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  • 1Milking It It's considered one of the most natural things in the world - a mother breastfeeding her baby. But what happens when that baby turns into a toddler, and then starts school and is still being breastfed? How old is too old? And why are some people freaked out at the thought of a seven-year-old drinking mother's milk? 20/20's Beth Bates takes a look into the world of extended breastfeeding, and meets a group of Kiwi mums who wouldn't have it any other way - and the now grown-up children who say it was the only thing that soothed them.

  • 2Growing Pains Brenna looks like any ordinary teenager, but she's going through an extraordinary struggle to stay sane. The pretty 13-year-old sees and hears demons who tell her to hurt her younger sisters - and sometimes she does. But as her family reveal to 20/20, they're determined they won't lose her to the schizophrenic world they fear she's slipping into. Instead, they take her to expert after expert to get help. And it's not their only worry - with another sister also starting to show disturbing symptoms.

  • 3No Deal What if the thought of germs on your money meant you had to obsessively wash every dollar bill? Or when a family member got the flu you had to shift out of home? And the thought of shaking hands with someone left you washing your hands until they bled? Well the star of America's Deal Or No Deal, Howie Mandel, is opening up to 20/20 about his lifelong battle with OCD and his various fixations, taking us on a tour of the home he's spent millions of dollars perfecting as a germ-free retreat.

  • 4Miracle Lady They call her the Miracle Lady, but Audrey says there's really nothing special about her. Yet when doctors told her she'd have just months to live after discovering a form of vicious cancer sweeping through her body, she refused to give up. And as 20/20 discovers she's become a medical mystery after it simply disappeared - with the Vatican confirming her incredible recovery as a true miracle.

  • 5The New Normal As countries all over the world declare the recession is over - we meet the family who say they won't be going back to their old shopaholic ways. The Berkleys say they've found a fantastic way of life, without all the gadgets - and that growing their own everything may just be the best thing that ever happened to them.

  • 6Viewer feedback about last week's story about Westie Jody Hooker.

Primary Title
  • 20/20
Date Broadcast
  • Thursday 20 May 2010
Start Time
  • 21 : 30
Finish Time
  • 22 : 30
Duration
  • 60:00
Channel
  • TV2
Broadcaster
  • Television New Zealand
Classification
  • Not Classified
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • No
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
  • Newsmagazine