Alex and Vivian Lee discuss life as parents who juggle parenting with work, family matters, and all of the fun things in between. Enjoy this unfiltered and uncensored look into their lives. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/workingparentspodcast/support
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An inspiring and uplifting podcast for anyone trying to juggle work and family life. We aim to support and resource you as we tackle today's challenges together.
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Parents at Work is a world leading provider of education and coaching services for workplaces, parents, carers and leaders. For over a decade, we have been providing expertise, advocacy and education programs to inform and empower parents, carers and their employers, to successfully balance the ongoing and interdependent demands of career, family and personal wellbeing. We're on a mission to improve the lives of parents and carers by creating family friendly workplaces. We collaborate with e ...
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After an almost 2 year hiatus (we recorded one podcast a year ago), we're back again! We hope you enjoy our new podcast jingle, and please share your feedback! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/workingparentspodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/workingparentspodcast/support…
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EPISODE 27 - LOOKING BACK AND AHEAD
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IN EPISODE 27, VIVIAN AND ALEX DISCUSS THE EVENTS OF 2021, AND WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING INTO 2022. IT'S PRETTY DARK IN SOME PLACES, BUT WE EMERGE WITH SOME LIGHT AND A FEW BELLY LAUGHS. BUCKLE UP! THIS ONE IS A ROLLERCOASTER! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/workingparentspodcast/messageSupport this…
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Oh, hey, look! We recorded a new episode! Sorry we kept you waiting another 7 months. We just really wanted you to miss us! Just kidding of course. Life has just been taking it out of us, but we're back...AGAIN! Hope you enjoy this new episode! We cover everything from Adele's new album, pandemic life, to kids and work! We also introduce a new segm…
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Ep16: Working Part-Time in a Senior Role with Lee Clements
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Today we are talking to Lee Clements who is Head of Sustainable Investment Solutions at FTSE Russell, a part of London Stock Exchange Group. Three years ago Lee reduced his working week to 3 ½ days to have the time to provide help for his daughter, who is severely disabled, and to support his own mental health. In this episode we talk to Lee about …
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Ep15: Working Part-Time in a Senior Role with Sara Tate
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Today we are talking to Sara Tate who is responsible for delivering sustainable and profitable growth as CEO at creative agency TBWA. Sara was hired into the role on a 4 day week so that she could spend more time with her young family. Under her leadership, the agency is thriving, with media billings up 9% to £226m. Sara is on the 2021 Timewise Pow…
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Menopause is a normal life event for women (trans gender and non-binary people too), and yet we very rarely talk about it, even amongst our friends and particularly not in the workplace – but why? Given that women aged over 45 comprise 17% of the Australian workforce and menopause typically occurs between the ages of 45 and 55 – you would think tha…
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We're back! Again! Hopefully this time we can keep it up! But welcome back to Working Parents Podcast! A lot has changed in the year+ that we've been absent from the podcast game. Make sure you subscribe and share so others know we're here! Love you all! Stay safe. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/workingparentsp…
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Improving The Quality Of Our Relationships - Balance & Wellbeing Podcast
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Improving the Quality of Our Relationships (and how this affects our wellbeing)Do you feel you are being yourself in all your relationships? Are there any relationships you would like to change or improve that may currently be quite negative or destructive? Does how you relate to others impact on your health and wellbeing?When we are free to be our…
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Relationships After Kids: with Aaron Williams - The Father Hood Podcast Episode 9
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This episode, the team talks to Aaron Williams about the challenges that arise within relationships when we become parents. Aaron Williams is the CEO and co-founder of Mindstar, a leading workplace wellbeing provider that works with some of the biggest companies across Australia on how to manage these challenges.Aaron is a counsellor who has worked…
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Life as a Gay Dad: with Ashley Scott - The Father Hood Podcast Episode 8
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"It takes a village to raise a family and if you don’t feel accepted by that village, it’s a lonely place" - Ashley ScottIn this episode of The Father Hood podcast the team talks to Ashley Scott about his personal experience with being a gay dad and his interaction with other LGBTQI+ families through his work as Executive Officer at Rainbow Familie…
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Ep14: Journalling with renowned coach and author Jackee Holder
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Jackee Holder is the author of five non-fiction titles: Soul Purpose: Self-Affirming Rituals, Meditations and Creative Exercises to Revive Your Spirit - 1999 Be Your Own Best Life Coach: Take charge and live the life you always wanted - 2008 49 Ways to Write Yourself Well: The Science and Wisdom of Writing and Journaling - 2013 Writing with Fabulou…
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Fun Ways to Keep Kids Connected these School Holidays - with Adrian Rokman and Fiona Hitchiner
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As school holidays approach, most of us are thinking about re-connecting with family, taking some well-deserved time off as well as finding creative ways to engage the kids over the break.In this podcast Fiona Hitchiner from Parents At Work interviews Adrian Rokman, co-founder of KidsCo, known for their award winning School holiday programs in the …
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Ep13: Lessons from Maternity Leave and Beyond with Ruth and Stu Ashby
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Ruth Ashby is a Global Talent Partner at Vodafone. She is an Occupational Psychologist who has held senior roles in Media, Consultancy and Financial Services. Stuart served for seven years as a Royal Marine Commando before establishing Fieldworks Gym in Hackney. Stu and Ruth met whilst at university in Manchester, they now live in Hackney with thei…
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Stay At Home Dads: What's the Reality? An Interview with Rory Brown - Father Hood Podcast Episode 7
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In the 1970 U.S. census, only 6 men in the whole of America identified as a stay-at-home dad, but by 2014 this number had risen to 2 million people. In this latest episode, The Father Hood team interview Rory Brown about his experience with being a stay-at-home dad in today's climate. They ask about the benefits of being a stay-at-home dad, if he h…
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Ep12: Being a Great Dad with David Willans
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The BeingDads website where you can access past editions of David’s blog and also sign up for a weekly email drop is here: https://www.beingdads.com/ David and Kerri discussed the amount of time it takes to get back into a task that requires focus when we are interrupted or switch tasks. Here is a link to the seminal study https://www.ics.uci.edu/~…
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Dad, You're Not A Man Island: Why Social Connection is so Important - Father Hood Podcast Episode 6
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In this episode of The Father Hood Podcast, the team interviews Tom Docking, the founder of Dads Group. They discuss the unexpected ways that being a new dad can affect you, especially your mental health, and how social connection is so important as a form of support for dads. Tom opens up about why he started the Dads Group, stating that the oppor…
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Ep11: How does a Positive Psychologist parent? with Jen Rolfe
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And how much time are you providing, arranging, relating or teaching as a parent?In this episode, we speak to the wonderful Jen Rolfe about the highs and lows of her own parenting journey. What are the stand out moments – the highs and the lows, and what has really helped. Often as practitioners in this field, there is the myth that we can do it pe…
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Carers Week 2020 Focus - with Liz Callaghan
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With all the events that have transpired this year, carers deserve recognition now more than ever. In this podcast, Emma Walsh, CEO of Parents At Work, interviews CEO of Carers Australia, Liz Callaghan, to discuss both the work of Carers Australia and National Carers Week. National Carers Week aims to recognise the 2.65 million unpaid carers in Aus…
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Ep10: Getting In Touch With Your Inner Tortoise with Carl Honoré
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Carl Honoré is the bestselling author, broadcaster, keynote speaker and leader of the Slow Movement. He firmly believes that living in fast forward significantly damages our health, happiness, relationships and productivity. In this podcast Carl talks about how we might harness the slowness that the pandemic has forced on us and use it for the bett…
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Ep9: The Benefits of Being Bored with Dr Aric Sigman
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In this delightful podcast Dr Aric Sigman explains why boredom needs an image makeover. Boredom is a constructive part of the childhood experience, vital for our children’s mental health, creativity and future success. All too often we feel obliged to ‘cure’ our children’s boredom or make every second count in the weekly schedule, but we need to ma…
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Family Time In The Early Years- What's The Deal with Parental Leave? - Father Hood Podcast Episode 5
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In this episode of The Father Hood Podcast we're joined by Emma Walsh, CEO of Parents At Work, to talk all things parental leave for fathers. What are you entitled to from the Government? What benefits can your employer offer you?We know that asking for paid parental leave at your workplace can be difficult. 50% of employers offer paid parental lea…
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Ep8: Exploring the True Value of Our Strengths with Sally Bibb
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In this episode we look at the powerful, portable and purposeful resource that we all have available in our own pockets - our strengths. I explore the true value of our strengths with strengths guru Sally Bibb. Sally is director of engaging minds, a strengths consultancy, an award winning author and keynote speaker. She is also a dear friend - we m…
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Has COVID-19 changed Fatherhood? - A conversation with Blake Woodward
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Blake Woodward is a dad, management consultant and founder of suittiestroller.com - a website supporting corporate dads in finding work life balance while raising a family, as well as advocating for gender-equal parental leave and support policies. In this episode, Parents At Work talk to Blake about his Global Dad Survey on the impact of COVID-19 …
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Ep7: The Office - Going Back is Just the Beginning plus How Not to Drop the Stone! with Dr Harriett Shortt
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There is so much to consider about us returning to our offices. How, when, if, where and why! One things for sure this will be a transition not an event and our lockdown experiences and stories will be such a huge part of transitioning back. Dr Harriett Shortt is a Associate Professor, author, consultant, speaker and working mother. She is fascinat…
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Pregnancy and Birth during COVID-19 - with She Births
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Over 80% of women are feeling anxious right now about birth during COVID-19 and over 40% are changing their birthing plans. What does giving birth during a pandemic mean? What are some of the restrictions? What can expecting parents do to still have a beautiful birth? In this podcast, Parents At Work talk to Nadine Richardson from She Births about …
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New Dad Definitions – What's Changing? Why is it Changing? - Father Hood Podcast Episode 4
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In the latest The Father Hood Podcast we talk with Donte Palmer, who describes himself as a husband, a father of three boys, and dad advocate. Donte began the movement #squatforchange after he posted a photo showing the difficulty of changing his child without a changing station, a common thing for dads due to the lack of changing stations in male …
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Ep6: Understanding Sleep as a Resource and What Can be Done to Aid Rest with Dr Katharina Lederle
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Dr. Katharina LederleConsultant human sleep and fatigue specialist.If you are struggling with sleep during lockdown then this podcast with our very own Dr Kat is a must. Dr Kat uses evidence-based insight and provides practical knowledge about sleep science, sleep therapy and sleep-related matters to help us all sleep well and feel good.Sleep is su…
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The Future Of Workplace Flexibility - Join QBE, Westpac, and KPMG
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How will work-life be re-imagined post COVID-19? Remote work is radically reshaping how we work and live. As organisations busily plan to welcome employees back to the office post COVID-19, they are fast re-imaging how and what 'working from the office' will actually mean in reality. Workplaces acknowledge we're still months away from having everyo…
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Ep5: How can kids stay connected during lockdown safely? with Paul Thomson
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Paul Thomson from Tech4Parents lifts the lid on what we can all do to keep our digitally-native children safe online and help them to build the digital resilience they need to survive our social media-saturated world. Paul expands on his 3 Pillars (Privacy & Security, Physicality, Digital Resilience) that he believes all parents should take respons…
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Fatherhood - The Frontline of a New Manhood - Father Hood Podcast Episode 3
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In the past the ‘breadwinner’ role represented success for a lot of dads, but today things are different. Today’s dads have an opportunity to care for their families in far broader and more satisfying ways. In this podcast, The Father Hood team talk to Rob Sturrock about the changing definitions of masculinity in the modern world and how a man's ap…
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Ep4: Home Schooling - An interview with Ed Richardson
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Homeschooling! Loving, struggling or somewhere in between - what seems certain to us is that as working parents, whilst we are all in the same storm we might be in very different boats. According to our time, competencies, our schools and a whole host of other factors that will be unique to each family. This week join me speaking to Ed Richardson, …
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Ep3: Talking about Growth Mindset with Charlie Warshawski
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Has there ever been a better time to immerse ourselves in the world of a growth mindset! And understand how we can change our mindset. In this episode, we speak to Charlie Warshawski, growth mindset guru and an executive coach and facilitator at TWPC. Charlie brings mindset theory to life, sharing lots of practical strategies around growth mindset,…
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COVID-19 and The Future Of Work And Family - Join Kate Jenkins, Sarah McCann, KPMG, Baker McKenzie
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This webinar recording shares highlights of the National Working Families Report and discusses implications for the future of work and family in light of the challenges posed by Covid 19. The focus is on exploring the key recommendations for employers committed to creating family friendly, flexible workplaces.Contributors include:- Kate Jenkins, Se…
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Dad Mental Health - How can dads of young kids be impacted? - Father Hood Podcast Episode 2
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The Father Hood talks to Professor Richard Fletcher, who has been studying fatherhood in Australia for the past 20 years. Richard leads the Fathers and Families Research Program at the University of Newcastle, and also started the SMS4dads program. In this podcast he shares his insights into why father's mental health is so important and what men c…
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Ep2: Resilience during lockdown and what Killing Eve can teach us! with Dr Nihara Krause
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Resilience is such a vast topic In this episode Dr Krause helps us to understand resilience and provides lots of practical tools to help us develop sustainable resilience at this time. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/twpc/message
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Sibling Rivalry - Toddler Clinic Podcast Ep. 10
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Welcoming a new baby can be an exciting and daunting time for your toddler. As a parent you may try and prepare your toddler for the new arrival but when the new baby comes home your toddler would be happier if you sent them straight back! Our podcast today will discuss sibling rivalry, why it happens, how you can support your toddler and strategie…
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Ep1: What every parent needs during lockdown with Sharon Charlton-Thomson
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How do we best resource ourselves during lockdown? In this episode we explore and share mindfulness and visualisation strategies as a wonderful resource for leadership and parental focus, regulation and nourishment. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/twpc/message
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Talking to Your Children About the Australian Bush Fires - with UNICEF
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Daddy Guilt - What trips dads up most when it comes to family - Father Hood Podcast Episode 1
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Cyber Safety: Parenting in a Digital Age - with Yasmin London
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Emma Walsh talks to ABC Radio about Parental Leave Equality
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Expectations: How Do They Impact Teenagers? - Episode 10 Teen Clinic Podcast
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23. Myth Busting Food - How to Make Food Choices For YOUR Body - Episode 23
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Gender-Equal Parental Leave in Action - A Professional Couple's Perspective
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2019 IN REVIEW - THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE FUNNY
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We know we haven't been consistent this past year, but we had a lot of great times, and a lot of not so great times. We won't make any promises for this year, but we'll still be around. Happy New Year! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/workingparentspodcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.c…
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Importance of Self-Care in Parenting - Episode 9 Teen Clinic Podcast
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It is vital to look after yourself if you want to be able to nurture your relationships, but what does that look like on a practical basis? How do you fit 'you' into an already busy day?In this episode, youth advocate, teen expert, and mother of three teenagers, Lucy Dahill, discusses the importance of self-care for parents - including the conseque…
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Making the Most of Your Time with Your Toddler - Toddler Clinic Podcast Episode 9
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As a working parent it can seem that there are never enough hours in the day and at times we can feel guilty about not spending enough time with our toddlers. Being with your toddler in a connected way that is meaningful for you both does not have to take hours, it is definitely quality over quantity. Our podcast today will discuss exactly that- ho…
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22. Getting Off the ‘Supermum/Superdad’ Wheel – How to Cease the Do-It-All Syndrome - Episode 22
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When asked to draw a ‘modern day parent’ it’s highly likely that most of us ‘in the trenches’ would draw a mum or dad with a cape on their back, a device in one hand, spatula in the other, book in the other (yes, we’re in three arm territory here). They would possibly appear stressed or at least have the ‘I’ve got this… I think’ look on their face.…
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Harrison is turning two! Vivian and Alex discuss parenthood with a Sagittarius child. It's been challenging, to say the least. It's a damn good thing he's cute! We wouldn't change it for the world. We hope you enjoy this episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/workingparentspodcast/messageSupport this podcast: …
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Parenting in a Digital Age - Toddler Clinic Podcast Episode 8
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Parenting has definitely changed over the last 5 years with the availability and access to screens, it’s difficult as a parent to navigate and decide what’s best for our toddlers. During this podcast we will discuss the recommendations around screen time and provide you with helpful information that will allow you to make an informed decision aroun…
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