It Takes A Village

Whether your child is being bullied, or your child is being a bully, Dr Karyn Healy has advice. She is an Australian registered psychologist who has worked with schools, parents and children to prevent and address bullying, and resolve conflict. She co-authored a family programme to address school bullying called the Resilience Triple P program. Dr Healy says parents can help children manage conflict.

When Jennifer Anderson became a mother, she - like many new parents - realised the uphill battle that can be mealtimes.

Getting young kids to eat their greens, voluntarily, isn't always straightforward - and advice on how to encourage them is polarising.

Do you force them to sit and finish their plate, bribe them with dessert... and at what point, do you just give up on the brussel sprouts?

But Ms Anderson, a registered dietician, took that angst, and honed in on a specialty in feeding children and picky eating.

She founded Kids Eat in Color - a resource to help families feed their children, from their first bite of solid food right through to elementary-aged nutrition needs.

The phrase "there's an app for that" certainly applies in the education space - one estimate puts numbers available on the Apple and Google Play stores at nearly 400,000. But are they any good?

The big question for many parents of young children is - how can I get my kids to do what I'm asking them to do?

Maxwell Mkoki was born in Zimbabwe and moved to New Zealand almost 20 years ago when his son was four. Inspired by conversations with his son, he's written a book about the challenges and opportunities of life in a new land. He's now studying Global Studies at the University of Auckland, with a view to entering politics. Maxwell Mkoki talks with Kathryn about his book In Behind You, Dad.

New York Times contributor Andrew Reiner writes about traditional roles previously assigned to men and boys affects their lives.

Maggie Dent is known as the Queen of Commonsense Parenting. She's a former high school teacher, counsellor, mother of four sons, grandmother of seven, author of numerous books and the host of the ABC podcast Parental as Anything. Her latest book is called Help Me, Help My Teen. And Maggie's coming to Auckland next month for two public sessions: Mothering our Boys and Calming Today's Anxious Kids. Send questions for Maggie to 2101 on text or email [email protected]

Parenting commentator Nathan Wallis joins Paddy Gower to talk about what to do when child only wants the other parent.

Dr Lucy Foulkes is an academic psychologist at the University of Oxford, and her new book draws on decades of research to reveal why teens behave they way they do.

A University of Auckland led study has investigated how parents discuss setbacks with their children - and the correlation with a child's fear of making mistakes.