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When it comes to streaming services there are so many options to choose from. So how do you decide the best option for a family - where the smallest humans may be the biggest consumers of content? Justin Hill is the host of LiSTNR podcast The Streaming Service and knows how to choose the best streaming service for families. He goes through how to pick the service that best suits your needs.

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What are the more awkward and tricky situations you've come across involving kids? I asked some friends and colleagues and came up with the following:

• When is it okay to tell off other people's kids?
• Can you tell your parents how to look after your own kids?
• Should you let children choose whether they go to church?
• How much should we help our kids with homework?
• Is it okay to tell kids white lies to protect them?

Matt Beard is an ethicist and the resident philosopher at the ABC's podcast Short and Curly. He takes us through the ethical implications of all of these questions and gives us some rational ways forward.

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The cost of living is rising across Australia and rent is one of the biggest costs for families. Leo Patterson Ross is the CEO of the Tenants Union NSW. Leo says that politicians need to change the way they look at housing, but while we wait for policy change, he gives us some tips on how to manage the latest price hike.

Some resources that Leo mentions in this interview:

https://www.tenants.org.au/factsheet-04-rent-increases

https://www.tenants.org.au/resource/rent-tracker

https://www.tenants.org.au/resource/financial-assistance

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Growing up in the 80s chicken pox was fairly common. But when I had my own kids I thought it was a disease of the past. We have vaccines now and I hadn't heard of it for many years. Then my daughter woke up with some suspicious spots. Too many to be an attack of mosquitos in the middle of winter. Dr Deb Levy is a paediatrician and mum. She explains why chicken pox is still around, how to identify it and what to do about it.

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Billy Black in an artist who grew up in care and a mum of two. Having experienced the powerlessness as a child growing up in out-of-home care, Billy wants to see kids having a greater say in what happens in their lives. She talks about her experience and why her book Roar helps kids to find their own voice.

Roar is Kinderling Kids Radio's Story of the Week. You can listen to it here.

https://www.kinderlingkids.com/shows/story-of-the-week/?d=140722 

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Mothers' groups aren't for everyone. You can be put into a group where your only common experience is having had a baby. Most of the focus in these groups is about how to nuture your baby. But imagine if you had a group of women who were coming together with the main objective of understanding and exploring what it means to be a mother? Nadine Richardson is the founder of She Births, a prenatal program that prepares women for birth. She also has a very special kind of mother's group called Soul Mama Circles. Nadine explains what makes this kind of group of women extra special.

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What's your wardrobe looking like lately? How many tracksuit pants do you have vs how many clothes you could wear to work? Chances are if you've had a break from office-life, whether through having a baby or working from home through Covid, you might be ready for a bit of a wardrobe upgrade. Amelia McFarlane from Colour Me In Styling gives us some tips on how to dress well for the office and feel great at the same time.

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Do you wish you could go to the bathroom without a child wandering in? Perhaps you need to understand the relationship between boundaries and discipline. Rachel Tomlinson is a psychologist at Toward Wellbeing . Rachel explains when you can start setting boundaries, and how to make sure your children understand them.

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Healthy Harold has been a fixture in Australian primary schools since 1979. Now a revamped preschool programme is coming to a kindy near you. CEO of Life Education Australia Kellie Sloane talks about the evolution of Harold from a bleary eyed party giraffe of the 80s to an internet savvy, trusted figure of today.

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In honour of NAIDOC week I am revisiting a selection of episodes that celebrate our First Nations peoples. In this episode I speak with Aunty Rhonda Collard-Spratt.

If culture, tradition and knowledge is passed down to children in families, what happens when those children are removed, generation after generation? Aunty Rhonda has collaborated with her friend Jacki Ferro to write a book to connect children with the ancient history and wisdom of the First Nations people. Aunty Rhonda is a proud Yamatji-Noongar Elder who is a survivor of the Stolen Generations. She talks about the book Grandfather Emu and her belief in the future of reconciliation.

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