Parentline NI - Your Guide to Parenting

Parentline NI - Your Guide to Parenting

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Parentline NI - Your Guide to Parenting episodes

  • #41 - Healing the Wounds of the Past - how Childhood Trauma impacts our Parenting. Kerry McLean chats to Lisa Cherry

    Lisa and Kerry chat about the impact of childhood trauma on the person we become, and in turn our own parenting styles. They discuss the vocabulary we need to talk about trauma and it's impact on our mental health. They also discuss self care, and how empathy and compassion can make such a positive difference to those carrying the weight of trauma. Lisa discusses how having those conversations about the legacy of trauma, don't always make things better, but that addressing things can lead to valuable learnings and realisations.

    Lisa Cherry is an author, researcher and leading international trainer and consultant, specialising in assisting schools, services and systems to create change that supports working with the legacy of trauma. Lisa has been working in Education and Children’s Services for over 30 years and combines academic knowledge and research with professional skills and personal experience.

    Conversations that Make a Difference, by Lisa Cherry
    https://www.lisacherry.co.uk/

    We hope you enjoy the conversation, share with friends and family and let us know what you think.

    Remember Parentline are here on 0808 8020 400 to listen, offer support or guidance on any parenting issue. 

    45 min
  • #40 - Bringing Dads together through Parenthood, with Col Bignell of DadBods

    This episode, Kerry talks to Col Bignell, founder of DadBods - a group for dads to get together and connect through what it's like to be a dad!
    Every Sunday they get together in a new outdoor location for a walk and a chat - and bring their babies and toddlers of course!
    Col explains what it has done for him as a parent, as he feels he can connect with the other dads about how much of a life changing event parenthood is.

    If you'd like to get in touch with Col, find him on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/dadbods.ni/

    25 min
  • #38 - "How Do We Build Resilience In Ourselves And Our Children?" with Ed Sipler

    Ed Sipler, a Health Development Specialist in the South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust, talks to Kerry McLean about building resilience in ourselves and our children.
    It's been a tough few years for us all, and with the current cost of living challenges, we have all had a lot to cope with and try to overcome.

    Ed talks about resilience in this episode, and how it's more effective to build our own resilience first, before modelling it to our children. Ed talks about his own family, and his twin granddaughters, giving us an insight on the challenges we all face, and how to work through them using our own resilience and instilling it into our children and grandchildren. 

    Resources mentioned in this episode:
    CYPSP - https://cypsp.hscni.net
    Family Support Hubs - https://cypsp.hscni.net/family-support-hubs
    Parentline - https://www.ci-ni.org.uk/parentline

    Remember Parentline NI are here on 0808 8020 400 to listen, offer support or guidance on any area of parenting.

    To avoid missing an episode of our podcast, click ‘follow’ wherever you get your podcasts.
    Thanks for listening!!

    26 min
  • #37 - Parenting in a Digital World...Keeping Our Children Safe Online with Wayne Denner
    This episode, Kerry chats to Wayne Denner, an online reputation and safety expert,  who has spent decades in the digital space teaching people of all ages to protect themselves online, take control of technology and maximise the opportunities it can offer.

    They discuss safeguarding in the online world; something that is becoming increasingly prevalent in our lives. As parents we know the world is a very different place to the one we grew up in, and our heads can sometimes be filled with questions, worries or fears about how we can keep our children safe online.

    Wayne and Kerry talk through how we, as parents, may feel about our children using smartphones, tablets and laptops, as well as online gaming.
    What age is too young?
    How do we manage parental controls?
    What about the positive, educational experiences our children and young people get from being online?

    They also discuss how we can keep up to date with the latest technology, and suggest ways we can get involved in our child’s digital world. Wayne covers how to monitor usage, and also shares tips on how the whole family can reduce their time spent on devices, to encourage our young people to do the same. 

    The online world offers a world of potential social and educational experiences for our children and young people, as well as fun and enjoyment, however it is so easy to spend too much time staring at a screen, or stumble upon content that is too advanced or even dangerous.  But if we implement strategies like enabling parental controls on devices and routers, putting our phones in sleep mode at night time, or keeping all devices away from the dinner table or bedroom, we can feel reassured we are not overdoing our screen time, and worry less that our children are accessing content that is unsuitable. 

    Listen in to the chat and tell us with you think! 


    And if you like it, please share it!

    Resources:

    OpenDNS Family Shield – www.opendns.com
    The Students Guide to and Epic Online Reputation – Wayne Denner – www.waynedenner.com
    Putting your phone in sleep mode – https://cellularnews.com/mobile-phone/ways-to-set-sleep-timer-on-your-android-and-iphone-devices 

    Remember Parentline NI are here on 0808 8020 400 to listen, offer support or guidance on any area of parenting.

    To avoid missing an episode of our podcast, click ‘follow’ wherever you get your podcasts.
    Thanks for listening!!


    48 min
  • #36 - Anxiety Based School Avoidance, with Strive NI

    Following our popular workshop delivered together with Elaine McCrisken from Strive NI, Elaine joins us on the podcast to chat about Anxiety Based School Avoidance.  

    Listen in as Kerry chats to Elaine and explores reasons why a child or young person may be finding it difficult to attend school. As well as discussing practical strategies for parents/carers to support children to return more willingly to the school environment.

    We hope you enjoy the conversation, share with friends and family and let us know what you think.
    Remember Parentline are here on 0808 8020 400 to listen, offer support or guidance on any parenting issue. 

    40 min
  • #35 - ADHD, the facts and more…

    Following our recent workshop series delivered together with Rebecca McCullough from Eden Consultancy, Rebecca is back to talk to us again about ADHD.

    ADHD is one of the most common, yet most misunderstood conditions amongst children and young people. In this podcast we will look into what ADHD actually is, talk about the myths surrounding ADHD, the challenges of ADHD and how to support a child or young person with ADHD through various strategies. 

    We hope you enjoy the conversation, share with friends and family and let us know what you think.

    Remember Parentline are here on 0808 8020 400 to listen, offer support or guidance on any parenting issue. 

    48 min
  • #34 - Sustaining Healthy Relationships

    Parenting/caring for children is both a joy and a challenge and can often have big impact on our relationships with those around us. 

    Life is full of ups and downs and conflict is normal within all relationships, it is how conflict is handled which can impact our children most both now and long term. 

    Listen in as Kerry chats to Kellie from Relate NI all about their new programme, ‘Sustaining Healthy Relationships’. These sessions look at developing skills and tools to manage the rough & tumble that can appear in any relationship; including couples & family relationships, friendships and our relationship with ourselves! 

    We hope you enjoy the conversation, share with friends and family and let us know what you think.

    Remember Parentline are here on 0808 8020 400 to listen, offer support or guidance on any parenting issue. 

    34 min
  • #33 - Autism, the facts and more… Part 2

    Our Parent Workshops looking at Autism have been hugely popular with parents and carers and these sessions have proved really supportive so far. 

    We have had huge demand for these and places filled quickly, so we are delighted to have had the chance to record this follow-up podcast with Rebecca from Eden Consultancy to share with you. 

    Kerry chats to Rebecca McCullough all about Autism; what is it, how might it present, what can we learn and how can we support our children. 

    We hope you enjoy the conversation, share with friends and family and let us know what you think.

    Remember Parentline are here on 0808 8020 400 to listen, offer support or guidance on any parenting issue. 

    46 min
  • #32 - The Changing Face of Family – Raising Kids in the 2020’s. PART 2: Lesley

    We continue our series exploring and listening to the diversity of family units across Northern Ireland. 

    Today Kerry chats to Lesley, a kinship carer. Listen in to hear all about what a kinship carer is, how Lesley came to be a kinship carer and her parenting experience in this role. 

    Remember Parentline are here on 0808 8020 400 to listen, offer support or guidance on any parenting issue. 

    40 min

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To raise thriving children parents need better support. Parentline NI is here for all parents offering support, guidance or advice wherever you are on the parenting journey. We are a helpline for…