Neuroscience Educator Kathryn Berkett joined the Weekend Collective to discuss discouraging addictive behaviours, why the first 1000 days are important, and more. 

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Neuroscience Educator Kathryn Berkett joined the Weekend Collective to discuss discouraging addictive behaviours, why the first 1000 days are important, and more. 
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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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Kathryn Berkett:  Children will try dumb things, be there to chat about it

Our children are becoming increasingly involved in politics and current events, and they're getting involved younger and younger. 

We want to support their interests, but the news can get pretty dark, and these kinds of events or protests always come with a risk of danger. 

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Our children are becoming increasingly involved in politics and current events, and they're getting involved younger and younger.&nbsp;
We want to support their interests, but the news can get pretty dark, and these kinds of events or protests always come with a risk of danger.&nbsp;
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Sara Chatwin: Is it okay for children to be involved in politics?

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/7784f840-c291-422a-924b-ad9000bbad71/clips/3c867d7c-c7ef-49de-aba9-b4220057c88e/transcript

Social media giants Meta and YouTube have been found liable for deliberately designing their platforms to be addictive. 

We don't need to look too far into the details of this specific trial, because parents everywhere will have stories of their own to some extent, but how much of the blame falls on the parents? There are countless things in the modern world that young people risk becoming addicted to - they don't even have to appear sinister. Food, sugar, video games, any number of apps - social media or otherwise. 

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Social media giants Meta and YouTube have been found liable for deliberately designing their platforms to be addictive.&nbsp;
We don't need to look too far into the details of this specific trial, because parents everywhere will have stories of their own to some extent, but how much of the blame falls on the parents? There are countless things in the modern world that young people risk becoming addicted to - they don't even have to appear sinister. Food, sugar, video games, any number of apps - social media or otherwise.&nbsp;
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Nathan Wallis: Are parents to blame for social media addiction?

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/7784f840-c291-422a-924b-ad9000bbad71/clips/72fdd7db-78e1-4020-9db7-b41b0051b241/transcript

Most kids will take part in some kind of sport throughout their childhood. 

It's a great opportunity to keep them moving and allow them to burn off some energy, but how early should we be getting our children into these teams?

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Most kids will take part in some kind of sport throughout their childhood.&nbsp;
It's a great opportunity to keep them moving and allow them to burn off some energy, but how early should we be getting our children into these teams?
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Alex Chiet: Are we doing our kids a disservice if they don't play sports?

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/7784f840-c291-422a-924b-ad9000bbad71/clips/4ed729d6-358d-439b-8bb6-b4140052bc2d/transcript

Kathryn Berkett: Children will try dumb things, be there to chat about it

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