Being Real Parents Plains FM

The Real Parents team aim to support parents to find their confidence and have more fun parenting.
Anna is joined by Michael Wilson from Primary Sports Canterbury where they discuss how we support our kids with winter sports - what if our kids don’t want to participate in sport? What if we haven’t had the greatest experience with sport? And if we're thinking about engaging with winter sport for the first time, how might we support our kids over the holidays?

Erica Viedma (yoga instructor and mindfulness coach) joins Anna to talk about all they've learned while facilitating a new programme for parents of teens called Cupcakes and Yoga. It was created to support parents adopt some self-care into their worlds, knowing that parenting teens actually impacts our wellbeing.

Julie Burgess-Manning (psychologist) joins Anna to talk about themselves as they navigate the world of parenting teens. They talk about trust, they talk about saying 'yes' and how to do this in ways that support teens to grow and parents not to lose their hair!

Kate and Anna discuss parental guilt - what it is, why we have it and how to best cope and manage with it.

Anna and Kate talk through all the extraordinary benefits to join your kids in their play. But... we hear you say, I have no time, I'm so exhausted... Kate and Anna are the same, so they offer their best tips and tricks for busy, exhausted parents to play, just like them!

In the busyness of parenting it can sometimes be really hard to think about and actively look after our own wellbeing. It's often referred to as the 'burnt chop' syndrome for Mums - we'll take the burnt chop giving the other chops to our kids and partner. In this session we'll look at some practical ways to look after you too, and include some quick wellbeing boosting activities that support you, and the kids in stressy times.