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[00:00.36] Todd: So, Julia, now you are a parent.

[00:02.36] Julia: That's right.

[00:03.61] Todd: And have you heard of all these terms that we have in the US for different types of parents? I wonder if you have them in the UK?

[00:10.12] Julia: You mean like soccer mum, stuff like that?

[00:12.37] Todd: Exactly.

[00:13.12] Julia: That's the only one I've heard of actually.

[00:14.86] Todd: OK. So what do you think a soccer mom is? What have you heard?

[00:18.36] Julia: My image is a mother who dedicates her time to running her kids to and from soccer practice. Is that right?

[00:26.61] Todd: Right.

[00:27.36] Julia: And also drives a big vehicle? My image is of a big SUV or a big four-wheel drive.

[00:31.37] Todd: Right. I think it's also, it's like a parent that has many scheduled events for their child.

[00:39.12] Julia: Oh, OK.

[00:40.12] Todd: So maybe they have swimming class or soccer practice, ballet and stuff like that.

[00:45.61] Julia: Oh, maybe I'm a little bit of a soccer mum.

[00:46.86] Todd: Yeah, I think now, yeah. I think it's actually a good term. It's like, I think a soccer mom usually is considered a caring parent.

[00:50.62] Julia: OK.

[00:51.86] Todd: And they try to have their child doing productive things.

[00:54.86] Julia: It must be pretty, quite an affluent perhaps middle-class kind of parent.

[01:02.87] Todd: Yeah, exactly, exactly. Now we have the equivalent, it's called a Nascar dad.

[01:04.36] Julia: Is Nascar some kind of car racing?

[01:05.87] Todd: Yeah, basically it's just the, these cars they run around and ride around in a circle. It's kind of like horse racing for cars, you just go round and round. But, yeah, so I guess it's the same thing. It's just a dad who's really, you know, really into his kids, spends a lot of time with his kids.

[01:22.11] Julia: Would this be a stay at home dad, like a...?

[01:24.86] Todd: No, no. It's just kind of like a good old boy father, like a dad who's kind of blue-collar, not rich, you know, maybe lower middle class maybe but just kind of like your typical sitcom, TV sitcom dadI guess.

[01:39.86] Julia: But that's nice. Takes his kids everywhere, that's nice.

[01:42.11] Todd: Yeah, yeah.

[01:43.11] Julia: Involved in the...

[01:44.11] Todd: Yeah, like a Nascar dad would probably take his son's hunting and maybe take his daughter shopping and stuff like that.