being a parent
Ideas and tips on different aspects of raising the next generation of New Zealanders.
Tips and skills to help you as a parent or caregiver, and discussions about the impact and experience of being a parent.
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Parenting
16 Sep 2010Psychologist and parenting expert Nigel Latta looks at how parents deal with their own anger. Audio
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Being a great parent is less work and more fun than you think.
Professor of economics at George Mason University, blogger at EconLog, and author of Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids: Why Being a Great Parent is Less Work and More Fun Than you Think. Audio
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Your child's brain: From in utero to Uni
Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wang have written a book called 'Welcome to Your Child's Brain: From In Utero to Uni'. Audio
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Reducing child abuse and injury using parenting support.
Professor of parenting studies at the University of Auckland and University of Queensland. He was co-investigator of a major study carried out in South Carolina which found that there were lower rates… Audio
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How relationships change once children come along.
How relationships change once kids come along. Audio
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Teaching young people parenting skills.
Teaching young people parenting skills. Dame Lesley Max, CEO and founder of Great Potentials, was made a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2009 for her services to children. She… Audio
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How relationships with caregivers can effect children’s learning.
Joseph Driessen is an educational consultant and parenting commentator. Audio
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How not to fly off the handle with children in stressful situations.
Mindful parenting and how not to fly off the handle with children in stressful situations. Audio
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How parents can avoid the mistakes of their own parents.
Parenting commentator and educational consultant Joseph Driessen with advice on how parents can avoid the mistakes of their own parents. Audio
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Parenting with Kelly Corrigan
Kelly Corrigan is an American author, her latest work is Glitter and Glue is a heartfelt memoir about the true meaning of motherhood. While doing her OE she nannied for a newly-widowed father in… Audio
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How domestic violence affects parenting and children
Dr Jeffrey Edleson was a Professor at the University of Minnesota School of Social Work for 29 years. He is now the Dean of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Social Welfare. Audio
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The challenges of motherhood
Karen Riley, parenting specialist and author of How to Keep the You in Mum. Audio
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Parenting for separated and divorced fathers
Harald Breiding-Buss, general manager of the Father and Child Trust, who runs Father and Child Magazine and writes its parenting column. Audio
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The lack of male role models in society.
The educational consultant and parenting commentator talks about the lack of male role models in society. Audio
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letting kids learn from consequences is unrealistic.
Lisa Endlich Heffernan is a former Vice President at Goldman Sachs and now writes books about raising children. She says the backlash against helicopter parenting has gone too far and letting kids… Audio
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What are the differences between happy parents and miserable ones?
The secrets of parenting with psychologist Katie Nelson from the University of California. We discover how we can be happy even through the sleepless nights and general angsts of child rearing. Audio
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Adam Mansbach: parenting, comedy, race
Novelist, hip hop artist and former Professor of Fiction at Rutgers University, New York, whose new parenting comedy book, 'Go the F**k to Sleep' has been an unexpected bestseller. Audio