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It Takes A Village

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It Takes A Village
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  • It Takes A Village

    How to cut through the noise as a new parent

    02/04/2026 | 20 mins.
    how do you know what information to trust, where to turn, and how to cut through the noise. Dr Natalie Flynn is a registered clinical psychologist, the author of Smart Mothering - where she dubbed this - "bombardment syndrome", and the co-founder of Parentland, alongside her late husband Nigel Latta.
    Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
  • It Takes A Village

    How to teach teenagers about investing and the value of money

    26/03/2026 | 20 mins.
    Social media is brimming with advice about how to get make money in a hurry - and that can be very attractive to young people. So how best to get teens interested in their money - and how to manage it wisely?
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  • It Takes A Village

    What did you do at school today?

    18/03/2026 | 18 mins.
    Speech and language therapist Christian Wright discusses the difficulty of asking children what they did at school that day and why often they'll simply say "nothing".

    Christian and Kathryn explore why this question is so hard for children to answer and how can parents turn it into a back-and-forth interaction, all while building a child's language and conversation skills
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  • It Takes A Village

    Ensuring good dental care into adulthood

    11/03/2026 | 24 mins.
    As children get older and take more responsibility for their teeth, what can parents and caregivers do to ensure good habits through to adulthood?
    Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
  • It Takes A Village

    Helen Ellis on being a grandchild or grandparent living geographically apart

    05/03/2026 | 19 mins.
    Do you have to video call grandchildren living overseas? Or perhaps you email your grandparents who are abroad? In the modern world it's common for families to be split over countries and continents.
    Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

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About It Takes A Village

Nine to Noon's Kathryn Ryan interviews parenting experts to help you navigate the trends, trials & tough calls of modern family life.
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