With the year drawing to a close, teenagers are finishing up with school and leaving home. 

Holly Brooker joins to discuss how parents can best support their children through the transition, and when it's time to give them a gentle nudge. 

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With the year drawing to a close, teenagers are finishing up with school and leaving home.&nbsp;
Holly Brooker joins to discuss how parents can best support their children through the transition, and when it's time to give them a gentle nudge.&nbsp;
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If it takes a village to raise a child, it must take a whole country to raise a family! Newstalk ZB’s Parent Squad helps to do just that. Joined by expert guests The Weekend Collective team delves into the complexities of Kiwi family life.

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Holly Brooker: Helping kids adjust when it's time to move out

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Kids push limits - it's just what they do. 

From as early as the toddler years, it's completely developmentally normal for children to figure out just how for they can push their parents before a very clear line is drawn - but what about those times where behaviour you never would have imagined doing yourself as a child rears its head?

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Kids push limits - it's just what they do.&nbsp;
From as early as the toddler years, it's completely developmentally normal for children to figure out just how for they can push their parents before a very clear line is drawn - but what about those times where behaviour you never would have imagined doing yourself as a child rears its head?
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John Cowan: How should you scare your kids straight?

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Early childhood education is darn expensive. 

You want your kids to socialise, make friends, learn some basics - but it costs an arm and a leg. 

So how long can you put it off?

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Early childhood education is darn expensive.&nbsp;
You want your kids to socialise, make friends, learn some basics - but it costs an arm and a leg.&nbsp;
So how long can you put it off?
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Dougal Sutherland: Children benefit more from being with parents than ECE

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Whether it's a friend, your own parents, or you may be going through it yourself - we've all heard the question of whether a couple should 'stay together for the kids'. 

Realistically, a divorce does have a significant impact on children, even if they're prioritised and not put in the middle of it.

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Whether it's a friend, your own parents, or you may be going through it yourself - we've all heard the question of whether a couple should 'stay together for the kids'.&nbsp;
Realistically, a divorce does have a significant impact on children, even if they're prioritised and not put in the middle of it.
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Sara Chatwin: Should you stay together for the kids?

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/7784f840-c291-422a-924b-ad9000bbad71/clips/aadb68ee-9c6b-42c6-851c-b3ff00507cd1/transcript

Holly Brooker: Helping kids adjust when it's time to move out

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