Keeping our children to a short amount of screen time daily can be difficult, especially in this modern world. But how detrimental is this to our children and how can we reduce this time without turning their world upside down?

Parenting expert, author, speaker and award winning educator, Doctor Rosina McAlpine, joins us to discuss the steps we can take to help monitor our children’s screen time efficiently.

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Internationally acclaimed author of more than 300 books and established speaker, Brian Caswell, joins us to discuss the importance of creating a home playground for children (and not the sort of playground with slippery slides and swings,) we're talking about environments that promote creativity and are educational to develop our children's minds. 

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Whether it be 1920 or 2020... parenting is hard. But is it true that today’s parents may have it harder than any other generation?

Dr Harvey Karp, America’s most trusted paediatrician and child development expert, joins us to explain why we need to be proud of the accomplishment of being a parent in today’s society and justifies why we have it harder than any other generation of parenting.

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Trauma can have a serious effect on our lives no matter who we are. But traumatic births can affect not only us but our baby too. 

In today’s episode. We chat to Catharine Ross who is an Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) expert about how mums can move on from birth trauma using matrix imprinting and the importance of EFT in these situations.

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Did you know that 1 in 3 Australia students find tests like Naplan the most stressful part of school.  Despite this, one third keep test nerves to themselves and less than 10% confess their nerves to their teacher. So how can we as parents reduce these nerves and what creates this stress to begin with?

Well today’s guest will answer just that and more. She developed an innovative teaching and learning system for an international network of schools and a new school in Hong Kong. This experience has given her a rare insight into what really works for learners of all ages. So let’s welcome Dr Selina Samuels!

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Anger in children is one of those things that takes us by surprise. How can this huge eruption come from someone so small? Where does this anger come from and when does it become a problem?

On today’s episode we are chatting to author, parenting expert and registered psychologist Dr Vanessa Lapointe about how we can manage our children’s anger eruptions and avoid the dreaded meltdown.

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From spilt flour to egg shells mixed into cake batter, kids in the kitchen can be a handful, but it’s a basic life skill that children should know. Being confident enough in the kitchen to put together a meal is something every child should be able to do.

Today I chat to Gaby and Jen from Plan Buy Cook about how we can include our children in the kitchen and teach them the importance of meal planning.

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Helicopter parenting is a term we’ve all heard of and are all familiar with, however it’s quite hard to define this type of parenting especially when everywhere you read about it has a negative connotation towards it. But is being a helicopter parent really such a bad thing?

In today's episode we are chatting to the Founder and CEO of the leading safety tech firm iStaySafe, who are the developers of the Tic Toc Track software and safety smartwatch. She’s a mum of two and is passionate about keeping her own and other people’s children safe. Please welcome Karen Cantwell! 

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In a world where there seems to be an often negative divide between masculinity and feminity, in recent years there has been increased conversation about the language we use around our children. Gender stereotyping has been present in our society for many years, and while we’ve gotten better with it, we sometimes still subconsciously saying hurtful things. But it’s no big deal, right? 

Today’s guest is passionate about teaching children all about gender identity, sexuality and consent, and removing the taboo surrounding these topics. Today specifically, we’ll talk about gender stereotyping and the effect it can have on our children, please welcome Lindsay Amer!

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In today's episode we are talking about putting ourselves first for a change. It’s no lie that us parents tend to put ourselves last. From sport practice, to dentist appointments, to school presentations to sleepovers, the circus act of juggling this never ending to do list is no easy job. But how can we prioritise me time without the guilt?

Today’s guest is a time management expert, international speaker and best-selling author, and today she joins us to explain how we can identify and harness hours of lost me time. Please welcome Kate Christie!

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