Blog Category: Children’s Temperaments: Roosters & Lambs

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Raising sensitive lambs in our stressful world

Let’s start at the very beginning – the birth of a child. While we gaze ...

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Cracking the Code: Is My Child’s Behaviour ‘Normal?’

We get asked a tonne of parenting questions every day from our wonderful community. Parents ...

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S6 Episode 2 – Help – I’m a helpful dad but my kids only want mum – Parental As Anything ABC Podcast

Ever tried to tie a shoelace, wipe a bum or fasten a seat belt only ...

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How to motivate boys – The On Boys Podcast

Want to know how to motivate boys? Toss out your outdated beliefs about boys and ...

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A Life of Greatness Podcast

How can we raise our kids to see the light in themselves? Maggie joined Sarah ...

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When your child has a ‘favourite’ parent

Gee, it can be tough when our little ones, particularly those under 2 have a ...

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2GB Radio: Maggie Dent explores ‘confusing aspects’ of raising girls

Maggie joined Ben Fordhan from 2GB radio recently to talk about her latest book, Girlhood ...

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Why calling kids ‘shy’ won’t help them warm up

Does your child take a while to warm up to people? Maggie sat down with ...

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S5 Episode 16 – How to parent spirited kids without losing your mind – Parental As Anything ABC Podcast

Wild. Defiant. Intense. LOUD. Spirited kids are called lots of things and when you meet ...

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Maggie on the Where Kindness Lives Podcast

Maggie joined Jennie Sager on the Where Kindness Lives podcast. They talk about juggling children ...

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S5 Episode 12 – Help: My child is shy and scared of everyone – Parental As Anything ABC Podcast

Does your kid clam up and hide behind your legs when people try to talk ...

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What’s your child’s love language?

In this month’s ‘Maggie Moment’, Australian parenting author and educator Maggie Dent explores how our ...

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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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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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Roosters & Lambs – Book extract on Raised Good

Is your child a ‘rooster’ or a ‘lamb’: book extract on Raised Good Tracy Gillett ...

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Maggie’s anxiety toolkit – a chat with This Glorious Mess (Big Kids)

Anxiety is one of the biggest topics plaguing parents today. In discussing her new book, ...

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Roosters & Lambs: The Parenting Theory Maggie Swears By – a chat with This Glorious Mess

In your family would you say your kids are roosters or lambs? Or better yet, ...

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Transitioning to Big School

Do you have a little one who’s heading off to big school, or has just ...