When Love Doesn't Follow A Timeline: Matty & Esther Acton On Grandparenting At 40

When Love Doesn't Follow A Timeline: Matty & Esther Acton On Grandparenting At 40

July 26, 2026 · 57 min · Season 1 · Episode 23

About this episode

Matty and Esther Acton share their experiences of grandparenting at a young age and navigating family dynamics.

Matty and Esther Acton met when he was 18 and she was a single mum at 22. Now, 21 years on, they're grandparents in their 30s and early 40s. They join Tiffany Dunk to talk step-parenting, surviving their rocky early breakups, and the advice Matty's dying father gave him about loving a ready-made family.

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