Mother, 60, breaks parenting taboo by bravely admitting to she DOES have a favourite child in Mail's new podcast The Apple And The Tree - so, would you do the same?

Mother, 60, breaks parenting taboo by bravely admitting to she DOES have a favourite child in Mail's new podcast The Apple And The Tree - so, would you do the same? Denise and Ashley speak on the Mail's The Apple and The Tree podcast about their relationship READ MORE: Woman born without a vagina, womb or cervix in rare disorder asks her mother if she is 'sad she'll never have grandchildren' By Gina Kalsi For Mailonline Published: 07:37, 24 May 2024 | Updated: 10:18, 24 May 2024 e-mail 6 shares 27 View comments A mother has broken the parenting taboo by bravely admitting that she does have a favourite child. Vogue Williams is speaking to parents and their adult children to discuss subjects they’ve rarely, if ever, talked about in The Mail's new podcast, The Apple & The Tree . These are deep, intimate, and revealing conversations that move through love, grief, shame, sexuality, religion, addiction, identity and so much more, recorded in guest’s own homes, with Vogue unpacking what's been shared at the end of each episode.

In the seventh episode, Vogue travels to Mitcham in south London to meet Ashley and his mother Denise. Denise, 60, is well known in her community even through tough times in her life and when she struggled with her health. In her fifties, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a subsequent mastectomy, something Ashley said to this day he finds difficult to cope with.

Denise, from South London, admits that Ashley is her favourite child and her other .