Children

Harlene Hayne explains some of the novel experiments used in her Marsden funded studies of memory in infants Audio

Joseph Driessen is an educational consultant and parenting commentator. Audio

American psychiatry lecturer and writer. His latest book is called 'Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity'. Audio

Nathan Mikaere Wallis is part of the Brain Wave Trust, and X Factor Education, Christchurch. He has been a lecturer at the Christchurch College of Education, lecturing in human development, brain… Audio

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

Inspired by Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution Day, school children around our Capital turn into little foodies when they learn how to make homemade dumplings with Vicky Ha, Wellington's Queen of… Audio

With Phillippa Howden Chapman - Public Health Researcher from Otago University's Wellington School of Medicine. Maya Goetz - international researcher in the area of children and media, who is visiting… Audio

With Paul Tough - the bestselling US author of How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, published by Random House. Audio

Pre-schoolers Taylor, Samuel, Honor and Brayden may not know how lucky they area... yet. One of their classrooms is their own Wild Woods, complete with trees to climb, a balance log, eels-in-a-stream… Audio

The passionate print-making couple behind the Muka art project, bringing affordable original art to thousands of children for decades. Audio

Ideas explores the place of children in a democracy with: Jessica Palairet - a member of the Commissioner of Children's Young People's Reference Group; Caleb O'Fee - the president of Feilding High… Audio

For adventurer Steve Gurney, life is about taking risks and he fears that New Zealand society has become over-regulated, risk-averse, and wrapped in cotton wool. His challenge is to let children make… Audio

Karen Riley, parenting specialist and author of How to Keep the You in Mum. Audio

This week looks at the issue of child safety. Have we become too risk averse where our children are concerned. Audio

How relationships change once kids come along. Audio

Ailsa is a fan of horses, glow worms and drawing fairies and mermaids. Audio