Parental As Anything

By ABC AustraliaParenting Kids & Family

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November 09, 2020 Roosters or lambs — understanding your children's personality
Do you have a child who is, well, kind of obnoxious? A kid who always wants to be the centre of attention. Or is your child so sensitive they're missing out on opportunities to shine? These traits are part of a temperament spectrum that Maggie calls the Rooster and Lamb Continuum. She talks to parents about how to identify a rooster or a lamb, how to manage their most extreme traits like anxiousness or arrogance, and how to gently nudge them towards the middle of the continuum.
26 min
November 05, 2020 PRESENTS — Days Like These
From the heartbreaking to the hilarious, each episode of brand-new ABC podcast Days Like These introduces you to one regular human as they live through something wild. Mike finds himself in possession of a discovery that has scientists clamouring for his attention, Cate keeps a secret through the darkest night at Mallacoota. Mahmood has to escape a bikie gang without losing his life ... and for Spencer, a spontaneous kiss on a dancefloor in another country sparks two love stories.
In this episode, a story that'll put a smile on your face. Marisa has to summon all of her resourcefulness and rely on the online mummy mafia when the unthinkable happens, and her son's most beloved toy goes missing at a busy Melbourne shopping centre.
With a team of outstanding reporters and producers, Days Like These delivers instantly classic Aussie stories with humour, curiosity and buckets of empathy.
These are tales of our times - conquering adversity, triumph against the odds, tales of love, loss and joy.
Subscribe in your podcast app of choice, and a fresh episode of Days Like These will drop into your feed every Wednesday.
Visit the Days Like These website.
19 min
November 05, 2020 PRESENTS - Days Like These
From the heartbreaking to the hilarious, each episode of brand-new ABC podcast Days Like These introduces you to one regular human as they live through something wild. Mike finds himself in possession of a discovery that has scientists clamouring for his attention, Cate keeps a secret through the darkest night at Mallacoota. Mahmood has to escape a bikie gang without losing his life ... and for Spencer, a spontaneous kiss on a dancefloor in another country sparks two love stories.
In this episode, a story that'll put a smile on your face. Marisa has to summon all of her resourcefulness and rely on the online mummy mafia when the unthinkable happens, and her son's most beloved toy goes missing at a busy Melbourne shopping centre.
With a team of outstanding reporters and producers, Days Like These delivers instantly classic Aussie stories with humour, curiosity and buckets of empathy.
These are tales of our times - conquering adversity, triumph against the odds, tales of love, loss and joy.
Subscribe in your podcast app of choice, and a fresh episode of Days Like These will drop into your feed every Wednesday.
Visit the Days Like These website.
19 min
October 26, 2020 How to co-parent well
Sometimes the hardest part about raising a child is the disagreements you have with your partner, or ex, about how to do it. Whether you're sharing custody, navigating the politics of a blended family or simply co-parenting in a stable relationship with your child's other parent, getting on the same page can be HARD. Maggie chats to author and family therapist Susan Stiffelman about how to keep the peace with a co-parent.
24 min
October 19, 2020 PRESENTS — Mindfulness and relationships
Your relationship with your children can be the source of life's greatest joys. And, greatest frustrations. In the latest series of Mindfully, host and former Sydney Swans captain Brett Kirk looks into the ways mindfulness can improve your relationships.
3 min
October 12, 2020 Solo parents — raising kids on your own
Around 14 per cent of Australian families have a sole parent. Some parents planned it that way, while others never imagined they'd cope without a co-parent until they had to. Maggie chats with a solo mum with three children and a solo dad with one daughter, about their unexpected journeys to sole parenthood, their tips for survival and what they wish everyone else understood about raising kids alone.
24 min
October 05, 2020 BONUS — Money management for kids
Scary fact: kids learn their money habits at home. So how do you help them avoid the mistakes you made? What's the going rate for pocket money, and how do you bring in ideas about spending and saving?
Maggie dusts off a classic episode of The Pineapple Project money season, in which presenter Claire Hooper finds out how to use glass jars to send subliminal money messages to her kids, and learns the one thing every teenager needs to tick off their money education list.
26 min
September 28, 2020 How to get your kids to do chores
"How many times do I have to ask you to...?" Sound familiar? There are lots of reasons why parents don't make their kids do chores. Children can be bad at cleaning and the nagging to get them to do it is like torture. So why bother? Author of How to Raise an Adult, Julie Lythcott-Haims, and Maggie Dent make the case for why you should persist and give you great tips on how to get them to do it (without the nagging!)
22 min
September 14, 2020 How to help kids deal with death and loss
Telling a child someone they love has died will be one of the toughest things you'll ever have to do. Grief counsellor Karen Ferry explains why talking to kids honestly about death and helping them navigate their feelings will mean way more to them than putting on a happy face and pretending everything is fine. And you'll meet Maddie Cross, a mum who had to support her children while coping with her own unimaginable grief after her youngest son died.
This episode includes a discussion about how to talk to children about suicide. For support contact Lifeline Australia on 13 11 14 or visit https://www.beyondblue.org.au/
33 min
August 31, 2020 Kids and online gaming
Online gaming is massive and if your child loves playing them, you'll know the struggle to get them to do anything else is real. Maggie talks to Good Game Spawn Point host Rad Yeo about how gaming isn't all bad. And she taps into the brain of addiction specialist Brad Marshall on how to find the right balance, and what to do if you think your kid has a gaming problem.
30 min

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Being a parent is tough. Social media is bombarding us with opinions — on our kids screen time, on their education, on their friendships, on their behaviour — and somehow, we are always doing it wrong!