Topics - Families
Families and parenting are core content areas within the Cityparents programme - we cover topics relevant to families, parents and step-parents including the maternity/paternity transition, parental strategy, alternative family structures, children’s education, child mental health and elder care. Families-related content is available via our online Expert Advice articles, through Podcasts, Webinars and Video Shorts.
For upcoming Families-focused Webinars, please click here.
Please browse our Families library below for a selection of family and parenting-focused expert advice articles and podcasts, divided into the following categories:
- Parenting younger children
- Parenting older children
- Fathers at work
- Eldercare
- Alternative family structures
Parenting younger children
PODCAST: Supporting children's mental health
EXPERT ADVICE: Back to school top tips - overcoming separation anxiety
EXPERT ADVICE: Calmer parenting - remain calm and carry on
EXPERT ADVICE: What does school readiness really look like
EXPERT ADVICE: Are you ready for the Big Return to school?
EXPERT ADVICE: Building children's confidence
EXPERT ADVICE: Supporting your child's feelings and behaviours during the Covid-19 pandemic
EXPERT ADVICE: Parenting through Coronavirus
EXPERT ADVICE: Beyond the curriculum - supporting your child's intellectual curiosity
EXPERT ADVICE: Intuitive parenting
EXPERT ADVICE: I'm a parent but i'm doing my best
EXPERT ADVICE: How to create a screen time contract
EXPERT ADVICE: Making your family time count
EXPERT ADVICE: What to do if you don't get your preferred choice of school
EXPERT ADVICE: Rules for the digital jungle
EXPERT ADVICE: Healthy screen time habits
EXPERT ADVICE: Children as active creators
EXPERT ADVICE: Raising a smart child
EXPERT ADVICE: Helping children fulfill their potential
Parenting older children
EXPERT ADVICE: Teens - thinking differently about technology
EXPERT ADVICE: Supporting children's mental health during social isolation
EXPERT ADVICE: Coping with exam stress
EXPERT ADVICE: Three skills to prepare your child for the future of work
EXPERT ADVICE: Coping with disappointment
EXPERT ADVICE: Handling peer pressure
EXPERT ADVICE: Preparing children for the digital workplace
Fathers at work
EXPERT ADVICE: For employers - fathers at work
EXPERT ADVICE: Modern Men in the workplace
EXPERT ADVICE: Interview with Andrea Orcel about working fatherhood
EXPERT ADVICE: How can fathers successfully combine hands-on parenting with a City career?
EXPERT ADVICE: Across the City - perspectives from two fathers
EXPERT ADVICE: Fathers in the workplace
EXPERT ADVICE: The fatherhood penalty
Eldercare
EXPERT ADVICE: Supporting older people through Covid-19
Alternative family structures
EXPERT ADVICE: Interview with Susan Golombok - Modern Families