Blog Category: Discipline & Challenging Behaviour
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S1 Episode 6 – How to discipline your child — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
Threats, bribes, shouting, and time-outs can work in the heat of the moment but when ...
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When Boys Muck Up
In this ‘Maggie Moment’ author of the bestselling 2018 book “Mothering Our Boys”, Maggie Dent ...
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When Kids Constantly Say No
In this ‘Maggie Moment’ one of Australia’s favourite parenting authors Maggie Dent talks about what ...
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When kids won’t stop whining
In this “Maggie Moment”, one of Australia’s favourite parenting authors Maggie Dent discusses how to ...
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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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Maggie Dent on how to respond to backchat – ABC radio
Maggie chats to ABC Perth about how we might respond when our kids dish out ...
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Kids’ Backchat & Rudeness
In this month’s ‘Maggie moment’, one of Australia’s favourite parenting authors Maggie Dent discusses strategies ...
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Twelve top tips for those in toddler land
I often time with my grandchildren and it’s interesting to see toddlers haven’t changed. Getting ...
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Worried your child is an attention seeker? Here’s the real truth.
A guest post by Dr Vanessa Lapointe In my work, I often hear from parents, ...
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How to Cope with Chaos at Home
In this “Maggie Moment”, popular Australian parenting author, educator and resilience specialist Maggie Dent talks ...
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Helping badly behaved students
Recent reports have exposed the alarming impact badly behaved students have in Australian schools, both ...
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Out of control toddlers
In this ‘Maggie Moment’, Australia’s queen of common-sense parenting Maggie Dent talks about how we ...
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‘Time outs’, are they good or bad?
As part of one of our regular online course Q&A sessions, parenting author and educator ...
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When kids come home ‘naughty’
Have you ever had your child come home from a play date or sleepover and ...
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What to do when a child hits their mum – 9 Things Q&A Oct 2016
As part of one of our regular online course Q&A sessions, parenting author and educator ...
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To praise or not to praise
Over the past couple of weeks I have been immersed in toddler land with my ...
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Expectations: a help or a hindrance?
It is that time – that once every four years time where dreams are made ...
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Why being a firm, loving parent matters
Without a doubt parenting is confusing, challenging, exhausting, fabulous, delightful and amazing, and often all ...