopleandlivingtransplants,transplantsfrompeoplewhoarealive.Mostlythedonor,thepersonwhogivesthekidney,isarelative-aparent,brotherorsister.Weallrecognizethatit'soneofthemostselflessthingsapersoncando,togiveakidneytosomeone,butastheoperationbecomessaferandsafer,moreandmorepeoplearedoingit.Wetalkedtotwosisterswhohavehadtheexperience-HenriettaLongmore,ajournalistaged40,marriedwithoneson,andhersister,TeresaParker,aged38,marriedwithtwochildren.Theycomefromafamilywithfourchildren.Here'stheirstory.

TeresaHenriettaandIwerecloseaschildren.Shewasthebigsisterandshewas-justlikeamothertousyoungerkids.Ourparentswerebothdoctorsandourmumwasverybusy.

Wewerecloserightthroughourteenageyears.Andthenwesharedaflatandhadalotofthesamefriends.Itwasgreat.

HenriettaYes,we'vealwaysbeenclose.Ifeltveryprotectiveofmybrotherandsistersbecause,likeTeresasays,ourparentswerealwayssobusy.ButIalsofeltabitjealousofTeresa-shewasmydad'sfavourite-butitdidn'taffectourrelationship.

TeresaHenriettagotkidneyfailurefiveyearsago,butforseveralyearsshewasfineandseemedquitehealthy.

HenriettaYes,Ineverthoughtofaskingmyfamilyforakidney.ThehospitalwasbrilliantandIreallydidfeelfine,mostofthetime.

Part2

TeresaButthenayearagoshebecameveryillandalmostdied.Iwasterrified.Iknewifshedied,I'dblamemyself.Youknow,whyIhadn'tdonemoretohelpher.SoIdecidedtofindoutmoreaboutgivingherakidney.

HenriettaYes,Ididalmostdie.Itwasawful.I,IwasnevergoingtoaskTeresaforakidneybutIkindofknewthatshewouldoffer.Tobehonest,IfeltIwouldhavedonethesame.

TeresaYes.AtfirstIwasabitscared.Butwewentforathree-hourtalkatthehospitalanditwasveryreassuring.Mywholefamilycame.AndtheyfeltOKaboutittoo,whichwasveryimportant.

HenriettaPeopledon'tknowthatyouonlyneedtenpercentofonekidneytobecompletelyhealthy,andkidneydonorsoftenlivelongerthanotherpeople.

TeresaYes,youhavetobeveryhealthytogiveakidney.Thehospitalmakessureofthat.Anyway,aftertheoperationIgotbetterveryfast-probablybecauseyouknowyou'vedonesomethingworthwhileanditdoesmakeyoufeelverygood.

HenriettaIcan'tdescribehowgratefulIfeeltoTeresa.It'ssuchanamazingthingtodo.WhatcanIsayHercouragewas,wasextraordinary.Shejustdidn'tseemafraidatall.

TeresaYoudogetalotofpraisefordoingsomethinglikethis.I'dliketodosomethingthatnooneknowsabout.

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Speaker1OK.

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