Why Do You Parent Like That Podcast

Welcome to Why Do You Parent Like That – the podcast (and now YouTube channel!) that dives into the wonderfully weird, heartwarming, and totally personal world of parenting.

Hosted by Abbey Harrison, a qualified social worker with a background in counselling, maternity, and primary/elementary school settings (as well as a mother of two herself!), this show unpacks how our stories shape the way we raise our kids. Each episode, guests answer five core parenting questions—then the conversation meanders through the real stuff: culture, childhood, identity, values, and all the messy moments in between.

This isn’t a parenting manual. It’s an anecdotal, non-scientific, often funny, sometimes deep companion for parents and carers navigating it all.

Follow along if you've ever stressed about parenting 'the right way' then remembered that there is no right way!

🎧 New episodes drop Tuesdays (NZ time)
🧸 Come for the parenting chat, stay for the humanity
💌 All styles, all stories, all love