26 Mar 2020

Getting teens to toe the Covid line

From Nine To Noon, 11:07 am on 26 March 2020
A group of teenagers and kids cooling off at Petone Wharf on 15 January.

A group of teenagers and kids cooling off at Petone Wharf on 15 January. Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller

Families around the country are trying to figure out how to cope in the next month. How will teenagers and young people  - whose friends and social contacts are so important - manage in isolation? How should parents of young people communicate the new rules and get buy-in? Nathan Wallis - brain researcher, parenting coach and founder of X-Factor Education.