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Families: Good for Life - First Episode
Television (Full Length Episode) – 1995
This hour-long pilot episode of magazine style series Families: Good for Life tackles issues affecting new and potential parents. They include "the best age" to start a family, recognising when a baby or toddler needs medical attention, choosing a pet and making homes safer by fixing hazards. Presenter Hine Elder introduces the 'Triple P' parenting guide and author Matt Sanders explains its key themes. Actor Robbie Magasiva launches the 'Family Album' section. He chats to reporter Greg Ward about working on sketch show Skitz while sharing a meal with his Samoan parents and four brothers.
I think I was more into discipline with my other two and I don't necessarily mean smacking the children. But I was more into making sure that people thought they were well behaved. I actually don't really mind now; with Sophie I let her be a free spirit.– Pauline Scott on her more relaxed attitude to parenting a young child, now she is in her mid 40s
Key Cast & Crew
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Produced by
MDB Entertainment
Acknowledgements
Made with funding from NZ On Air
Made with financial assistance from The Tindall Foundation
Tags
- accidents
- acting career
- advice
- all black
- anna twig
- babies
- behavioural training
- birds
- birth rate
- box house
- brothers
- bubbles
- burns
- caring for pets
- cat
- changing behaviours
- child
- childbirth
- child health and safety
- childhood
- childhood illnesses
- children
- children's behavior
- childrens health
- cup of tea
- cyf
- dangers in the home
- dicipline
- doctors
- dogs
- domestic violence
- eating
- educational
- enjoyment
- every parent
- fame
- families
- family issues
- family meals
- fathers and sons
- first aid
- flatting
- fun
- grandparents
- growing old
- growing up in nz
- guidelines
- harm prevention
- hazards
- health issues
- home
- hospitalisation
- hot water
- ian robertson
- imagination
- immigration
- immunisation
- indoor playgrounds
- katrina magasiva
- kindergarten
- life skills
- matt sanders
- medical centre
- mike jones
- mixed families
- mothers
- musical instruments
- new zealand on air
- nurturing
- nz on air
- older mothers
- older parents
- outdoor playgrounds
- parenthood
- parenting skills
- parents
- pauline scott
- pets
- playing
- positivity
- psychologist
- reena kokotailo
- rodents
- safety
- samoan culture
- samoan new zealanders
- scalding
- sleeping
- statistics
- step families
- steven magasiva
- suburbia
- symptoms
- tamariki
- taro
- toddlers
- toys
- tracy little
- triple p parenting
- tv ads
- walter little
- water temperature
- whanau
- whanau support
- young mothers
- young parents
- youth and family
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