Being Real Parents

The Real Parents team aim to support parents to find their confidence and have more fun parenting.

Kate speaks with Nikki Bould, an FDR mediator and a divorce coach from The Helpful Human. Together we explore how parents can navigate separation while keeping their tamariki needs at the centre of care arrangements. We kōrero around supporting our tamariki with transitions between homes, trying to maintain consistency through communicating the best way we can. This episode offers compassionate and real guidance that supports parents through this challenging time.

Kate speaks with Keryn from Brainwave Trust about sleep for our rangatahi. Together, they explore the biological and social changes that shape teenage sleep patterns, why adolescents are naturally wired for later nights, and the challenges whānau can sometimes face in helping young people get the rest they need. This kōrero offers practical, realistic strategies parents can use to support healthy sleep habits - not only for teens, but for younger tamariki too.

In this honest Q and A episode, Anna and Kate kōrero about the parenting questions many parents quietly carry but don’t always ask out loud. We talk screens and device use, neurodivergence, emotional regulation, swearing, big feelings, and when to start talking about emotions with tamariki. A warm, practical, judgement free kōrero full of reassurance, reflection, and real life parenting support.

"In this episode, Anna and Elizabeth Emere-Harte kōrero about mātauranga and tūpuna parenting. We explore how traditional Māori approaches centre connection, responsiveness, and collective care, and how this aligns with what we now know about attachment and brain development. A grounding, affirming conversation about returning to what we’ve always known and trusting the wisdom within whānau.

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