Blog Category: Anxiety & Fear / Calming Children
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Calming anxious kids in the classroom – Teachers Matter Magazine NZ
There are many reasons why children and teens today struggle more with anxiety than previously. ...
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The power of predictability in our homes
Thanks to my littlest grandson, age 3, and his wonderful passion for everything dinosaurs, I ...
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Kids and Manners
Have you ever noticed as you are looking at how other kids are behaving, how ...
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Tips for Fly in Fly Out (FIFO) Parenting
Every family is unique in its structure. For some families, they have one parent that ...
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How to help with school refusal
School refusal is a big issue, especially now that we are coming out of a ...
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Feed Play Love Podcast: Maggie on how to transform chaos to calm
Is your home your sanctuary? Or is it where all the yelling happens? Life today ...
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ABC News Live Blog Parenting Q&A with Maggie
Maggie was invited by ABC News to answer people’s questions in a live blog on ...
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Navigating difficult times with grit, glimmers and hope
How are you doing at the moment? No, really, how are you doing? Are you ...
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S5 Episode 9 – Help: How do I deal with the childcare hangover? – Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
The day after childcare is politely known in parenting circles as an utter sh*tshow. There ...
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S5 Episode 7 – When Your Kid Hates School – Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
While most kids will complain about school at some point along the way, what happens ...
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Helping our girls to be heard
In this month’s ‘Maggie Moment’, Maggie talks about how important it is to enable our ...
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Maggie talks Calming Anxious Children on the Play it Forward Podcast
Maggie joined the Wearthy podcast, Play it Forward to discuss calming anxious children. In this ...
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S5 Episode 0 – Introducing Season 5 – Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
Do your kids hate school? Never sleep? Refuse to do anything without a reward? My ...
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🧡 💚 A message for families in the flood disaster 🧡 💚
In the wake of the flood devastation that is still occurring on parts of Australia’s ...
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My message about boys not listening at school
As the school year kicks off, I am getting a few messages from parents and ...
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Living in Toddler Land
Toddlers are hard work! In this ‘Maggie Moment’, parenting author, educator and host of the ...
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S4 Episode 12 – Parenting Children with ADHD – Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
Is your child fidgety, impulsive or finds it hard to stay focused? Have you ever ...
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S4 Episode 11 – Parenting Autistic Children – Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
One in 70 people in Australia is autistic, so chances are you’ve had an experience ...