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**Dr Justin Coulson’s Happy Families**

Deciding which parenting advice to follow? Join the thousands of mums and dads who turn to Australia’s most downloaded parenting podcast.

Dr Justin Coulson and his wife Kylie bring real parenting solutions every day, cutting through the noise of modern advice with clear, practical guidance for every step of parenting.

From early childhood challenges to the complexities of the teenage years, each daily episode offers simple, evidence-based strategies to help you feel more confident in your decisions and more connected to your kids.

Latest Episodes:

#909 Festive Flicks for Families Dec 13, 2023

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Justin & Kylie share their favourite Christmas movies. [Replay]

G-rated options:

The Polar Express
Klaus
Arthur Christmas
Elf
Home Alone
Santa Clause

Honourable (grown up) mentions:

Christmas Chronicles
Bad Santa
The Holiday

Nativity movies:

The Nativity Story (2006)
Chasing The Star (2017)
VeggieTales: The Little Drummer Boy (2011)
Watch The Star | Netflix (2017)
Journey to Bethlehem - Teaser Trailer | IMDb (2023)

Purchase Tis the Season to be Cranky or How to Unspoil your Kids this Christmas

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#908 Parental Anxiety at Christmas With Rebecca Dredge Dec 12, 2023

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Rebecca Dredge is the Founder and Director of Kiddo, and she shares some tips on surviving the holidays. [Replay]

Topics included in this episode -

Why are Aussie parents feeling anxious about the holidays?
Getting the balance right in long school holidays
The power of 'No'
Happy Families Podcast Episode #655 Grandparents Gone Wild
How Kiddo can help your family
Feeling burnt out? Watch our FREE Happy Families Webinar - The Resilient Parent

Learn more about Kiddo or find them on Facebook

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#907 What Kylie Learnt From 2023 Dec 11, 2023

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Kylie's "year in review" was a difficult but worthwhile process, enabling her to see how much personal growth and progress was made in 2023.

What has gone well?
What hasn't gone so well?
Lessons learnt in 2023
What can be done better, moving forward?
"Joy is the ability to see beauty."
"Give yourself permission to make ugly art."

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#906 Raising Free Range Kids This Summer Dec 10, 2023

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Help your kids have a great Summer! 7 tips for parents who want to see their children experience more independent play in a way that is both safe and fun.

In today's episode:

Healthy kids need to be playing, taking risks, and involved in independent activity
Peter Gray - Children today are suffering a severe deficit of play | Aeon Essays
Decline in mental health
Resilience and happiness
Kylie and Justin share childhood experience of independent play and activities - risk, adventure, danger, exciting, noise, freedom, fun
Learning risk assessment
Helicopter parenting
Kids need to feel capable, competent, and a sense of autonomy
Exploring boundaries

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#905 Are Winners Grinners? Dec 07, 2023

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The inconvenience you can feel when a child asks to play a boring game or upon finding their clothes on the floor (again) is real. In these moments of frustration, dig deep and have compassion for your child, seeing life from their perspective. THIS is the real game-changer for a happier family.

Topics in this episode:

Playing board games when you hate them
Should we let our children win?
Teaching through play, verbalising strategy
Nagging
The importance of having compassion for our children
Our children want us to listen to them!
7-day Miss-connection challenge - a Happy Families online program (free!)

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#904 Our Best Reads of 2023 Dec 06, 2023

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The books that have meant the most to Justin and Kylie this year.

Kylie's top 3 books of 2023:

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin "A beautiful story about friendship."
Homecoming by Kate Morton "Riveting!"
Better Than Happy - Jodi Moore "Enlightening and powerful"

Justin's 5 star reads of 2023:

Silas Marner by George Eliot "The perfect story - sublime, utterly absorbing"
The Case Against the Sexual Revolution by Louise Perry
Testosterone: The Story of the Hormone that Dominates and Divides Us | Carole Hooven "Brilliant"
Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson "A rip-roaring read."
The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel Siegel & Tina Payne-Bryson
Saving our kids - Madonna King "Vitally important"
Generations by Jean M. Twenge "Compelling."
Winners Take All by Anand Giridharadas
Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond
Happier Hour by Cassie Holmes
Come as You Are by Emily Nagoski "Gives people info that really matters."
The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents by Lisa Damour "Solid book, easy to read."

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#903 What Justin Learnt From 2023 Dec 05, 2023

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Justin looks at how 2023 has been for him, both personally and professionally, and shares insights and ideas that will inspire you to improve family living in your own home.

It will be Kylie's turn for reflection next Tuesday!

What has gone well?
What hasn't gone so well?
Lessons learnt in 2023.
What can be done better, moving forward?
You Don't Just Lose Someone Once – Donna Ashworth
“You are precisely as big as what you love and precisely as small as what you allow to annoy you.” ― Robert Anton Wilson

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#902 Our Top 5 Episodes of 2023 Dec 04, 2023

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It's almost the end of the year so we thought we'd look back at the top 5 Happy Families episodes that you listened to in 2023.

Here's how it played out:

#721 - Defusing Explosive Children
#679 - Managing Fatigue as a Parent
#674 - The Power of Habit
#673 - Family Goal Setting
#706 - Gentle Parenting: Is It a Fad or Fabulous?

We're so glad that so many people are listening to the podcast and finding value in the information that's being provided!

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#901 This Week in Parenting: Bluey, Influencers & Dad Brains Dec 03, 2023

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Controversial parenting, a growing problem with school attendance (or lack thereof!), a video game the whole family can get excited about, and why every new dad should be taking parental leave.

In this episode:

Story 1: 60 Minutes Australia: Hidden anxiety epidemic jeopardising ‘a generation’ of Australian schoolchildren
School refusal/anxiety - also referred to as "school can't"
THE LITTLE BOY By Helen E. Buckley
Story 2: ‘I put coal in my kids’ Christmas stockings to teach them a lesson’ | Townsville Bulletin
Controversial parenting techniques
Punishing kids at Christmas
"Every child needs..." (Bronfenbrenner quote) Happy Families | Facebook
Be your child's safe place and provide them with unconditional love
Story 3: How Paternity Leave Helps Dads’ Brains Adapt to Parenting
Paternity leave is a gift to families.
Improving father-baby bonding, baby development, relationship between parents
Story 4: The creators of Bluey: The Videogame on making a kids’ game that’s also about parenting | The Guardian
Playing video games as a family
The right kind of screen time (Connecting and/or Creating vs Consuming)
Story 5: Four in five parents turn to social media for parenting advice

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#900 What Matters Most Nov 30, 2023

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Whether family life feels messy and hard right now or you are in a season of smooth sailing, there's one thing that matters more than anything: loving your kids - and making sure they know it!

In this episode we cover: