Welcome to the Parents With Questions podcast. This is the show where we explore how to help parents, kids and families thrive in the midst of great change and global uncertainty. My name is Adam Gibson. As a parent, I’ve got a lot of questions right now about how we raise healthy, happy, incoercible, super conscious kids, given the world is completely different to how we thought it was even three years ago.
This is a podcast to educate, inspire and empower all of us as parents to join us as we ask the big questions, talk to leading experts, and empower ourselves along the way to do the best job we possibly can for the people we love the most. You’re here on purpose, as a parent. You’re raising dragon slayers in a time when there are actual dragons.
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Welcome to the Parents With Questions podcast. This is the show where we explore how to help parents, kids and families thrive in the midst of great change and global uncertainty. My name is Adam Gibson. As a parent, I’ve got a lot of questions right now about how we raise healthy, happy, incoercible, super conscious kids, given the world is completely different to how we thought it was even three years ago.
This is a podcast to educate, inspire and empower all of us as parents to join us as we ask the big questions, talk to leading experts, and empower ourselves along the way to do the best job we possibly can for the people we love the most. You’re here on purpose, as a parent. You’re raising dragon slayers in a time when there are actual dragons.
We’re not here to tell you what to do, but we’ll offer pathways forward. Welcome to the Parents With Questions podcast.
Raising Emotionally Intelligent Kids in a Post-COVID, Digital World — Part 2 with Ros Nealon-Cook
Parents With Questions
1 hour 7 minutes
3 weeks ago
Raising Emotionally Intelligent Kids in a Post-COVID, Digital World — Part 2 with Ros Nealon-Cook
This is Part Two of a deeply important conversation with Ros Nealon-Cook, ex-psychologist and fearless advocate for children’s mental health.
In this wide-ranging episode, we dive into the foundations of emotional wellbeing — the stuff that’s so basic we often overlook it: sleep, movement, nutrition, play, laughter, and connection. Ros unpacks how these simple daily habits build true resilience and mental strength in our kids.
She then introduces a practical emotional education framework known as the Zones of Regulation, helping parents and children alike tune into emotions, triggers, and stress in a language that’s simple, non-judgmental, and actually works at home.
We also explore how families can begin healing the hidden trauma and division left over from the COVID years — a conversation that’s long overdue — and why processing collective shame and grief is key to moving forward.
Other topics include:
- How to raise courageous, emotionally literate kids in an age of fear and censorship
- Ways to engage doctors and medical professionals and rebuild trust without blame or bitterness
- The technology tsunami shaping our kids’ brains — plus real, workable family tech contracts to help your kids self-regulate their screen-time
- The confronting reality of pornography’s impact on adolescent boys — and a surprising take on how to best address it positively
Ros brings both compassion and clarity to one of the biggest issues facing parents today. This episode finishes on a note of hope, creativity, and practical optimism for rebuilding our kids’ emotional worlds — and our society — from the inside out.
Resources:
Zones of Regulation: https://zonesofregulation.com/
Shoppers Guide to the "Dirty Dozen": https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/dirty-dozen.ph
Technology Contracts (Many available, here are some Australian starting points):
https://www.esafety.gov.au/parents/resources/family-tech-agreement
https://danielmorcombe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2021_SafeBedrooms_Family-Technology-Agreement_EDITABLE.pdf
https://danielmorcombe.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2021_SafeBedrooms_Family-Technology-Agreement_EXAMPLE.pdf
Good for teens: https://www.brightcanary.io/digital-device-contract-template/
Childhood 2.0 Free Docco (Ros suggests every parent watches before giving child a device)
2 min Trailer: https://youtu.be/ucrDBe8v1q4
Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT35tX_mu2g
Look up Ros Nealon-Cook on X: Rosalina_nc
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Welcome to the Parents With Questions podcast. This is the show where we explore how to help parents, kids and families thrive in the midst of great change and global uncertainty. My name is Adam Gibson. As a parent, I’ve got a lot of questions right now about how we raise healthy, happy, incoercible, super conscious kids, given the world is completely different to how we thought it was even three years ago.
This is a podcast to educate, inspire and empower all of us as parents to join us as we ask the big questions, talk to leading experts, and empower ourselves along the way to do the best job we possibly can for the people we love the most. You’re here on purpose, as a parent. You’re raising dragon slayers in a time when there are actual dragons.
We’re not here to tell you what to do, but we’ll offer pathways forward. Welcome to the Parents With Questions podcast.
