Parenting

Yvonne Godfrey says parents are being too soft when raising millennial kids, creating an attitude of entitlement, with parents becoming 'unpaid servants and bankers' to their children.  Audio

How to navigate and guide a teenager through adolescence can be one of the most challenging experiences of being a parent. Audio

Mental skills trainer and counsellor John Quinn tells Kathryn Ryan how he's focussing on equipping teenagers to cope with stress and pressure. Audio

Renowned Australian psychologist, parent educator and writer Steve Biddulph who says girlhood has become more lonely, pressured and unkind. At the same time, he says adults are less available to… Audio

As a mother of six and grandmother of 17, Robyn Pearce knows a few things about time management. She talks to Kathryn Ryan about her latest book Getting a grip on parenting time. Audio

Spinoff Parents Editor Emily Writes has two small boys, both non-sleepers. Her new book 'Rants in the Dark: From One Tired Mother to Another' offers often humourous consolation for other… Audio

Kelly Mouat from the children's programme TimberNook talks about the benefits of adventurous outdoor learning. Audio

With a plethora of advice available to desperate parents on how to get babies to sleep, baby sleep consultants Elspeth Witton and Amy Sherpa want to see the sector regulated. Audio

Pre and post-natal depression is commonly associated with Mums, which means Dads tend to occupy a more invisable space. New research from Auckland University's Centre for Longitudinal Research on more… Audio

What help is out there for whanau and children who want to achieve a healthy weight? Kathryn Ryan talks to the University of Queensland's Dr Matt Sanders, who is the founder of the positive parenting… Audio

Talking Matters is a new education campaign promoting the importance of communicating with babies for their first 1,000 days. Audio

Dan Kois and his family are moving around the world, three months at a time to write a book provisionally titled How To Be A Family. Dan has recently kicked off his world tour with New Zealand. Audio

Children are built to have big feelings on big occasions and Christmas is no different. Kathryn Ryan talks to Patty Wipfler who is the founder and director of Hand in Hand Parenting and the co-author… Audio

The best thing you can do for your baby’s brain is pile on the attention in their first 1000 days, says educationalist Nathan Mikaere Wallis. Audio

Lynn Freeman talks with parent educator and mentor Mary Willow about how to survive stressful times of day such as getting children up and off to school, and the dreaded witching hours in the evening… Audio

How do you keep a child informed about disaster risk while protecting them from incessant talk of threat? Audio

The teenage years offer plenty of challenges for both teens and their parents. Education consultant and parenting commentator Joseph Driessen takes a closer look at the specific skills parents will… Audio

Emily Writes describes herself as a sleep-deprived mother - writing for other sleep-deprived mothers. She was blasted into the public sphere when her first sleep-deprived blog post 'I am Grateful, Now… Audio