It Takes A Village

By RNZ

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

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The podcast currently has 375 episodes available.

It Takes A Village episodes:

November 06, 2025 "No one will play with me" - teaching kids about friendship
How to coach children on understanding and making good friendships.
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19min
October 30, 2025 How to keep your kids safe this Halloween
Love it or loathe it - it's that time of year when kids roam loose around neighbourhoods looking for fun and sweets.
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16min
October 22, 2025 Parents best role models for an active life
New research has shown children are far more likely to participate in play and sport when a parent is doing it themselves. Research from Sport NZ finds more than half of young people say spending time with family and friends is their top reason for being active - and those kids who like being active with whanau are more likely to meet recommended guidelines for physical activity. Scott MacKenzie is the play manager at Sport New Zealand talks with Kathryn about raising active kids.
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13min
October 19, 2025 Political commentators Ben Thomas and Andrew Kirton
Ben and Andrew discuss recent events in politics including the death of former Prime Minister Jim Bolger.
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30min
October 16, 2025 When toddlers aren't talking yet
Speech and Language Therapist Christian Wright talks to Kathryn about what typical language development in pre-schoolers looks like, when parents should be concerned, and what they can do to help.
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17min
October 09, 2025 Growing Money Savvy Kids
Financial education will be embedded in the school curriculum for years 1 to 10 from next year. For younger children it'll be the basics like want vs need, and what is a bank account. More senior students will learn about budgeting, investment, interest, taxes, and insurance to help to build lifelong financial skills. Neil Edmond is the founder of MoneyTime, an online financial literacy program for children ages 10 to 14 which has just been awarded 'Best Primary Product' at the Global EdTech Awards. He's on an advisory group working with the Retirement Commission to support the implementation of financial education in the new social sciences curriculum. He says parents need to start the work at home, and the earlier the better.
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21min
October 01, 2025 Why you shouldn't ask your kids what job they want when they leave school
How many teenagers know what they want to do when they leave school? Jane Kennelly, the Director of People for Skills Group, says in this era of fast-moving technological change it's hard for anyone to know exactly where the job market's going to go - let alone kids.
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23min
September 25, 2025 Parenting: Teenagers, anxiety & perfectionism
Clinical psychologist Polly Schaverien talks with Kathryn about helping teenagers with anxiety and unhealthy perfectionism.
She says adolescence is a time of exponential growth and development, and the "job" of the teen is to establish their identity, develop socially and learn emotional regulation.
She says parents play a big role - and the first thing they need to do is check their own perfectionism.
In other words, are you getting joy out of your children's achievements?
Or are you deriving your own self-esteem from seeing your children achieve?
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21min
September 18, 2025 Raising assertive children
How to help children to be more assertive and self confident, without being demanding and aggressive.
Clinical psychologist and mum of 3, Jacqui Maguire says assertiveness is a life skill, not a personality trait.
She says children can learn it with practice, encouragement, and role models.
But often parents don't really have a handle on this skill either and assertiveness takes practice for everyone.
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17min
September 11, 2025 Why cooking and baking with children is a good idea
Cooking and baking with children is a great idea - even if its makes a helluva mess, according to early childhood education research specialist Dr Vicki Hargraves.
She's an early childhood teacher and mother, and ECE research specialist at The Education Hub, an organization that supports teachers with knowledge about best practice.
She says spending time in the kitchen with your children is a great way to support their learning - from shapes, colours, comprehension, sequencing and creativity.
And if you do a good job, you'll end up with kids who can share the cooking load in the household.
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16min

FAQs about It Takes A Village:

How many episodes does It Takes A Village have?

The podcast currently has 375 episodes available.