Parenting

The educational consultant and parenting commentator talks about the lack of male role models in society. Audio

American psychiatry lecturer and writer. His latest book is called 'Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity'. Audio

Wellington speech and language therapist Christian Wright discusses myths and misunderstandings held by parents regarding children's speech and language development. Audio

Pepper Schwartz is professor of sociology at the University of Washington and the author or co-author of 17 books. She discusses helping children understand and deal with the highly sexualised images… Audio

Risk taking behaviour, decision making, sleep patterns, communicating with your teen, drugs and alcohol and the teenage brain, the impact of technology and social media. Audio

Dr Jeffrey Edleson was a Professor at the University of Minnesota School of Social Work for 29 years. He is now the Dean of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Social Welfare. Audio

Teaching young people parenting skills. Dame Lesley Max, CEO and founder of Great Potentials, was made a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2009 for her services to children. She… Audio

For adventurer Steve Gurney, life is about taking risks and he fears that New Zealand society has become over-regulated, risk-averse, and wrapped in cotton wool. His challenge is to let children make… Audio

Professor Richie Poulton does fascinating work at Otago University with a wide variety of human beings, including what's often regarded - by their parents at least - as a somewhat mysterious lifeform… Audio

Karen Riley, parenting specialist and author of How to Keep the You in Mum. Audio

A lot of ice cream and a lot of fun have played a big part in producing the sixteen-year-old shot put sensation Jacko Gill. Audio

Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wang have written a book called 'Welcome to Your Child's Brain: From In Utero to Uni'. Audio

Novelist, hip hop artist and former Professor of Fiction at Rutgers University, New York, whose new parenting comedy book, 'Go the F**k to Sleep' has been an unexpected bestseller. Audio

Dr Michael Carr-Gregg is an Australian child and adolescent psychologist. He is the author of Surviving Step-families published by Penguin Australia. Audio

Professor of economics at George Mason University, blogger at EconLog, and author of Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids: Why Being a Great Parent is Less Work and More Fun Than you Think. Audio

Dr Karl Pillemer, a gerontologist at Cornell University, has done studies that show that while a mother might tell her children she doesn't have favorites, but she actually does. And that can have… Audio

Developmental molecular biologist and best selling author John Medina, has drawn on the brain sciences to form his views on the 'Nature' vs 'Nurture' debate and to advise parents on how to provide the… Audio

Harald Breiding-Buss, general manager of the Father and Child Trust, who runs Father and Child Magazine and writes its parenting column. Audio

Speak Maori as often as you can wherever you can, that's the push from advocates of the Maori language. Ana Tapiata also talks with Katarina Mataira about the role of mothers to revitalise te reo… Audio

Researcher and social justice advocate Celia Lashlie has managed Christchurch Women's Prison. Her new book, The Power of Mothers: Releasing Our Children, looks at offenders, mothers and state… Audio