Episode Playlist
Being Real Parents - Kids and Sleep!( 0:26:48)
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Sophie from Drift Sleep joins Anna to talk about sleep concerns we may have for our tamariki, and how we can best support them.
Published: 21/01/2025 11:00:00 a.m.
Being Real Parents - Worrying sexualised behaviour (children)( 0:25:58)
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Lyn and Aroha from Stop Services join Anna again to talk through what can be considered worrying sexualised behaviour. How to prevent this, what to do if this is occurring and great tips to support us getting this as right as we can in our parenting in order that our kids know what's okay, what's not and can come to us when things are confusing.
Published: 10/12/2024 11:00:00 a.m.
Being Real Parents - Stop Services( 0:26:57)
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Stop Services is an organisation that works towards the goal of a world free from sexual harm. In this episode Lyn and Aroha join Anna to kōrero children's 'ordinary' or 'typical sexualised behaviour and the things we can do to support our tamariki to come to us with their questions, open up about their worries and stop the silence which actively plays a role in sexualised harm. It's an important topic and comes with a warning that this may be challenging content for some listeners.
Published: 26/11/2024 11:00:00 a.m.
Being Real Parents - What really supports our kids to be smart?( 0:26:20)
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Join Kate and Anna who discuss why we have some kind of fixation for our kids to be smart and how this can actually get in the way of their learning. They'll also offer the best tips on how to support learning, without tiger-parenting out on them!
Published: 15/10/2024 11:00:00 a.m.
Being Real Parents - Parenting at Your best( 0:22:6)
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Kate (and pēpi Asher) are in the studio with Juliet this week to talk about strengths-based parenting - what it is, how it works and possibly in action while Kate parents live on air!
Published: 3/09/2024 11:00:00 a.m.
Being Real Parents - NZ author Rebekah Lipp joins Anna to talk emotional literacy( 0:27:59)
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The Real Parents team aim to support parents to find their confidence and have more fun parenting.
Wildling Books have become a household name in NZ creating amazing books like Aroha's Way, How Do I Feel and Let It Go amongst many others. Anna and Bex talk all things emotional literacy and why it makes a massive difference for children in managing their emotions.
Published: 25/06/2024 11:00:00 a.m.
Being Real Parents - Supporting our kids to be great sportspeople with Primary Sport Canterbury( 0:24:52)
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The Real Parents team aim to support parents to find their confidence and have more fun parenting.
Anna and Michael from Primary Sport Canterbury discuss why balance is better when it comes to sport. How much is too much sport? And what' the big deal if our children are super sporty? Managing over over-competitiveness, and how parents can best support their kids to stick with sport and be great sports people.
Published: 30/04/2024 11:00:00 a.m.
Being Real Parents - Talking winter sport and supporting our kids( 0:25:34)
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The Real Parents team aim to support parents to find their confidence and have more fun parenting.
Anna is joined by Michael Wilson from Primary Sports Canterbury where they discuss how we support our kids with winter sports - what if our kids don’t want to participate in sport? What if we haven’t had the greatest experience with sport? And if we're thinking about engaging with winter sport for the first time, how might we support our kids over the holidays?
Published: 16/04/2024 11:00:00 a.m.
Being Real Parents - Cupcakes and Yoga - the balance of parenting teens( 0:26:25)
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Erica Viedma (yoga instructor and mindfulness coach) joins Anna to talk about all they've learned while facilitating a new programme for parents of teens called Cupcakes and Yoga. It was created to support parents adopt some self-care into their worlds, knowing that parenting teens actually impacts our wellbeing.
Published: 2/04/2024 11:00:00 a.m.