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Understand the rivalry. Reduce the conflict. Build stronger sibling relationships.
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Our kids need help when it comes to balancing technology use with other things that are important for their wellbeing.
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A parent‑friendly guide to acknowledging anxiety, normalising feelings, and reassuring children with calm, hopeful messages - scenarios for all ages
26 Apr 2026

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Parent Coach Kristin Ward unpacks how small, age‑appropriate steps toward independence can help children feel capable, confident, and supported.
26 Apr 2026
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Our kids need help when it comes to balancing technology use with other things that are important for their wellbeing.
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Why (and how!) parents should persist with being physically affectionate with their young kids, tweens AND teens!
Structured online courses you can start from anywhere.

Understand the rivalry. Reduce the conflict. Build stronger sibling relationships.

Take the struggle out of social media with your teen. Less tension, more connection.
90 mins - self-guided - online

Learn tools and strategies to stay connected with your teenager.
6 weeks - 2 hour sessions

Get skills to connect better with your primary-aged kid.
6 weeks - 2 hour sessions

Get tools and strategies to support positively parenting your preschooler.
6 weeks - 2 hour sessions

Are you noticing more moodiness, tearfulness or tummy aches, especially before school or social events? It might not just be a momentary meltdown or even teenage angst – often these shifts in behaviour can be signs that a child or young person is struggling with anxiety. In this self-guided course you'll gain fresh insights into your child’s inner world and learn simple, practical strategies to help them manage their big feelings and worries. With the guidance of clinical professionals and parent coaches, you’ll gain the tools and know-how you need to better support your child through some of the common stressors they encounter at different ages and stages of their development. What to expect: - Bite-sized videos for busy parents - Downloadable module notes, scripts to try at home, reminders and additional reading - Convenience and flexibility of learning at your own pace.
150 mins - self-guided - online

Strong-willed kids are impressive! Bold, passionate and determined - but often, a LOT extra to parent, especially in those younger years from ages 2-12. In this online self-guided course, Jenny Hale (Parent Coach of over 25 years) will teach you practical strategies to get onside with your strong-willed child and find your calm in the midst of their storm. Under Jenny's guidance, you’ll learn how to take the heat out of those strong-willed moments, build connection and affection and parent in a way that brings out the best in your child - and in you. Strong-willed doesn’t have to be a struggle.
70 mins - self-guided - online

Confidently support your kids as they navigate an ever-changing digital world.
120 mins - self-guided - online
Specialists and coaches connected to the topics your whanau care about.

Senior Parent Coach and presenter, parenting author and grandma.
Parent Coach & Presenter

Parent Coaching team manager, Presenter and mum to three.
Parent Coach & Presenter

Parent Coach, supporting caregivers raising children aged 0-14 years.
Parent Coach & Presenter
Scripts for hard conversations and practical family moments.
A parent‑friendly guide to acknowledging anxiety, normalising feelings, and reassuring children with calm, hopeful messages - scenarios for all ages
26 Apr 2026
In-person courses available near you.

A parenting course unique to Aotearoa for caregivers raising tamariki aged 2 to 13 years.
6 sessions

A weekly time for play and exploration - meet parents, share experiences and grow in confidence.
20-30 weeks - 2 hour sessions
Podcast shows and episodes to listen to on the go.

In this honest chat, DJ shares with Jenny and Dayna some of the lessons he’s learnt in high-performance sports and how they translate to raising great humans.
Episode 41
Parent coach Kristin Ward joins Jenny and Dayna to talk through the whys and hows of chores and pocket money.
Episode 40
Parent Coach Kristin Ward is back on the couch this week chatting about building independence in kids - without pushing them too far, too soon.
Episode 39
Jenny and Dayna are joined this week by one of New Zealand's leading child nutrition experts, Rachael Wilson, for a jam-packed chat on raising kids with healthy, positive relationships with food and their bodies.
Episode 38
Parent Coach Sheridan Eketone joins us on the couch this week to unpack high sensitivity in kids and offer some hot tips and encouragement for parents on that journey.
Episode 37
This week we're joined by Helen Manson – a mum-of-four, humanitarian photographer and storyteller, whose work has taken her into some of the most vulnerable communities in the world.
Episode 36
Parent Coach Kristin Ward is back on the Coaches’ Couch with Jenny and Dayna this week to chat about the vast benefits of emotion coaching - teaching kids to understand and manage their emotions (both the tiny and the mighty ones!) well.
Episode 35
Dave Mackay, founder of Sideline Advisor, a counselling and mentoring service for young athletes, talks about how parents can help kids to thrive in, and enjoy sports, navigate performance-related anxiety and achieve long-term success in their chosen sports.
Episode 34
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Simple strategies to transform your parenting - a book by Jenny Hale.

Celebrate the big and little moments with your kids at family mealtime.
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