Welcome to the Empowered Parenting Podcasts from Together for Families
We will be releasing new episodes each week. We will bring you top tips and guest speakers to discuss a range of topics relating to your parenting journey.
Empowered Parenting Podcast: Q&A – Parent Champions
Find out more about our brand-new Parent Champion role. In this episode, we are joined by Debbie, our Parent Champion Coordinator to tell us about this new opportunity to become a Parent Champion in our service, including what the role is and what benefits parents can expect from joining us.
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Empowered Parenting Podcast: Q&A – Rupture and Repair
In today’s episode for the Q&A series we are joined by a parent who has a question for the podcast: Are there any tips and tricks to help rebuild your relationship with your child after a rupture in the relationship? Parenting Workers Benn and Lucy will join the conversation to share their thoughts on rupture and repair.
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Empowered Parenting Podcast: Q&A – Sibling Rivalry
Join us for a brand-new series where we will be taking questions and topic suggestions from parents for a discussion on the podcast. Today’s episode is about a parent’s suggested topic: sibling rivalry. We’ll be talking about what sibling rivalry is, how we can understand why it happens and some strategies to support with managing it.
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Child Exploitation Awareness
18 March 2025 was National Child Exploitation Awareness Day, so join us for a second episode in a 2-part mini-series raising awareness of Child Exploitation. On this episode, we are joined by special guests from Cornwall Council, Young People Cornwall and the Police to chat about:
- what child exploitation is
- what support is available for young people, parents and families, and
- how parents can access this support for themselves or their young person.
Listen to the Child Exploitation Awareness Podcast on Spotify
DICE Programme
Join us for the first episode of a two-part mini-series leading up to National Child Exploitation Awareness Day on 18 March. This week we are joined by a special guest from Barnardo’s to talk about the Exceed Project and the DICE Programme. This is a preventative parenting programme for parents of teenagers and pre-teens. It informs and supports families around parenting in the modern world. We talk about what the programme covers, how to access it and get some top tips from the programme.
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Emotion Coaching
Following on from last week’s episode on Emotional Health, this week we are joined by special guests from the Educational Psychology Team and Early Years Service to discuss Emotion Coaching in more details. We will talk about what emotion coaching is and how to do it, how it can be one of our parenting styles and the steps that we take when we emotion coach our children.
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Emotional Health Awareness
This week is Emotional Health Awareness Day, so for a special podcast, we will hear from Parenting Workers about what Emotional Health is, and how we can support our children and ourselves to look after our emotional health and wellbeing.Listen to the Emotional Health Awareness podcast on Spotify
National Literacy Trust
Join us for a special half-term episode with a guest from the National Literacy Trust. They'll share what they do and how they support families in Cornwall. We'll also learn about their new resource, 'Little Moments Together', and we get tips on helping our little ones develop communication, language, and literacy skills in everyday moments.Listen to the National Literacy Trust podcast on Spotify
Solihull Approach: Understanding your child
Today we will hear from the Parenting Team for more information about the Solihull Approach and the Understanding your Child programme, including some of the key topics covered and how the programme runs. We will also hear from some parents who have completed the programme itself sharing their experiences of the programme.
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Kooth and Qwell
In today’s episode, we are joined by a special guest to discuss the services and support provided by Kooth for the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people aged 11-18 and Qwell which offers a similar service for those aged 19-25 and for all parents and carers in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We also talked about top tips for supporting young people through difficult times and looking after yourselves as parents.
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Supporting Healthy Relationships – part 2 (Getting it Right for Children)
Following on from our recent podcast on Supporting Healthy Relationships, this week we are looking in more detail at the offer for separated or separating parents and our Parenting Lead will share some tips for effective communication between co-parents. Additionally, we’ll hear from a parent who has accessed one of our Supporting Healthy Relationships programmes, as she shares her experiences with the resources and group support.
Listen to the Supporting Healthy Relationships Part 2 podcast on Spotify
Healthy Cornwall
For today’s episode of the Empowered Parenting Podcast, we are joined by a guest from Healthy Cornwall to talk about the Pregnancy and Early Years service and the support they offer to families as well as to share some top tips around stopping smoking and healthy eating in the early years.
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Parenting Styles Part 2
Join us for the second episode of our mini-series on parenting styles. Today we are again joined by one of our Parenting Workers. They will answer some frequently asked questions about parenting styles. They will also offer some practical tips about how reflecting on our parenting styles can support our children with their feelings and behaviour.
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Parenting Styles Part 1
Join us for the first episode of a brand-new mini-series for the new year, looking at parenting styles. Today we are joined by one of our Parenting Workers to give us an overview of what parenting styles are and some examples of them in practice as well as some top tips for reflecting on our own parenting styles.
Listen to the Parenting Styles Part 1 podcast on Spotify
Avoid, ignore and distract
Join us for the latest episode in our Parenting Toolkit series. Today we are joined by Parenting Workers to share their top tips and add 3 final tools for your toolkit: avoid, ignore and distract. The podcast will be back in the New Year with a new mini-series on parenting styles.
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Supporting Healthy Relationships
Whether you are parenting together or apart, join us for this special episode. We discuss the importance of healthy parental relationships. Learn practical tips for managing stress, improving communication, and fostering a more peaceful family environment during this busy time of year.
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Celebrations Part 2
Join us for the next episode in a mini-series in the run up to the Christmas Holidays on managing celebrations. This episode follows on from the previous episode on how we can support children around celebrations. This time we will be focusing on the importance of self-care and how parents can support and look after themselves in the run up to celebrations.
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Celebrations - Part 1
Join us for the first episode in a mini-series in the run up to the Christmas Holidays on managing celebrations. Celebrations are often lovely but there are some aspects of the holidays that children can find more difficult. These include, changes to routines or differences in the sensory environment. On today’s episode, we’ll be joined by Parenting Workers to share their top tips for supporting and managing these changes. Listen to the Celebrations Part 1 podcast on Spotify
Respond rather than act
Join us for the latest episode in our Parenting Toolkit series. Today’s ‘tool’ for your toolkit is ‘respond rather than react’. Today we will talk about ‘pressing the pause button’, the importance of looking after yourselves as parents and tips for responding to your child’s behaviour.
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Rewards
Join us for the latest episode in our Parenting Toolkit series. Today’s ‘tool’ for your toolkit is rewards. Today we will talk about rewards and how we can use them effectively with our children to encourage appropriate or expected behaviours.
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Brain Development
Join us for the latest episode in a special one-off episode on early brain development. Today we will joined by an Early Help Family Worker to discuss the Early Help service. We will talk about what Family Workers and Targeted Youth Support Workers do. She will also be giving us a fascinating insight into early brain development and how as parents, we can support with brain development and growth.
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Boundaries
Join us for the latest episode in our Parenting Toolkit series. Today’s ‘tool’ for your toolkit is boundaries. Today we will discuss the importance of boundaries and how implementing these can help with children’s worries, emotions and behaviour.
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Routines
Join us for the latest episode in our Parenting Toolkit series. Today’s ‘tool’ for your toolkit is routines. Today we will discuss the importance of routines and how implementing these can make a difference to your child’s emotional wellbeing and behaviour.
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Family Information Service
This episode we are joined by colleagues from the Family Information Service. They are talking to us about what their service offers to support parents and carers. They will also be giving us some tips and ideas about how to find out activities and ideas for the upcoming half term holiday.
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Stoptober
For Stoptober, we are joined by guests from the Treating Tobacco Dependency Team for Maternity and Healthy Cornwall. We chat about the support available for stopping smoking in pregnancy and beyond.Listen to the Stoptober podcast on Spotify
Child led play and special time
Join us for the third episode in our Parenting Toolkit series. Today’s ‘tool’ for your toolkit is child-led play and special time. Today we will discuss the importance of child-led play and how dedicating just 10 minutes a day to this can make all the difference to your child’s development and wellbeing.
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Barnardo’s Virtual Family Space
Join us for a special episode with a member of the team from Barnardo’s Virtual Family Space. She will be talking about some brand-new workshops that will be rolling out in Cornwall. She’ll be sharing about the topics from the workshops:
- potty training
- child safety
- self-care
- first-aid
She will also give details of how to access these workshops.
Listen to the Barnardo's Virtual Family Space podcast on Spotify
Empathy
Join us for the second episode in our Parenting Toolkit series. Today’s ‘tool’ for your toolkit is empathy. We will look at what empathy is, why it is so important, and how it differs from sympathy.
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SEND System Navigators
Join us as we meet one of our SEND System Navigators who are part of the SEND and Inclusion Team. We will be discussing what support their service offers to parents and carers. We will also learn more about things like the Graduated Response and Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs).
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Parenting Toolkit – Praise and Encouragement
Join us for the first episode in our new Parenting Toolkit series. This new series will run throughout the next term. We will explore different strategies or ‘tools’ that you can use as part of your parenting toolkit. Today we will look at praise and encouragement. What they are and how they can be used effectively.
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Back to School Part 2
Join us for part 2 of a two-part mini-series on back to school. We share some more helpful tips on preparing your child for going back to school following the summer holidays.
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Back to School Part 1
Join us for part 1 of a two-part mini-series on back to school. We share some helpful tips on preparing your child for going back to school following the summer holidays.
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Empowered Parenting Podcast Introduction
Join us for our first Empowered Parenting Podcast. This is an introduction to the podcast series. It also has an overview of the wider parenting support on offer in Cornwall.
Listen to the Empowered Parenting Introduction Podcast on Spotify
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