Blog Category: Press & Online
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TEDx Youth: Exploring the big question, why am I here?
Joining TEDxYouth@Hale, Maggie addressed young people at Hale School to ask what their spark is.
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Parenting with the Brain in Mind
Over the past 15-20 years there has been a massive outpouring of research that explores ...
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Let’s Take it Slow: The Importance of a Go-Slow Childhood
Stress is a new challenge to children’s health and social wellbeing in our modern world. ...
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Taming the teen stress monster
For many of our teens one thing is certain: stress levels are set to rise ...
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21 Things I Wish I had Known as a New Teacher
In this article for Teachers Matter, Maggie wrote about what she wished she’d known about being ...
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What’s with all the angry kids?
As an author and parenting educator I chat to lots of parents and teachers, and ...
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Why iPad playgrounds are a bad idea for shops and kids
Can modern childhood get any more weird? In my travels I have found the folks ...
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Expectations vs Real Life
Recently I read an article on The Conversation about labels, written by postdoctoral research fellow ...
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Love bridges: Why micro-moments of connection matter
Most parents would never question that they love their children wholeheartedly – even when their little ...
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Teen drinking
Good Health magazine sought Maggie’s opinion for an article they were publishing on teens and ...
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8 ways to nurture friendships in our schools
“We’ll be friends forever, won’t we, Pooh?” asked Piglet. “Even longer,” Pooh answered. ― A.A. ...
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Making Memories that Matter
When my sons were at school, we got to the end of this particular term ...
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Are we about to ban childhood altogether?
As a passionate advocate for allowing children a childhood that allows them to play as ...
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Helping Children who Struggle with School
This article was first published in Parenting Ideas magazine in November/December 2013. More and more in ...
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Move baby, move: Why movement matters for babies
As parents we often can’t wait until our babies can crawl and then walk, and ...
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Childen’s Temperaments – Roosters and Lambs
Something we don’t talk about much anymore is that children are born with a certain ...
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The fun, fickle and fragile world of children’s friendships
“‘We’ll be friends forever, won’t we, Pooh?’ asked Piglet. ‘Even longer,’ Pooh answered.” ― A.A. ...
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In praise of a dangerous, dirty childhood
Originally published in Parenting Ideas. I think there is something missing from the average modern ...