Lessons Outside the Classroom

This week I speak to Emily Leary, food blogger and the author of 'Get your kids to eat anything'.  We talk about some of the challenges that this brings and how we can encourage our children to be more adventurous with food. 

Perfectionism isn't the same as having high standards.

In this episode I speak to parenting consultant Heather Rutherford. We discuss why perfectionism is becoming more of a problem today and she gives some great tips on how we can help our children.

You can find out more on www.theparentingpartnership.com

This is a fascinating discussion with Alex Beard, the author of Natural Born Learners. He set out on a global quest to understand what children should be learning in today's world. Find out how children learn in different parts of the world and what we can learn from them.

www.alexbeard.org 

Today I speak to Robert Gardner. He talks about his relationship with money growing up and delivers some great advice about how we can instil good money habits in our children.

Money habits are formed by the age of 7 so the earlier we start the better!

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Today I speak to the inspirational Erika Brodnock. The Founder of Karisma Kids. She believes that every parent should be their child's best first educator. In our interview Erika shares her journey as well her personal experiences of raising four children.

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This week I speak to Julie Dunford the founder of Family Learning School. In our interview we talk about homework, parental influence as well as the challenges of being a parent today.

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Welcome to the very first episode of the Lessons outside the Classroom podcast. 

In this first episode, I spend a bit of time introducing myself. I am going to tell you about why I started this podcast and what you can expect from future shows. 

I'm excited to bring you this content and I hope you enjoy it. If you have any questions, feedback or ideas for future shows please email me on [email protected] .