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Ever got home at 7pm from the kids' soccor training and thought - what are we going to eat for dinner? I hate trying to work out what to cook, particularly when I haven't planned anything. But writer Allie Gaunt and nutritionist Jessica Beaton have been working on that for us. The women behind One Handed Cooks have been helping Feed Play Love listeners for years with their tips on how to get fussy eaters to eat and how to cook one meal for everyone. Now they've put their considerable problem-solving-food-loving heads together and come up with ways to make the most of every moment in the kitchen. I've already tried two super easy recipes and they were yum! (Plus: the kids ate them. WHAT? I know!) Listen to how Allie and Jess came up with the winning formula for making dinner easy and delicious.

LINK TO BOOK: The Family Meal Solution https://bit.ly/3pjCxfh 

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Once upon a time I was a young woman who believed that feminism had done its work. And then I became a mother. The inequality I discovered from pregnancy to birth and caring for my kids still astounds me. Fatherhood may have changed a lot in recent decades but women still bear the majority of the domestic and emotional labour at home and that has a huge impact on everything from our mental health to our superannuation. Rob Sturrock is a dad, feminist and author. His book Man Raises Boy delves into how dads can step into parenthood. In this episodes he outlines some very practical ways dads can be equal parents.

LINK TO MAN RAISES BOY: https://bit.ly/3PpO4ED 

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Social media can cop a lot of flak. And most times - I'd agree with it. But Mikhailla Fitzgerald's story has made me think twice. As an influencer Mikhailla was used to sharing her life online, so when she fell pregnant it was natural to document that journey. But then things went wrong, and showing up online became one of the hardest things she had to do. She was very generous to share her story on the show, and to explain how Instagram helped her through some of her darkest days.

MIKHAILLA'S BOOKS: https://wholeheartedly.com.au/collections/childrens-books 
MIKHAILLA ON INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/mikhailla/ 

 

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Karen Young is a parenting educator and the brains behind the website Hey Sigmund where she offers lots of helpful advice about how to manage anxiety and other behavioural challenges for families. She's also written books for kids and her latest book Dear You, Love From Your Brain is all about teaching kids how to understand what's going on in their brain. Karen talks about how we can help kids manage their emotions and anxieties well.

LINK TO THE BOOK: https://www.heysigmund.com/products/dear-you-love-from-your-brain/ 

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Gen Muir is a parenting educator with a tonne of great advice and tips for how to raise kids well. And yet even Gen - a mum of four boys- feels like a failure some times. I've been hosting a parenting show for over SEVEN years and I also feel like a failure. So how can we throw away this idea that we're failing as parents, and where does it come from anyway? If you've ever felt like you're making a tonne of mistakes with parenting this conversation is going to make you feel a whole lot better.

GEN'S WEBSITE: https://www.connectedparenting.com.au/ 
GEN ON INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/connectedparentingau/  

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After I became a mother I learnt about matrescence and how we change and evolve once we have our children. It made me look at my experience of motherhood in a whole new (and helpful) light. Then I started reading Alison Daddo's book Queen Menopause and I thought - here's another stage of life I really need to know about. Our education as women on how we change through life seems to stop after puberty, when really there's a whole lot we need to know now so that we're prepared for later. Alison talks about perimenopause, menopause, righteous anger and how self care now will save you later on.

LINK TO BOOK: https://bit.ly/3Q0j7aT 

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If there's one thing I want my children to know is that they are enough. They are exactly all they need to be, exactly how they are. Now there's a new book by social worker and author Jess Sanders that aims to teach kids just this. It's called You are Enough and it's the first in a series of books she is releasing called Life Lessons for Little Ones.

Jess talks about how a feeling of 'not enough-ness' is a product of our times and how parents can help their children avoid it.

LINK TO THE BOOK: https://affirmpress.com.au/publishing/life-lessons-for-little-ones/ 

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When my daughter was about three she showed me a paper cut on her finger declaring that it was "the worst pain" she had ever felt. Which, for her, was probably true. How children experience pain is the subject of a new study from the University of South Australia. Dr Sarah Wallwork was the lead researcher in the study and is a Post Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of South Australia. Sarah explains why we need to teach our kids about pain and how to do it.

LINK TO THE ORIGINAL STUDY: https://bit.ly/3brL38I 

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It took three children before Lael Stone discovered Aware Parenting. A traumatic birth led Lael to search for a way to help her baby and herself process what had happened. Aware Parenting proved to be the key that unlocked everything. Lael talks about how the principals she found in this style helped her shift trauma, understand her older children better and create a more harmonious household. 

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT LAEL HERE: https://laelstone.com.au/ 

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If you have a child in an early education service right now you are probably experiencing the unending hell of winter lurgies. Dr Deb Levy is a paediatrician and mum who understands how challenging this never-ending cycle of illnesses can be. Deb de-mystifies the contagious vs non-contagious colour of snot and gives some tips on how you can build up your child's immunity.

DR DEB LEVY'S WEBSITE: https://www.drdeblevy.com/ 

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