• Sara Chatwin: Extended family are a huge help for wisdom
    Jul 5 2025

    With the school holidays and dreary weather - kids are likely to be glued to their rooms and screens.

    How can we change that? What can we do to keep them busy while we're at work?

    Additionally, with recent floods across the country - how can we help our children dealing with the experience?

    Psychologist Sara Chatwin joins Andrew Dickens for the Parent Squad...

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    38 mins
  • Sandy Pasley: Parents must ask how engaged their child is in school
    Jun 28 2025

    How can you teach accountability to your children?

    What ways can a lesson go too far?

    Parent teacher interviews - what questions should we be asking our teachers?

    Tim Beveridge is joined by Education Expert Sandy Pasley...

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    36 mins
  • Nathan Wallis: Mindfulness combats anxiety and depression
    Jun 21 2025

    What happens inside a child's brain when they're having a meltdown?

    How should we approach their struggles?

    Tim Beveridge is joined by Neuroscience Educator Nathan Wallis.

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    37 mins
  • John Cowan: Relationships with your in-laws can be crucial
    Jun 14 2025

    Tim Beveridge is joined by Parenting Expert John Cowan to talk about in-laws problems, and side-line behaviour.

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    36 mins
  • Dougal Sutherland: We can't stop our children doing stupid things
    Jun 7 2025

    Tim Beveridge is joined by Principal Psychologist at Umbrella Wellbeing, Dougal Sutherland.

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    36 mins
  • Kathryn Berkett: Where is the line between school and parental obligations?
    May 31 2025

    We trust schools with the bulk of what our children are taught - and it makes sense, since they spend the majority of their time there.

    But are we delegating the raising of our children too much to schools?

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    35 mins
  • Dharshana Ponnampalam: How to deal with a child's mental health struggles
    May 24 2025

    How much is social media affecting children's mental health?

    When does a child need counselling services, and how do you approach a discussion about getting over a relationship?

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    38 mins
  • Sara Chatwin: Parents have to have the hard conversations around weight
    May 17 2025

    A nine year old boy was told he's too fat to play rugby this week, sparking a major debate.

    But really, kids do tend to grow out before up - so when is it an issue, and how do you discuss it with them?

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    36 mins