All Episodes

Stephanie Pow: Setting up a fund for your children

Sara Chatwin: The danger of using screens to keep boredom at bay

Dougal Sutherland: Paying attention to who is mentoring your kids?

Maneesh Deva: How do help our kids handle stress?

Stephanie Pow: How much should your kids know about your finances?

Tim O'Connor: What’s the best way for a parent to address a problem at school?

Sara Chatwin: How do you manage your emotions in front of your kids?

Dr. Miriam McCaleb: How do you go about having the sex talk with your children?

Dr Maneesh Deva: Is it ever okay to digitally track your children?

Sheridan Eketone: How much extracurricular activity is too much?

Sara Chatwin: How do you help your teens pick a career?

Mary Willow: Modern vs traditional parenting styles

John Cowan: Should kids under-16 have smartphones?

Sara Chatwin: It's okay to interfere with your child's friendships

Stephanie Pow: Kids, pocket money and parental control - where do we start?

Maneesh Deva: Is kids being bored without their phones such a bad thing?

John Cowan: Teaching your kids to drive

Dougal Sutherland: Does telling your kids to 'be yourself' just lead to bullying?

Sara Chatwin: Psychologist chats parents' sideline behaviour

Stephanie Pow: The real cost of parental leave

Kathryn Berkett: The 'Jessica' trend and why it works

Dr Maneesh Deva: Sometimes children just need to figure it out on their own

Dr Miriam McCaleb: Parents need to stop comparing themselves to online 'highlight reels'

Dougal Sutherland: Let your kids be bored

Sara Chatwin: Is it okay for children to be involved in politics?

Nathan Wallis: Are parents to blame for social media addiction?

Alex Chiet: Are we doing our kids a disservice if they don't play sports?

John Cowan: How should you scare your kids straight?

Dougal Sutherland: Children benefit more from being with parents than ECE

Sara Chatwin: Should you stay together for the kids?

Dr Maneesh Deva: Is social media harm inescapable without isolating our children?

John Cowan: Stress is making you a bad parent

Kathryn Berkett: Who's dropping the ball with new entrants?

Dougal Sutherland: Some kids need a hands-off learning approach

Sara Chatwin: When should you let your kids get a smartphone

Nathan Wallis: Dealing with disappointing NCEA grades

Sara Chatwin: Raise your kids to be grateful for their Christmas gifts

Dr Jacqui Maguire: Parents need to prepare their kids for the real world

Dougal Sutherland: Does NZ need a social media ban?

Kathryn Berkett: Do we need to change the way we do prize givings?

Nathan Wallis: Family vs friends for the summer holidays

John Cowan: Pocket money in a cashless society

Sara Chatwin: Helping your kids through exam stress

Sheridan Eketone: Kids on devices isn't all bad

Kathryn Berkett: Is it a good idea to stay together for the kids?

Kim Harvey: We need to allow our kids to rest

John Cowan: Parenting can be the best days ever

Sara Chatwin: Psychologist at MindWorks talks when to let your kids make their own decisions

Dougal Sutherland: Don't offer advice on school subject choices

John Cowan: "I was too busy staying in school to get an education"

Heather Taylor: Access to ECE is essential for all families

Sara Chatwin: Raising children in the modern world

Harpreet Singh: Are parenting doing enough for their kid's education?

Nathan Willis: You can't overestimate the importance of early attachment

Dougal Sutherland: You should tell off other people's kids

John Cowan: Parents are ruining sports for their children

Sara Chatwin: What do you do when your young child gets in a relationship?

Dougal Sutherland: A 'no-blame' policy is the key to online safety

Jenny Hale: A strong-willed child doesn't back down

Sara Chatwin: Extended family are a huge help for wisdom

Sandy Pasley: Parents must ask how engaged their child is in school

Nathan Wallis: Mindfulness combats anxiety and depression

John Cowan: Relationships with your in-laws can be crucial

Dougal Sutherland: We can't stop our children doing stupid things

Kathryn Berkett: Where is the line between school and parental obligations?

Dharshana Ponnampalam: How to deal with a child's mental health struggles

Sara Chatwin: Parents have to have the hard conversations around weight

"They just want to connect with their mates": A parenting expert's take on potential social media ban

Dougal Sutherland: Your teen's angst may be your fault

Sandy Pasley: Teaching values falls on parents as well as schools

Kathryn Berkett: Should you try to manage your children's friendships?

Jenny Hale: Parents are raising less resilient children

Sara Chatwin: Setting boundaries in a blended family household

Grace Strange: The birth plan leaves at the first contraction

Rockley Montgomery: Military school principal on character schools

Kathryn Berkett: Don't make it easy for your kids to live at home after school

Dougal Sutherland: You don't need to treat your kids equally

John Cowan: When the empty-nester syndrome starts to set in

Dr Leila Masson: Our children are chronically stressed

Dave Atkinson: Building resilience in your children

Kathryn Berkett: Spotting neurodiversity in your children

John Cowan: Parents are passing their anxieties on to their kids

Grace Strange: Drastic increase in women requesting c-sections

Dougal Sutherland: Dealing with the fallout from a bad exam result

John Cowan: Managing family conflict over Christmas

Dougal Sutherland: Kids need awards as reinforcement

Kim Harvey: Avoiding teaching your kids over-consumption at Christmas time

Kathryn Berkett: You need to let your kids be stressed

Holly Brooker: Helping kids adjust when it's time to move out

Sara Chatwin: Leave kids out of politics

John Cowan: How to help your kids this exam season

Dougal Sutherland: What should you do when your child makes negative comments about themselves?

Dave Atkinson: The impact parenting has on your mental health

Nathan Wallis: Raising resilient children

Kathryn Berkett: Every child studies differently

Sara Chatwin: Let your kids be bored

John Cowan: The importance of reading to children

Holly Brooker: Parents should be more hesitant putting their children on social media

Kathryn Berkett: Students need schools

Dr Dougal Sutherland: How to get more involved in your child's education