Saskia talks to parents about how to make the transition back to school as smooth as possible after being over three months in lockdown in Sydney Australia.

Saskia presents a talk to families in Lockdown from the COVID 19 Delta strain virus in Sydney Australia. How to help children cope, strategies that can be put in place during lockdown and beyond.

Saskia and Lena discuss ways in which we as parents can encourage self-belief in our children. Strong self-belief feeds into self-confidence and resilience and is a key life skill.

How much screen time is too much? When should parents step in? Saskia and Lena give parents some ideas around the acceptable parameters and strategies to enforce them.

Saskia and Lena discuss how to teach our children self-regulation at home and in school. They give strategies to instill self-regulation skills.

Whose responsibility is homework? When should parents get involved and when should they allow natural consequences to determine outcomes? Saskia and Lena cover these questions and more.

Saskia and Lena discuss how to make school mornings a happy start to everyone's day.

Saskia talks to parents about how best to support their children in primary school. How to best instill the right values and coping skills. When to stay in the background of a problem and when to get involved.

Are routines necessary? Saskia and Lena discuss the benefits and the affect on our children's overall well-being.

Know the difference between sibling fights and sibling rivalry, and what to do with both.

You can stop tantrums when children start using them or you can have tantrums control your home life more and more as children get older. Saskia and Lena talk strategies to teach children better coping skills and eliminate tantrums altogether.

To be there for our children we need to be there for ourselves. Your children are depending on it.

How to correct negative behaviour without hurting, blaming or shaming kids in the process

Saskia and Lena sit down to talk about what we can do when our younger child or our adolescent child doesn't want to go to school? How do we balance doing the best for them and supporting them at the same time?

Creating a cooperative family unit through job sharing. What about pocket money?

In this first episode Saskia and Lena introduce themselves, their background in family and youth counselling, relationships, parenting and why they chose to start podcasting.