About us

Raising Children is originally the 'baby' of content producer Jude Dobson. Prior to a career both in front of and behind the camera, Jude was a registered nurse in the post-natal wards at National Women’s Hospital in Auckland, giving her a keen appreciation of the need to support parents with reliable information from day one of parenthood. She has always loved babies and children and (as a mother of three herself) knows that parenting is both rewarding, challenging, ever-changing and lifelong! She now has the huge pleasure of having a new generation of babies and children in the family, with nieces and nephews becoming parents.

“I feel that parenting is probably the most important life task someone takes on, and I have found that arming myself with knowledge of what to expect through the various ages and stages, and thinking how I might approach things as a parent through those changing times, has been personally useful. Conscious parenting is a good thing. We consciously put time, effort and thought into our work lives, so why should parenting be any less important?”