Episodes

  • Ensuring good dental care into adulthood
    Mar 11 2026

    As children get older and take more responsibility for their teeth, what can parents and caregivers do to ensure good habits through to adulthood?

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    24 mins
  • Helen Ellis on being a grandchild or grandparent living geographically apart
    Mar 5 2026

    Do you have to video call grandchildren living overseas? Or perhaps you email your grandparents who are abroad? In the modern world it's common for families to be split over countries and continents.

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    19 mins
  • How to help kids understand the internet
    Feb 25 2026

    Dr Niraj Lal is a Melbourne-based researcher and writer whose new book is aimed at getting kids thinking about how they use the internet, who they interact with and what data is being gathered about them.

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    21 mins
  • Considering a child's right to play in their neighbourhood
    Feb 18 2026

    Remember the days when children would roam free, playing with friends around the neighbourhood. How can parents encourage their offspring back to outdoor free play?

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    16 mins
  • Occupational therapist on the support caregivers of neurodivergent children need
    Feb 12 2026

    Elana Cohen is an occupational therapist who has two decades experience working with children of all ages and abilities - and their families. She's Nelson based - working for Health NZ's Child Development Service, as well as in private practice. Elana says parents and caregivers need lots of support to help neurodivergent children flourish.

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    19 mins
  • How to help kids deal with the back-to-school nerves
    Feb 4 2026

    Return-to-school nerves can be a normal reaction after the long summer break, but when should parents be concerned and what can they do about it?

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    19 mins
  • Navigating the pros and cons of school uniforms
    Feb 2 2026

    Otago University's Dr Johanna Reidy researches the impact of school uniform design and policy on health and educational outcomes.

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    15 mins
  • Parenting: 'I'm bored'
    Dec 17 2025

    Summer holidays come with plenty of opportunities for children to utter 'I'm bored'. Parenting expert Zhenlin Wang on whether that's a bad thing.

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    13 mins