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Recent items from It Takes A Village
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What makes teachers feel good about their work?
11:25 AM.The National Survey of Schools' latest findings show teachers are happiest working in schools that support their growth and development. It also highlights the importance of continuing to improve… Read more Audio
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Protecting teens from excess alcohol and drugs
11:25 AM.Kathryn talks with parenting coach and education consultant Joseph Driessen about how to protect teenagers from the dangers of using drugs and excess alcohol. Audio
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How to help pre-schoolers learn social skills
11:30 AM.How do children develop social skills and how best can parents support this? Wellington speech and language therapist Christian Wright has some strategies and he'll take your questions Read more Audio
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Brick wall or jellyfish? What kind of parent are you?
11:30 AM.Neuroplasticity educator and parenting expert Nathan Wallis talks with Susie about different parenting styles. Are you a brick wall, jellyfish or a backbone parent? And what is best for children… Read more Audio
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The difference between normal anxiety and anxiety disorder
11:28 AM.Counsellor Cat Levine talks about the risk factors that predispose children to anxiety - and what parents can do to help. Read more Audio
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Getting kids outdoors adventuring
11:25 AM.For many new parents, getting out of the house can be a mission with nappies, change of clothes, food, buggy or front pack. Ceana Priest says - don't be daunted by that. She's mum to six year old… Read more Audio
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For pre-schoolers a healthy amount of active play is 3 hours per day
11:25 AM.According to the World Health Organisation, children under 5 need 180 minutes of physical activity every day. To help early childhood teachers give pre-schoolers the physical activity they need to… Read more Audio
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How to help teens navigate the challenges of social media
11:25 AM.The teenage years are difficult enough, without adding the challenges of social media and the impact it has on growing brains. We put a fence children when they're toddlers, so do we need to put a… Read more Audio
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Parenting: Motherfood, Vanessa Clarkson
11:25 AM.Registered nutritionist and specialist in infant, child and maternal nourishment, Vanessa A Clarkson's new book Motherfood has over 40 recipes to help expectant and new mums rise to the task. They're… Read more Audio
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Study skills teach life skills
11:30 AM.Teacher, author, public speaker and CEO of Spectrum Education Karen Boyes says study skills can also teach life skills. She shares tips for students and parents. Read more Audio
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Strengths and needs in our schools: survey
11:25 AM.New research reveals ways teachers are challenging students to be the best they can be. For what the Teaching, School and Principal Leadership Practices Survey reveals about strengths and needs in our… Read more Audio
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What is developmental language disorder?
11:30 AM.Kathryn discusses developmental language disorder with speech and language therapist Christian Wright. He says in every primary school classroom there will be around two children affected by the… Read more Audio
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When your child refuses to go to school
11:25 AM.School avoidance that stems from anxiety is very different to truancy and requires careful management, says psychologist Dr Emma Woodward. Read more Audio
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Helping children overcome the impact of covid
11:25 AM.Kathryn talks with parenting coach and education consultant Joseph Driessen about helping children overcome the effects of the Covid epidemic, at home, at school, and with their friends. Read more Audio
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The hazards of 'helicopter' parenting
11:25 AM.'Helicopter' parenting is a term often used pejoratively to describe an overprotective way of raising kids. Although this approach to parenting is coming from a good place, it can interfere with a… Read more Audio
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Sibling rivalry - cause for concern or just part of growing up?
11:30 AM.It can drive parents mad, but psychologist Dr Rachael Sharman of the University of the Sunshine Coast says sibling rivalry is a perfectly normal - and in fact, even necessary part of the developmental… Read more Audio
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Parenting : Tips for good nutrition for early childhood
11:25 AM.Paediatric dietician Jenny Douglas talks to Susie about how to best nourish infants and young children. Jenny runs her own private practice, Jump Start Nutrition in Dunedin. She specialises in infant… Read more Audio
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Raising teenagers in a complex world
11:35 AM.Mother-daughter duo Robyn and Molly Fausett have collaborated on writing a guide to raising teenagers, their book is called The Kids Will Be All Right. Robyn is a nurse and educator and is a programme… Read more Audio
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Helping older teens get their mojo back
11:25 AM.Clinical Psychologist Karen Nimmo says teenagers and young adults have had a hard time through the pandemic, disruption at school and university, having to do a lot of learning online. She discusses… Read more Audio
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When you love your child, but sometimes you don't like parenthood
11:25 AM.Psychologist Sarb Johal say ambivalence about parenting can strike at any time - even in the lead up to parenting. He says it's totally normal but because few parents ever voice these feelings, it's… Read more Audio
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How to help your child have a good relationship with sleep
10:05 AM. One in ten children suffer from a sleep disorder but most of us – including GPs and paediatricians – know very little about the signs and symptoms, says Dr Chris Winter. In his new book The Rested… Read more Audio
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How covid has changed teaching: new research
11:30 AM.Senior Researcher at the New Zealand Council for Educational Research Mohamed Alansari with some new research out today, highlighting how most secondary school teachers have changed something about… Read more Audio
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Raising strong girls
11:25 AM.Author and parenting coach, Maggie Dent, talks to Kathryn about her new book Girlhood: raising our little girls to be healthy, happy and heard. She says it is vital that parents enable young girls'… Read more Video, Audio
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Survival tips for home isolation with the kids
11:25 AM.Many listeners may already have had time at home with Covid and other winter ills. So what's the best way to get through the time together? Ellie Gwilliam is with the Parenting Place, and has just… Read more Audio
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The advantages of starting school at six
11:25 AM.Neuroplasticity educator and parenting expert Nathan Wallis talks with Kathryn about the advantages of children starting school at six years old. He says while it goes against the norm in New Zealand… Read more Audio