It Takes A Village
Nine to Noon's Kathryn Ryan presents interviews to help navigate modern family life
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Tech and children's relationships at school
22 Aug 2019Dr Mohamed Alansari speaks with Kathryn Ryan about how devices have changed the way children relate to each other at school. He says while technology is expanding children's horizons in the classroom… Read more Audio
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How 'toxic parenting' is failing children
15 Aug 2019John Marsden, Australian educator, principal and acclaimed author of more than 40 books for teenagers and children, talks about his new book The Art of Growing Up. Read more Audio
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Navigating the new porn landscape
8 Aug 2019More young people than ever before are accessing pornography, and with more frequency, according to research by the Office of Film and Literature Classification. Read more Audio
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Selfie harm? Teens manipulating their own image
1 Aug 2019Kathryn talks with Auckland writer and body positivity campaigner and educator Angela Barnett who says the number of teens manipulating their own images using smartphone apps is on the rise. The apps… Read more Audio
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Keep your cool, parents
25 Jul 2019Education consultant and parenting coach Joseph Driessen says it's understandable when parents give in to anger, frustration and even depression when dealing with difficult children. But he says over… Read more Audio
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Parents seek help to reduce children's screentime
25 Jul 2019Helping children to reduce their screentime can be as simple as remembering what you did as a child - encouraging outdoor play. In the US, there is a growing demand for screen-free parenting coaches… Read more Audio
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Parenting a sick child, what can help
4 Jul 2019The past nine months have been a rollercoaster of emotions and change for Ashburton parents, Jo and Deane Taylor. Last year their 13 year old son Tom, was diagnosed with stage 4 hodgkin lymphoma. In… Read more Audio, Gallery
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Stardust: shifting the stigma of having a parent in prison
27 Jun 2019Ivana Mlinac speaks with Kathryn Ryan about helping children overcome stigma and separation anxiety when their parent is in prison. Ivana's research into parental incarceration inspired to her write… Read more Audio
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How to take the conflict out of child discipline
20 Jun 2019Every parent knows the difficulties in trying to discipline their children and the feeling it's not working properly. Clinical therapist Anna Martin's new book Listen to me! Taking the conflict out of… Read more Audio
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Turia Pitt's tips for confidence
13 Jun 2019There's nothing wrong with taking pride in your looks, but being confident about the things you can do is what will really make you feel positively towards yourself, says Turia Pitt. The Australian… Read more Video, Audio
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"Where's the tat?" - when 5 year olds still get words awry
Speech and Language Therapist Christian Wright with more tips and tricks for parents of five year olds with speech sound errors, such at 'tat' for cat, and 'hostible' for hospital. Read more Audio
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Dads, don't tell your sons to 'toughen up'
30 May 2019Aaron Hendry has worked as a youth worker for a number of years and says fathers need to be particularly careful about the messages they give their sons. He says the "get hard" or "toughen up" message… Read more Audio
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Tips for raising independent kids
23 May 2019CEO of Spectrum Education Karen Boyes says the job of mums and dads is to ensure that kids can parent themselves by age 18 - and that one day, they leave home! She says the path towards this starts as… Read more Audio
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Small children processing big feelings
16 May 2019Kiwi-born teacher-turned-author of the internationally well-received I Feel Brave book series, Avril McDonald, writes 'little stories about big feelings' for four to seven year olds. Additionally… Read more Video, Audio
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Parents worry over lack of time with kids: survey
9 May 2019A new survey of 1200 parents around the country finds three quarters are worried they don't spent enough time with their children. Parenting commentator, researcher and educator Nathan Wallis talks to… Read more Audio
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The argument for adolescence to extend to age 24
2 May 2019Susan Sawyer is a Professor of Adolescent Health at the University of Melbourne and a practising paediatrician. She talks to Kathryn about whether the age range for adolescence is too narrowly… Read more Audio
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How to help chaotic, dreamy, inattentive kids
18 Apr 2019Education and parenting consultant Joseph Driessen talks to Kathryn about how to parent children who struggle with underdeveloped executive skills, and who find living an organised life extremely… Read more Audio
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Top 5 speech sound errors in 5-year-olds
Speech and language therapist Christian Wright discuss the top five speech sound errors in five-year-olds and tips and tricks to fix them. Read more Audio
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Forget screen time rules
4 Apr 2019Can screen time for kids really be quality time ? Yes! says Jordan Shapiro the author of "The New Childhood: Raising Kids To Thrive In A Connected World". Read more Audio
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The lasting impacts for children of Christchurch shootings
28 Mar 2019Psychologist and disaster mental health expert Sarb Johal discusses the likely lasting impacts of the Christchurch terror attacks on children and adolescents. How do children and young people who may… Read more Audio
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Helping children cope post Christchurch
21 Mar 2019Nathan Wallis talks with Kathryn about how parents and caregivers can help children cope with the horror of the Christchurch mosque shootings. He says there are simple things to help children move… Read more Audio
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Angela Hanscom: kids need active play for sensory development
14 Mar 2019Children do best with at least three hours active play every day, according to occupational therapist Angela Hanscom, and the many of today's kids who don't get that are weaker and less able to… Read more Video, Audio
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Playground Plato? The benefits of teaching kids philosophy
7 Mar 2019Opening up children's minds to the philosophical questions we usually put aside in everyday life can help them learn better, concentrate longer, develop social skills and even minimise bullying, says… Read more Video, Audio
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Parenting with Karen Tui Boyes
28 Feb 2019CEO of Spectrum Education Karen Tui Boyes on how best to develop your child as a thinker by modelling your own behaviour. Read more Audio
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Parenting kids who have low self-control
21 Feb 2019The struggles of children who haven't yet developed 'executive skills' – and therefore are prone to being impulsive, chaotic, forgetful and inattentive – can exasperate parents and lead to dysfunction… Read more Audio
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Taking back control to beat anxiety
14 Feb 2019What goes on in the anxious mind ? There's been a lot of talk lately about young people feeling overwhelmed, anxious and confused. So what's the best way of getting these feelings under control… Read more Audio
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The complexity of gender transition in children
7 Feb 2019UK psychotherapist Bob Withers has been in practice for more than 30 years.Late last year an opinion piece he wrote for a British newspaper attracted considerable attention. The headline was - In 20… Read more Audio
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How to love (almost) every parenting minute
31 Jan 2019Want to be a happier parent? KJ Dell'Antonia is the former lead editor of the New York Times Motherlode blog, who over the years has asked and answered plenty of questions about parenting. She says… Read more Audio
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What to do when sleep is elusive?
31 Jan 2019The summer heat has impacting sleep patterns recently, and with parents trying to get their children back into regular bedtimes compatible with the school year, we're looking at some solutions. Sleep… Read more Video, Audio
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Conversations to Help your Teen Through Troubled Times
20 Dec 2018The summer holidays are a time when the family is spending more time together, so how best to have some of those tricky conversations with your teenager. Collett Smart is a psychologist, teacher and… Read more Audio
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