Parenting: A selection of television programmes that may be of interest to readers.

Safe As Houses

Tomorrow 8 to 9 p.m. BBC 2

Reality show featuring an estranged couple who are planning to buy a house together for the sake of their daughter. However, it's not long before they realise that house-hunting is starting to open up the old cracks in their relationship.

The Carrot or the Stick

Thursday, 9 p.m. Channel 4

What motivates men better, the fear of punishment or the anticipation of reward? This new series divides a group into two teams. The Carrot team are encouraged, never punished and rewarded for doing well, the Stick team are subjected to extreme military beasting. Which method will work?