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It Takes A Village

Nine to Noon's Kathryn Ryan interviews parenting experts to help you navigate the trends, trials & tough calls of modern family life.

kids & family

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00:17:11

How to help your teenager get enough sleep

It Takes A Village ·

2018/11/07

How much sleep do teenagers really need and why do they feel the urge to stay up so late? Teenagers need more sleep than adults and their circadian rhythms are actually different, says parenting expert Nathan Wallis. On average, a teenager's body clock moves forward around two hours so, effectively, we can think of Kiwi teens as operating on Sydney time – "they're two to three hours out from the rest of us." He gives parents some tips.

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00:19:36

What's it like to homeschool your kids?

It Takes A Village ·

2018/10/31

Currently, 6,000 New Zealand kids are getting homeschooled, not including those enrolled at the correspondence school Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu. Educating a child at home can allow a parent to "light a fire in their hearts and minds" without pressure or competition, says Siobhan Porter, who has homeschooled all five of her kids. Siobhan is the director of Auckland Home Educators – a support and advocacy group for homeschoolers. She and education consultant Natalie Donaldson – who has also

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00:22:38

Building blocks to reading and writing

It Takes A Village ·

2018/10/24

Educationalist, Frances Adlam with tips for parents on how to help their children love reading and writing. Her book Raise Your Child to Read and Write - aims to give caregivers strategies to engage pre-schoolers and primary school entrants to get a good start to a lifetime of reading. Simple things help, including thinking about how your talk to children and encouraging them to scribble, draw and paint, these are all building blocks which lead to writing.

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00:23:06

Tips on children who are fussy or restricted eaters

It Takes A Village ·

2018/10/17

Having a child who turns their nose up at a variety of foods, which often includes fruit and vegetables, can be a huge stress for parents trying to give their child a balanced diet. How can you tell whether it's a fussy eating phase or a restricted eating problem? And if it persists how and where do you seek help? We get some advice from Massey University nutrition lecturer Dr Cathryn Conlon and Massey University speech and language clinician Emily Jones, who runs the ACTIVEating Clinic which

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00:19:06

School holidays challenges

It Takes A Village ·

2018/10/03

School holidays are almost half way through, and some parents may be scratching their heads as to what to do. Let the kids watch as much Youtube as they want? Make them get outside and play? Or - shock horror - get them to do some jobs around the house? Teacher, author, public speaker and CEO of Spectrum Education Karen Boyes has some ideas for fun family challenges.

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00:23:40

How play helps language

It Takes A Village ·

2018/09/26

Speech and language therapist Christian Wright talks about the importance of play in pre-school language development and shares five effective strategies to support this.

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00:13:59

Skip the Drama: advice on parenting a teen girl from...

It Takes A Village ·

2018/09/19

Body image, anxiety, self-harm, social media, homework, partying, curfews, respect… It's not easy being a teenage girl and it's not easy parenting a teenage girl. Child psychologist Sarah Hughes – who has worked with hundreds of teenage girls and their families – shares some advice from her new book Skip the Drama.

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00:24:49

Emma Gilkison: The Heart of Jesus Valentino

It Takes A Village ·

2018/09/12

Kiwi mother Emma Gilkison has written a memoir about the devastating discovery at a routine twelve week scan that her unborn baby had a fatal condition. His heart was growing outside his body due to an extremely rare condition called ectopia cordis. Emma and her partner Roy were faced with two heartbreaking options: end the pregnancy or continue in the knowledge their baby would die. Former Sunday Star Times and Dominion Post journalist Emma Gilkison tells Kathryn Ryan why her book The Heart of

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00:21:17

Parenting confident, independent young adults without...

It Takes A Village ·

2018/09/05

Parents need to focus less on enforcing rules and more on developing their kids' independence if they want to help them handle real-world pressures, says family coach and author Yvonne Godfrey.

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00:16:19

Bug busting: headlice and how to get rid of them

It Takes A Village ·

2018/08/29

Julie Chapman founded KidsCan 13 years ago, which runs a health hygiene programme in 732 primary schools nationwide. Head lice treatment is top of their list. They've sent out 25,000 bottles of head lice treatment this year, and recently ran a nit busters campaign. Julie talks to Kathryn Ryan about how best to get rid of nits.

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00:16:10

How does birth order affect your personality?

It Takes A Village ·

2018/08/22

Over the last 100 years there's been much fascination about whether a person's birth order among siblings has a lasting impact on their life course. Does it influence personality? Does it influence intelligence? What about other aspects of our lives? Psychologist Sarb Johal joins Lynn with research on birth order.

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00:20:30

Paul Russell's My Storee: Coaxing creativity despite...

It Takes A Village ·

2018/08/15

New children's book My Storee is full of spelling errors, with author Paul Russell - himself dyslexic - aiming to show children, parents and teachers alike that writing need not get in the way of creativity.

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00:21:02

Strategies for teenagers with behavioural needs

It Takes A Village ·

2018/08/08

So now you've hit the turbulent teens - what to do ? They're attracted to risk, increasingly distracted, and less and less attached to adults. Many conventional forms of parenting rely on tools such rewards and consequences and while these strategies work quite well with most young adults, they are least likely to work with the ones who have the most behavioural needs. Adrienne Wood, an ex high school teacher and lecturer in human development, who works with parents of adolescents and pre-teens

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00:19:35

Australian school principal calls out parents...

It Takes A Village ·

2018/08/01

Parents are getting aggressive with teachers when their child has a problem at school – and both the number of incidents and the level of vitriol is on the rise, says John Collier, the head of St Andrew's Cathedral School in Sydney.

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00:24:29

Fostering independence and social responsibility in...

It Takes A Village ·

2018/07/25

Educator Joseph Driessen talks to Kathryn about growing independent children who have a strong sense of social responsibility.

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00:22:04

Online cyber safety for kids: sexts, texts & selfies

It Takes A Village ·

2018/07/18

Cyber-safety expert Susan McLean is a specialist in those online safety discussions you should be having with your children. She has advice for parents about how to help young people establish good online habits, identify good apps and bad apps, know what not to share, as well as deal with cyber bullying and internet harassment.

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00:20:09

Parenting: Sleep training for infants and tips for...

It Takes A Village ·

2018/07/11

Sleep is essential for children, but each child is different and the key for parents is to be responsive while also looking after themselves, researcher and commentator Nathan Mikaere Wallis says.

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00:18:35

First-time parent: from theory to practice

It Takes A Village ·

2018/07/04

What's it like becoming a parent when you are a top researcher in child development ? Dr Annette Henderson joins Nine to Noon to talk about her experiences of becoming a first time Mum and seeing for herself how the practice aligned with the theory (or not!). She discusses infant development and has some practical advice related to early childhood parenting. Dr Annette Henderson is a senior lecturer at the University of Auckland and an expert in early childhood development with a specific focus

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00:23:23

Parenting: when emotional dependence on a child...

It Takes A Village ·

2018/06/27

Children who sacrifice their own emotional needs to support a parent can end up struggling with identity and intimacy as adults, says psychologist Sarb Johal.

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00:18:54

How do you help your kid get a good start at school?

It Takes A Village ·

2018/06/20

How a child feels in their very first months of school can set the tone for their academic and social future, says speech and language therapist Christian Wright. He gives tips on preparing them for their first day.

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