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Helping teens thrive – Change Makers
Maggie joined Dannielle Miller to talk with Jacinta Tynan on Sky News’ Change Makers program ...
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Making your mornings a bit smoother
In this ‘Maggie Moment’, Australia’s ‘queen of common sense parenting’, author and educator Maggie Dent ...
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The magic of movement still really matters in our digital world
Early homo sapiens had to move to survive and we are still biologically wired to ...
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S1 Episode 10 – How to raise boys — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
There are challenges with raising boys that only the parents of sons will understand. Like ...
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Let’s get creative – it is good for your health and wellbeing!
One of the greatest blessings of having a childhood filled with hours of unstructured play ...
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Boys and After-school Meltdowns
In this ‘Maggie Moment’, Maggie talks about how to navigate after-school meltdowns in young children, ...
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There’s a light at the end of the baby/toddler tunnel… I promise!
I have been back in toddler land for around four and a half years, watching and celebrating ...
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Emotion coaching our kids
Maggie was interviewed by Shevonne Hunt for Babyology’s Feed Play Love podcast about why we ...
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Raising rooster children: Parenting Without Power Struggles podcast
Maggie often refers to children’s temperaments as them being somewhere on the ‘rooster’ and ‘lamb’ ...
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Good chat podcast: Maggie ‘the man whisperer’
When Matt Tinney decided to do a series of chats with men for his “MEN ...
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S1 Episode 9 – How to raise girls — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
In this episode, Maggie talks with Steve Biddulph — one of Australia’s foremost experts on ...
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S1 Episode 8 – How to raise a resilient child — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
You want your kids to be able to handle the unexpected challenges life throws at ...
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Instant calm: the secret of the ‘tickle spot’
You may have heard Maggie talk about the ‘tickle point’ and its amazing capacity to ...
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Parents need our kindness, not judgement
In this month’s ‘Maggie Moment’ one of Australia’s most-loved parenting author calls for more kindness ...
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Taming the parental busy bug
“Hurry is the enemy of love.” — Steve Biddulph It seems that the more sophisticated ...
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S1 Episode 7 – Homework — how to manage the load — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
Six hours in the classroom, then music practice and sport. Daily homework is a pain ...
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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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Please help me with my lazy, unmotivated 18yo son who is stuck on the couch and going nowhere
It has only been in the past few years that I have started to hear ...