Future Smart Parent

Oct 31 2024 37 ep. 33 mins 3
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The Future Smart Parent podcast provides resources for parents and kids who want to be ready for all the ways in which the future is going to be different from today.We will explore this future together, bringing insights from top futurists, resources from smart people working on making our lives better, and most importantly, stories of parents who are parenting a little differently, yet very much intentionally, for a changing world. These stories, insights and resources are all there to provide you with the tools needed to parent in the 2020s, and beyond.

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Empower Your Teaching with AI with Graeme Codrington - brought to you by Future Smart Teacher

Oct 31 2024 64 mins  
In today’s episode, we dive into the exciting world of AI in education with global futurist Graeme Codrington and the team at Future Smart Teacher. Graeme shares valuable insights on how AI tools, particularly ChatGPT, can serve as powerful assistants in teaching, helping educators enhance their workflow, engage students in new ways, and save valuable time—all while preparing f

Harmonising Life: The Potential Role of Music Therapy in 21st-Century Parenting

Sep 11 2024 30 mins  
Episode Summary: In this episode, Jude chats with music therapist Graeme Sacks about what music therapy is, how it encourages growth, self-expression and healing through music and how this might impact parents and their kids today! Graeme challenges the notion that music should be something we add competition to, especially because of how that pressure can often lead children away

The Village Approach to Imperfect Parenting: A Conversation with Vanessa Raphaely

Aug 28 2024 41 mins  
Episode Summary: In this episode of the Future Smart Parent Podcast, Jude chats to Vanessa Raphaely, co-author of "We Were Perfect Parents Until We Had Children" and founder of The Village, a community of diverse, imperfect parents in South Africa. Vanessa and Jude talk about the principles of The Village - community support, kindness, respect and constructiveness and chat about th

Self Care Strategies for Overwhelmed Moms with Dr. Michael Mol

Aug 01 2024 40 mins  
In this episode Jude chats with Dr. Michael Mol about the invisible labour that oftens lands on the shoulders of moms. The fact that women are typically taking on more of the labour of childcare, organising the home and housekeeping, often in addition to their ‘actual’ jobs is a sad reality. The burnout that so many moms experience should not be the norm. And so in this convers

Mindfulness for Parents: How to stay sane in an insane world

Jul 09 2024 39 mins  
Helen Nicholson is the Founder and CEO of The Networking Company. She specialises in speaking and teaching people to develop powerful personal brands and networks all over the world. Her work in Mindful Resilience has helped thousands of individuals overcome burnout. She has also written a best selling book “Mindfulness: How to Stay Sane in an Insane World”.In this episode, Hel

Nurture ADHD with Tarryn

Jun 12 2024 36 mins  
In this episode of the Future Smart Parent podcast, Jude chats with Tarryn who is the creator of a life-changing ADHD system designed for overwhelmed and frustrated parents who want smoother days, less chaos and to see their ADHD kids thrive.Tarryn is an Occupational Therapist and a mom to a daughter with ADHD so is able to help through both her professional and personal experience

Navigating Teen Emotions: The Power of Connection

May 27 2024 35 mins  
In this episode, Jude speaks with parenting coach, Lelia Schott, about engaging with our teenagers - a time often accompanieed with many emotions (from both teens and parents), boundaries being pushed, connection sometimes being tested, but also a time where our teens need these deep connections with both their peers, and their families - the family being the safe harbour that it p

South African Primary School goes phone free for 40 days

May 04 2024 44 mins  
In this episode Jude speaks with Natalie Meerholz, the headmistress of Holy Rosary Primary School, who started this campaign where many students pledged to go ‘phone-free’ for 40 days. The campaign was about calling for the delay of smartphone ownership in children "in a bid to restore a play-based childhood and to protect the mental health and well-being of its learners."We kn

Raising Greatness: Nurturing Potential in Your Children

Jan 08 2024 32 mins  
In this week’s episode, Jude chats with Buhle Dlamini, author of Unleashing Your Greatness. They chat about how to raise greatness and nurturing potential in our kids.Buhle Dlamini discusses his concept of unleashing your true potential, your greatness and specifically how this can impact our parenting. We all possess untapped potential, and this is your guide to help your kids h

Why Connection Matters So Much! With Mandy Herold

Dec 07 2023 31 mins  
Episode Summary: Mandy is passionate about supporting parents, teachers and schools on their journey to develop safe, connected and problem solving environments for children to thrive. Academics aren’t enough! We need to equip ourselves with tools to teach children missing skills through Social Emotional Learning. In this episode, Mandy and Jude discuss what social emotional lear