Being Real Parents

Kate talks about being a new mum again and introducing a new sibling, the challenges of new mumming, as well as all the things she's loved... the newborn snuggles, the walks with a sleeping baby in a pram, the cute moments

Kate (and pēpi Asher) are in the studio with Juliet this week to talk about strengths-based parenting - what it is, how it works and possibly in action while Kate parents live on air!

Anna chats to community banker, Carolyn from ASB about budgeting, saving and managing money to stay in control of it, and even good about it!

Anna is joined by Juliet from her team to talk about what are the best after school activities, how many, how much and what to do if your kids want to do all the things - or we have some super high expectations!

The Real Parents team aim to support parents to find their confidence and have more fun parenting.

Wildling Books have become a household name in NZ creating amazing books like Aroha's Way, How Do I Feel and Let It Go amongst many others. Anna and Bex talk all things emotional literacy and why it makes a massive difference for children in managing their emotions.

Anna talks to Bruce Penny from Listening to Families and about this new website that answers the questions many parents have about their children, the health system and loads more.

Anna talks to Child and Family Psychologist, Dr Cara Swit from the University of Canterbury. They discuss the very important topic of parental burnout.

Join Anna and Louise to talk the absolute essential-ness of play for our kids and how we can incorporate it into our everyday worlds more easily.

The Real Parents team aim to support parents to find their confidence and have more fun parenting.

Anna and Michael from Primary Sport Canterbury discuss why balance is better when it comes to sport. How much is too much sport? And what' the big deal if our children are super sporty? Managing over over-competitiveness, and how parents can best support their kids to stick with sport and be great sports people.

The Real Parents team aim to support parents to find their confidence and have more fun parenting.

Anna is joined by Michael Wilson from Primary Sports Canterbury where they discuss how we support our kids with winter sports - what if our kids don’t want to participate in sport? What if we haven’t had the greatest experience with sport? And if we're thinking about engaging with winter sport for the first time, how might we support our kids over the holidays?