In Brighton, Stacey stays with Matt and Adele and their three children, 8 year old Ulysses, 4 year old Ostara and baby Kai. Adopting childled parenting, Matt and Adele believe that kids don't need rules – just freedom to choose how they live and learn. They co-sleep with their parents, do not attend mainstream school, decide what they eat and when they eat, have no fixed bedtime and the parents are against mainstream medication.
Stacey travels to Preston to spend time with a family who have encouraged their teenage son, Kyle, in his amateur career as an MMA cage fighter since the age of four. Kyle is now 14 and home schooled, so he can concentrate on his fighting. Stacey goes to watch Kyle in a big cage fighting competition - where he will be fighting in front of a large crowd - to see if he has what it takes to be a champion and Stacey questions whether it is right to put your child in the cage.
The Preston family from Ashton-under-Lyne are members of the Jesus Christ Church of the Latter-day Saints, or more commonly known as Mormons. Eldest son of three, Adam, is seventeen and deciding whether to become a missionary for two years. Stacey joins the family, and finds out what it’s like to grow up with the strict parenting code of the church - including no tea, coffee, alcohol, and strictly chaperoned dating.
Stacey sleeps over at the home of the Sediles, where Lillian, a mother of two, is a member of the growing community of ‘tradwives' – a group of women who have rejected career ambitions in favour of becoming the archetypal traditional housewife. Stacey joins Lillian and her husband Felipe, ‘the boss' of the household, as they celebrate 10 years of marriage and questions if this promise to obey their husbands makes these women as happy as they suggest.
Stacey travels to the remote Hebridean island of Gometra to spend an off-grid weekend with aristocrat Roc Sandford and his two daughters Blue and Savannah. She learns how Roc raised a brood of eco-warriors; and how deeply he and his children are involved in the controversial Extinction Rebellion and HS2 campaigns.
Stacey Dooley spends the weekend with inspirational body positive advocate Harnaam Kaur.
Stacey reflects on episodes from previous series of W's Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over, with a new perspective on family life and parenting as a first-time mother. The episode will also feature Stacey's partner, Kevin Clifton and provide an exclusive first glimpse at their life as a family of three.