Kids & family

The Parentalk Podcast for the Primary Years

Care for the Family

Free, fun and practical monthly podcasts all about helping mums and dads do the best job they can at bringing up their children.

Episodes

14 episodes

I'm sure you will agree… we want our children to be trustworthy, not to cheat, lie, be sneaky, cover up things or steal. But what's the best...

15:06Sep 27, 2018

Used effectively, consequences can be a handy tool in teaching our children to be responsible for their own actions, by empowering them to m...

12:15Apr 23, 2018

We as parents can be amazed by how well empathy "works" to calm our children. For most people, including our children, just having our views...

13:55Feb 19, 2018

Having more than one child brings with it the possibility of sibling rivalry. Many brothers and sisters fight from time to time for all sort...

13:58Jun 12, 2017

What's your parenting style? Authoritarian, Assertive and Permissive! Do you believe in lots of discipline or are you more permissive? Join...

13:31Feb 24, 2017

Many families will be worried about covering the cost of Christmas this year. But is it possible to cut the expense without cutting out the...

11:36Dec 16, 2016

Building a sense of worth in our children is an ongoing process and begins in those early years. Naturally, we parents want to instill a ‘ca...

11:40Oct 3, 2016

By now there’s a good chance you’ve heard the term “mindfulness.” It seems to be making a splash everywhere in regard to helping our childre...

11:29Aug 2, 2016

In this episode Katharine Hill and Rob Parsons discuss establishing values in our children. In our day-to-day lives do we as parents need to...

8:28May 18, 2016

It's not clear at what age our children begin to dream, but even toddlers can tell us about having dreams — pleasant ones and scary ones. Wh...

9:11Apr 12, 2016

In this episode, Rob Parsons and Katharine Hill discuss the topic of screen time and the part it plays in our children's lives.

9:52Feb 8, 2016

Parenting is never easy, but when you are part of a blended family—combining stepchildren, ex-partners, plus extended family members… all th...

10:49Jan 12, 2016

In this second edition we are joined by Rob Parson, founder of Care for the Family and Katharine Hill UK Director. Rob and Katharine discuss...

11:29Dec 2, 2015

In this very first podcast we are delighted to be joined by Nicky and Sila Lee – who drawing on their own experience of bringing up four chi...

14:26Nov 2, 2015