All Episodes
Parenting with Nikki Bush — 103 episodes
Parenting: Can failure be good for children?
Parenting: How to raise optimistic children in a challenging world
Parenting: Why reading still matters in the age of information overload
Parenting: Why goofing around with your kids might be the best parenting strategy
Parenting: How can we improve our children’s working memory?
Parenting: Discipline, consequences and raising responsible kids
Parenting: Making fun out of nothing with your kids this holiday
Parenting: Teaching kids teamwork and collaboration
Parenting: Rethinking homework – are we building discipline or burning kids out?
Parenting: Guiding children through news about war and global disruption
Parenting: Are we teaching children to read or just to pass?
Parenting: What should my child study in an AI world?
Parenting: Tips for parents preparing their children for university
Parenting: The hidden cost of doing too much for our kids
Parenting: Understanding Cognitive development for children
Parenting: Back to school reality check: The power of routines and planning
Back-to-School anxiety: How to ease the jitters
Parenting: Transitioning back to school after holiday breaks
Parenting: Keeping kids engaged this Christmas: Toys, games, and travel
Parenting: Best toys and games for December fun
Parenting: Why predictable parenting matters more than perfect parenting
Parenting: Understanding why family traditions matter
Small Business: The craft of pork at Wickedfood Earth Farm
Parenting Feature: Why kids copy what you do, not what you say
Helping your child speak, think, and write for themselves
Supporting your child during exam season
Parenting: Understanding picky eating in children
Parenting: Raising resilient kids: The power of self-discipline and delayed gratification
Parenting: How can parents encourage teens to open up about their feelings?
Parenting: Beyond the CV: Helping your child uncover their unique story
Parenting: Pros and cons of television viewing for children
Parenting: How to spot different kinds of intelligence in your child
Parenting: Helping children understand the difference between the "event" and the "process"
Parenting: Teaching kids and ourselves to tame the Fight-or-Flight Response
Parenting: Understanding and reframing suicide hour with your children
Parenting: Teaching kids the power of “Yet”
Parenting: How to help your kids break the screen cycle
Parenting: Caught not taught: What our children learn by watching us
Parenting: Should we always let kids win? Looking at the role of winning and losing in childhood
Parenting: Looking at the power of a father’s presence
Parenting: Play as the language of childhood
Parenting: Potential communication blockers between parents and children.
How to help children grow in competence.
Parenting: The Mothering Paradox.
Parenting: How busy parents can maximise the time they have with their children on a normal work and school day.
How parents can use autumn to change things up with their children.
Parenting: Boredom is Good
Easter Holidays and keeping children busy with an Easter theme.
How to keep your children busy and having fun over the holiday period.
The importance of learning to read for meaning.
Helping children understand the importance of ‘no’ and ‘stop’
Homework and boundaries
A Back-to-School Allergy Guide for Parents
How to create fun moments with your children with just a simple deck of cards
Water play & Water toys for the festive.
How parents can use the food poisoning crisis as a teachable moment.
Parenting: Why Being "Good Enough" is Good Enough.
Allowing children to experience the discomforts of life.
What to make of Children’s collectible crazes.
The importance of teaching your children about online algorithms & how it affects them.
Parenting styles & Figuring out the idea parenting style for you & your child.
Exam sticky notes & how to help our children improve their working memory.
How to talk to children about Suicide Prevention.
The great Rocky Road safari.
The dangers of Social media challenges.
What is the hidden curriculum & how can parents help kids learn.
The need to be your kid’s cheerleader.
Effects of kids being over-indulgent with materialistic possessions.
Parenting - August 2024
What you need to know about diffusing teenager’s bad behaviour/attitude.
Kid’s relationship with power & confidence.
How to turn roughhousing and wrestling into a positive experience.
How to raise compassionate children.
Lessons from “Inside Out 2” film.
How to encourage your child to put themselves out there & managing expectation failure.
When and how to help your preschooler learn scissor skill.
The importance of emotionally intelligent when raising a child.
Why mothers need time off every now and then.
Reading is a gift for life, it’s a sign of intelligence.
Development of kid’s school readiness skills through play.
The importance of family rituals.
The importance of movement for your child’s brain development..
The importance of using your voice and your words with your little one.
Making Fun Out Of Nothing over the Easter Holidays.
The concept of treasure hunts, why kids love them.
Raising kind children.
Coping with shopping kids.
Learning through the sense of touch.
Homework hurdles and how to deal with them.
How to let go of a child who is off to university?
How can parents de-commercialise Valentine’s Day and use it as a teachable moment?
Online safety and kids.
How parents can encourage independence in their children.
How much do Matric results really matter in the long term?
How to handle the back-to-school first term jitters.
Strategies for overcoming anxiety associated with returning to school.
Making fun out of nothing activities with your kids this festive.
Life lessons for children from gardening.
How to help you and your child cope with End of year school awards ceremonies.
How to deal with "Mom Rage"
Mourn the perfect child
Parenting feature: Overlooked Joys Of Raising A Teenager
What to expect from the Intentional Parenting Summit