#86 - Suzy Cato Interview (Children's Television, Parenting, Dancing With The Stars, Kids Books etc)

Suzy Cato is New Zealand's most well known Children's Television Presenter who came into prominence with shows like You & Me, Suzy's World and 3pm. SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE - suzy.co.nz Instagram - @suzy_cato Twitter - @suzy_cato Facebook - Suzy Cato Tiktok - @suzy_cato Youtube -  @TreehutTV    #youandme #kidstv #suzy'sworld TIMESTAMPS   00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Had To Record It’s Our Time Song Every Episode/Recording Episodes 02:00 - Suzy Did Most Episodes In One Take/Structure Of Every Episode Of You And Me 03:57 - Pauses During Questions 04:49 - How Suzy Got The You And Me Job 08:30 - How Suzy Prepared For Being In Front Of The Camera 10:20 - How Suzy’s World Came About 12:13 - Suzy Was Heavily Involved In Behind The Scenes For Suzy’s World 13:10 - Suzy Learned Roles Well Doing The Job/Can Do Attitude For Childrens Programmes 15:10 - Avoiding Being Typecast/Writing For Women Magazine 16:21 - Other Projects Suzy Did 19:07 - How Dancing With The Stars Happened/Dance Training 20:50 - Work Post Lockdown/Doing Home Film Work 23:23 - Suzy Says Yes To Things Then Learns It After/Suzy’s Research For Dancing With The Stars 24:33 - Memorising Dance Moves/Working Within Limitations 25:59 - Suzy Isn’t Competitive/Sense Of Family In Dancing With The Stars 28:02 - How Suzy Protects Her Children In The Age Of Technology & Social Media 30:30 - Suzy’s World Website Often Created Problems For Parents & Kids 31:12 - Educate And Communicate With Your Kids 32:52 - Netsafe/Protecting Kids From Explicit Content 34:54 - Cyber Bullying/Talk With Your Kids 36:33 - Be On The Same Social Media Platforms As Your Kids/Connect Four 38:19 - Feeling Old/Kids Keep Yon On Trends 39:26 - Suzy Has To Be On Social Media For Work Reasons/Analytics/Youtube 40:17 - Lockdown Bedtime Stories 42:05 - YouTube Analytics/Social Media Demographics 43:16 - Suzy Cato Doing Her Own Marketing 44:10 - Taking Time Out To Spend With Kids/Balancing Work & Kids 46:11 - Aucklands Traffic/Downsides Of Working From Home 49:43 - Suzy Has Had A Home Office For A Long Time 50:49 - Suzy’s World Production & Home Sets 51:53 - Suzy’s Books & Future Projects 53:41 - Writing Songs That Leads To Books/Suzy’s Book Stories 57:28 - Suzy Has A Vault Of Ideas 1:00:00 - Where To Follow Suzy Cato