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The joy of sex(uality) education
11:26 AM.How can parents best navigate and negotiate the sexuality journey with young people? University of Canterbury Health lecturer Tracy Clelland has conducted the first local research on New Zealand… Read more Audio
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SMS SOS: Text message parenting advice
11:28 AM.A new pilot programme running through the University of Auckland allows parents to access parenting advice via an SMS text message. 'MyTeen' is for parents of 10-15 year olds, and participants have… Read more Audio
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Parenting - Covid19: keeping children calm
11:29 AM.Senior Researcher at the New Zealand Council for Educational Research, Mohamed Alansari speaks with Kathryn Ryan about what parents and educators can do to prevent children panicking about Covid19. Read more Audio
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When parents burn out
11:22 AM.Psychologist Sarb Johal discusses parental burnout - on a par with occupational burnout, only there's no workplace support programme. Read more Audio
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Connecting with your teenage daughter
11:21 AM.In his new book Miss Connection, Why Your Teenage Daughter Hates You, Expects the World and Needs to Talk father of six girls, Brisbane based psychologist Dr. Justin Coulson tells Kathryn Ryan parents… Read more Audio
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Anxious parenting: Kevin Wilson
11:25 AM.American author and father Kevin Wilson revisits his obsession with spontaneous human combustion in his new novel Nothing to See Here. Here former college room-mate Madison asks Lillian to be a… Read more Audio
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How to survive the (last of the) school holidays
11:30 AM.As many parents know the summer school holidays seem to stretch on FOREVER. With two weeks or so of the break left to go, ideas of what to do might be thin on the ground by now. Maria Foy runs a blog… Read more Audio
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Tips for surviving Christmas stress
11:29 AM.Christmas and the holiday season can be a stressful time for many people. For some, it is as simple as fatigue after a busy year, while for others bigger emotional issues rise to the surface… Read more Audio
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Alcohol and the teenage brain
11:33 AM.Brain researcher, educator and parenting commentator and educator Nathan Wallis talks to Kathryn about teenagers and drinking. He says the science is clear that alcohol damages the young brain, and he… Read more Audio
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Why are teens partying less these days?
11:30 AM.Today's teens are drinking less alcohol, smoking less and having less sex than 10 or 20 years ago. Dr Jude Ball has been investigating why. Read more Audio
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The good divorce: how to help children cope with a break up
11:25 AM.Education consultant and parenting coach Joseph Driessen talks about the parental attitudes and skills that help children cope with a separation or divorce. Read more Audio
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Glue ear and speech development
11:28 AM.Speech and language therapist Christian Wright discusses the impact on speech development in children of glue ear. Glue ear is the build up of sticky fluid in the middle ear which can cause hearing… Read more Audio
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What to do when your child is struggling to achieve
11:21 AM.Educator and author Lance King has worked with tens of thousands of students, both here and overseas, and has seen a lot of children who are struggling to achieve at school or are lacking in… Read more Audio
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Moving house: the impact on children
11:27 AM.Recent research from the University of Otago has found moving house is linked with increases in emotional and behavioural difficulties in four-year-olds. Psychologist Sarb Johal talks to Kathryn about… Read more Audio
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Helping children get up and go
11:27 AM.Education consultant and parenting coach Joseph Driessen talks about children who lack motivation and drive - what's behind this, and how can parents help them regain direction? Read more Audio
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Social attachment and mental wellbeing in children
11:27 AM.The number-one driver of mental illness is isolation, says parenting commentator and educator Nathan Wallis, therefore it’s especially important for children to form healthy attachments in the first… Read more Audio
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Teaching financial capability
11:24 AM.Teaching young people how to manage money, budget and save. Auckland commerce teacher John Duston's dream is for every New Zealand teenager to be financially capable before they leave school. He's… Read more Audio
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Challenging negative stereotypes of millenials to Gen Z
11:21 AM.Youth Development lecturer Pat Bullen from the University of Auckland says all too often young people are stereotyped, stigmitised and discriminated against. Her ongoing research debunks the myth that… Read more Audio
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Is tongue tie surgery necessary?
11:27 AM.What is tongue tie surgery and is it needed? Wellington Speech and Language Therapist Christian Wright thinks it is being recommended in cases where it isn't needed. Audio
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Reading hacks for study success
11:30 AM.With university and secondary school students heading towards end of year exams, what are some key reading tips for study success? Read more Audio
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Parenting the child who's a "bit different"
11:29 AM.Parenting commentator and educator Nathan Wallis with advice for parents worried that their kids are not making developmental milestones? When to be worried and seek help, and when to relax and let… Read more Audio
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Tech and children's relationships at school
11:30 AM.Dr Mohamed Alansari speaks with Kathryn Ryan about how devices have changed the way children relate to each other at school. He says while technology is expanding children's horizons in the classroom… Read more Audio
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How 'toxic parenting' is failing children
11:21 AM.John Marsden, Australian educator, principal and acclaimed author of more than 40 books for teenagers and children, talks about his new book The Art of Growing Up. Read more Audio
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Navigating the new porn landscape
11:25 AM.More young people than ever before are accessing pornography, and with more frequency, according to research by the Office of Film and Literature Classification. Read more Audio
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Selfie harm? Teens manipulating their own image
11:34 AM.Kathryn talks with Auckland writer and body positivity campaigner and educator Angela Barnett who says the number of teens manipulating their own images using smartphone apps is on the rise. The apps… Read more Audio