Hānai Kia'i is a collection of videos that provide parenting tips & conversation prompts shared by Kumu Maile Naehu and her own life experiences as a parent and teacher. This can also be used to open circle talks with keiki and makua. 

Course curriculum

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    • Tip 1: Creating a learning environment at home

    • Tip 2: Making Discipline Softer to the ear

    • Tip 3: Eating Traditions

    • Tip 4: Financial Literacy

    • Tip 5: Music In The Hale

    • Tip 6: Raising Animals

    • Tip 7: Shared Discipline

    • Tip 8: Who's on Your Wa'a

    • Tip 9: Sports

    • Tip 10: Uncomfortable Conversations

    • Tip 11: Transitions

    • Tip 12: Guidance vs. Control

    • Tip 13: Bedtime Stories

    • Tip 14: Words are Muscles!

    • Tip 15: Positive Rewards & Incentives

    • Tip 16: Ways to meet your teacher halfway

    • Tip 17: The meaning of Hānai Kia'i

    • Tip 18: The importance of playtime

    • Tip 19: Remembering to be thankful

    • Tip 20: Positive feedback

    • Tip 21: Creating a creatively stimulating environment

    • Tip 22: What's budgeting

    • Tip 23: Test scores don't determine destiny

    • Tip 24: Let your keiki fly

    • Tip 25 : ʻOnipaʻa vs. Kūpaʻa

    • Tip 26: Discipline doesnʻt have to be ʻeha(hurt)

    • Tip 27: Aloha aku, aloha mai (Pay it forward)

    • Tip 28: Death

    • Tip 29: Gender and Sexuality

    • Tip 30: Taking Risks

    • Tip 31: Being a Stay at Home Caretaker

    • Tip 32: Hōʻikaika Kino (Exercise)

    • Tip 33: Mahalo (Gratitude)

    • Tip 34: Self-love

    • Tip 35: Pilina (Connections)
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    • Hānai Kiaʻi #1 - Whoʻs on Your Waʻa - Raising Bi-lingual Keiki

    • Hānai Kiaʻi #2 - Ka Nohona Hawaiʻi-Creating an Immersive Environment

    • Hānai Kiaʻi #3 - Roundtable Talk - Eating Traditions

    • Hānai Kiaʻi #4 - Roundtable Talk - Uncomfortable Conversations

    • Hānai Kiaʻi #5 - Ke Aʻo Ikaika - Discipline that Strengthens Character

    • Hānai Kiaʻi #6 - Roundtable Talk - The Meaning of Hānai Kiaʻi