This episode was recorded in front a live audience at Spark NZ for the launch of the Spark Kids Plan.

Melissa Chan-Green speaks with Leela Ashford about the first mobile plan for families and the Parent Hub which has been developed in conjunction with Child Psychologist Dr Emma Woodward.

Sheridan Eketone of the Parenting Place shares lots of practical tips for how to manage device time and have conversations with your children about online safety.

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This week marks just the second year Women's Health Week has been marked - remarkable when you think we have been talking about Men's Health Week for years.

In this episode we speak with Tend's Cecilia Robinson. A passionate advocate for both health and education.

Here she combines those two interests to talk about the challenges that commonly face women that stem from unhealthy standards or lack of education for girls.

As a bold leader who thinks ambitiously for New Zealand, Cecilia also comments on the plan to scrap NCEA and replace it with a new achievement framework.

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Dyscalculia is likely to be not far behind dyslexia in the numbers of people it affects, but it is often called the 'learning difficulty no one talks about' because awareness and research are still decades behind.

In this episode, Head of Maths Australia Esther White talks about the learning challenge that affects people's ability to understand numbers and perform mathematical tasks.

She shares the differences between dyscalculia and dyslexia and the impact of teaching methods on achievement and maths anxiety.

This episode aims to give parents information to help students who are struggling with maths - there might also be many adults who only just realise this is something they have struggled with too.

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