Blog Category: Press & Online
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Helping teen students with death and loss
Every human processes grief differently and depending on a person’s age and capacity for resilience, ...
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Become an energy detective for your child
Every parent will struggle at times to maintain their energy levels in order to keep ...
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The exciting and often terrifying paradox of parenting
One of the most fabulous things about being a grandmother is that I get to ...
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The 5 things your son isn’t telling you
For many boys – not all boys – being able to communicate their unmet needs, ...
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Does your son need more time before he starts school?
An extract from Maggie’s new book, Mothering Our Boys, on making the decision about whether ...
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Minimising toy clutter
Maggie spoke to ABC life about how to minimise expenditure (and clutter) around toys in ...
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Raising boys to become good men with Steve Biddulph
Maggie and Steve Biddulph joined Weekend Sunrise to discuss a common-sense approach to raising boys ...
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Are you so overwhelmed you’re skating on thin ice?
Life can have moments when things get hectic and we get stressed and that is ...
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Boys, Schools and the change that is needed
Maggie wrote for Australian Education Reporter on what change is needed in our schools to ...
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Parenting hacks for a calmer home
Everywhere I go around Australia parents tell me how stressed, exhausted and overwhelmed they are. ...
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Early years education is more than child’s play
Recently I discovered that in some states, early childhood educators with a four-year education degree ...
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Talking to Teens about Alcohol and Other Drugs
Before the digital world came flooding through our schools and homes, adults were the bringers ...
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The power of one-on-one
Last year a mother came to chat to me after a seminar to thank me ...
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The Teen Mask in the Classroom
Maggie wrote for Teachers Matter magazine about ‘Understanding Why Teens Wear a Mask and What it is ...
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Let your kids fail often. It’s just good parenting.
It is perfectly natural for parents to want to protect their beloved children and keep ...
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Does your child have music hiding in their soul?
It never ceases to amaze me when I watch the finals of reality music shows ...
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Getting little ones ready for big school
Most academics and early years experts prefer to reframe “readiness” to mean transitioning into the ...
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A good-enough, imperfect Christmas
Maggie wrote for the ABC Opinion site of the importance of lowering your expectations this ...