Whether it's a friend, your own parents, or you may be going through it yourself - we've all heard the question of whether a couple should 'stay together for the kids'.

Realistically, a divorce does have a significant impact on children, even if they're prioritised and not put in the middle of it.

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Child safety reform in the world of big tech is sweeping the globe at the moment.

Australia's leading the charge in the social media ban for under 16s, and California has expanded the Coogan Law to cover child influencers, to name a few.

Although we haven't seen any change here in New Zealand, the conversation has truly started and we may see moves being made soon.

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Many parents will be starting to feel the exhaustion from getting back into school and extracurriculars.

We often go into the new year with high expectations of ourselves - like completely homemade school lunches, no takeout, keeping on top of house work - but quickly realise there was a reason we weren't accomplishing all that last year.

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A new report this week found nearly 90% of Auckland primary school say there's an increasing number of new entrants starting school without bare basic skills like being toilet trained and talking properly.

These are 5 year olds who are otherwise capable, but some stage of their early childhood seems to have been neglected - they can't even identify the letters of their name or hold a pencil.

As harsh as it may be, the blame does have to land somewhere.

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Schools have started back up and we all, obviously, want our children to do well.

Parents will be doing drop off and pick up, making sure the homework is done and forms are signed, keeping an eye on grades and reports.

But how involved should parents really be in their children's education?

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One of the hottest topics of the modern era is kids and smartphones. As we've seen more of the what the internet can do (for better or worse) they seem like an essential part of life. Wallet, Keys, Phone, that's what you always keep on you.

A first phone is typically only for texting mum and dad, so why do you need a device that has the capability for so much more?

Child Psychologist Sara Chatwin joins Tim Beveridge to give her advice on when to let kids get their own devices and how to manage them.

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NCEA results are officially out.

Most kids would have genuinely worked as hard as they could to get the grades they hoped for - even the kids who act like they don't really care.

And for many it won't have turned out as hey had planned - whether that meant not quite meeting the dizzying heights of their ambition or an actual fail grade. But it's unavoidable - at some stage through their school career - and life for that matter, most of us have to deal with the disappointment of failure.

They need to learn how to deal with that disappointment - but it will of course still be there, so how are parents supposed to help their children through it?

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We've all seen the videos - we may have even seen it in our own living rooms on Christmas morning...

A child, even teenager, opens a gift their loved one has especially picked out for them, and they proceed to complain about how it's not the one they wanted.

The wrong colour bicycle, wrong model phone, it could be anything.

So how do we teach our children to be grateful for anything they're given this Christmas?

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