Celebrating teen parent success! That's what Mary Dolan and Kathy Payne are doing, following the release of the Growing Together Child and Parent Society Longitudinal Follow-Up Study documenting the effects of the Cowichan Valley's young parent program. David Sheftel interviews Mary and Kathy, the former and current directors of the program.

Abbotsford Community Services is a BC pioneer and a leader in providing support and services to fathers in their community. David Sheftel met with Jeff Mclean, Ed Friesen, and Louise Smith to discuss the recent Vancouver Foundation funded 3 year evaluation of Abbotsford’s fathering programs, which sheds light on the strategies the programs have used to ensure success, and offers recommendations for building long-term sustainability in fathering programs and services.

What do youthful survivors of suicide need and want from professionals, family members, and concerned adults in their lives? Dr. Jennifer White, Assistant Professor at the University of Victoria's School of Child and Youth Care was closely involved in the development of the recently released youth suicide prevention video, "Left 2 Live." In this interview, she shares what she has learned over the course of a twenty year career in suicide prevention -- and what she has learned from bereaved youth.

Program Coordinator David Sheftel sits down with Betsy Dew, Executive Director of Great Kids Inc to talk about the theory and practice of home visiting. Listen in for tips and best practices for Home Visitors.

David Sheftel chats with UBC Associate Professor Kimberly Schonert-Reichl about Vancouver’s groundbreaking 2010 Middle Years Development Instrument.

In our latest Voices of Family podcast we catch up with Dr. Carol Matusicky, the Council’s beloved former executive director, to find out what she’s been up to lately (as usual, she’s been up to a lot!) and talk with her about the health of the family serving sector.

Busy working parents, more involved fathers, new pressures on kids, the advent of technology. What does it all mean for parenting education? Renowned Canadian researcher, writer, and family educator Betsy Mann shares her insights on how to support families in a rapidly changing world. 

What are the keys to reaching the hard to reach? How can we communicate the value of parenting education better?  What do people just entering the field need to know?  Listen in for intriguing answers to these and other topical concerns.

We sit down with Sandy Shuler, co-creator of the acclaimed parenting program "Effective Co-Parenting: Putting Kids First", to discuss the role of the family professional in supporting children and parents through divorce and separation.

Rachel Epstein, researcher, advocate and author, joins us for a discussion of the evolution of queer parenting in Canada, and about our changing ideas about family in this country.

Ruby Banga, Provincial Coordinator of the BC Nobody's Perfect Parenting Program, hosts.

Join us to hear Dr. Berna Skrpnek discuss the findings of her extensive, three-year evaluation of the effectiveness of popular Canadian parenting program Nobody’s Perfect. Do parenting programs really make a difference in families? We’ll find out.

David Sheftel, provincial coordinator of the Father Involvement Network of BC and an experienced Nobody’s Perfect facilitator and trainer, hosts.