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This is the first episode in a two-part series in which host Nadia Rossi speaks with Nicki, a parent of two young people with chronic health conditions. Nicki shares her family’s experience of supporting her son after his Type 1 diabetes diagnosis and the ways chronic illness can affect a child’s daily life, relationships, school and mental health.

This episode is the second in a two-part series where host Nadia Rossi continues her conversation with Amber Brock Fabel (Founder, SA Youth Forum) and Dr Ben Lohmeyer (Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, College of Education, Psychology and Social Work, Flinders University). In this conversation, Amber and Ben continue to share the findings from their co-designed study on loneliness in young people and its relationship to bullying.

In this episode, host Nadia Rossi talks with Amber Brock-Fabel (Founder, SA Youth Forum) and Dr Ben Lohmeyer (Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, College of Education, Psychology and Social Work, Flinders University) about the findings from their co-designed study on loneliness and its relationship with young people’s experiences of bullying and overall wellbeing. They talk about the rise of loneliness amongst young people in Australia, the importance of creating safe spaces for young people and how parents may better understand what their children might be facing at school—and ways to support them.

In this episode, host Nadia Rossi speaks with educator, Sara Holman, about how parents and educators can work together to support children who experience difficulties attending school and the recent social media ban in Australia and its effects on young people.

In this episode, host Nadia Rossi speaks with educator, Sarah Holman, about building positive partnerships between parents and educators to support children's mental health, wellbeing and learning.

In this episode, host Nadia Rossi speaks with Jane and Ian from Kiama Unplugged, a community-led movement that hosts events encouraging people to reduce their smart phone use and find moments of real-life connection.

Jane and Ian share practical tips for reducing screen time and creating moments of connection for families and communities.

In this episode host Alicia Ranford welcomes back youth advocate and educator Daniel Principe. They discuss some of the issues that young people are sharing with Daniel, including ideas about masculinity. He also talks about how to raise boys to be good men and ways that the adults in young people's lives can be there for them.

This episode is the first in a two part series where host Alicia Ranford is joined by youth advocate and educator, Daniel Principe. In this first episode, Daniel talks with Alicia about the effects that watching pornography and sexualised content can have on young people. He talks about how we can encourage boys to recognise and resist distorted attitudes towards bodies, relationships, and sex and instead build healthy, respectful relationships with others and themselves.

In this holiday season episode, host Nadia Rossi talks with Emerging Minds team members to share their family rituals, traditions, and approaches to managing holiday pressures, as well as how they help their children appreciate diverse celebrations. The group also reflect on the hopes they have for their children and their memories of the holiday seasons spent together.