Blog Category: Posts By Common Concern

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Revealed: What Your Teen Wishes You Knew

In this month’s Maggie Moment, parenting author, educator, and host of the ‘Parental As Anything’ ...

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Raising boys and happy, healthy and resilient men – The School of Wellbeing

How can we better support boys to become healthy and happy individuals? In this conversation, ...

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Avoiding ‘safetyism’ and allowing our kids to stretch and grow

Let’s begin with an honest truth – every parent is biologically wired to want to ...

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Why kids’ challenging behaviour is sometimes a bid for connection

In this month’s Maggie Moment, parenting author, educator, and host of the ‘Parental As Anything’ ...

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Maggie’s biggest takeaway from raising four sons with Alice Zaslavsky on ABC Melbourne

In a week where there has been significant discussion around men’s attitudes and behaviour, Maggie ...

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S1 E 30 The Good Enough Dad with Prof Bruce Robinson – Fatherhood has changed, but there’s still a way to go

In this final episode for Season One of The Good Enough Dad, Maggie is joined ...

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Parental statements vs explanations – coaching your kids with confidence

In this month’s Maggie Moment, parenting author, educator, and host of the ‘Parental As Anything’ ...

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The top 5 issues facing teens today: a doctor’s perspective

A note from Maggie: In researching my forthcoming book, Help Me Help My Teen, I ...

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S1 E 29 The Good Enough Dad with Chadden Hunter – New dads can grieve the loss of their old life

For many years, documentary filmmaker Chadden Hunter’s work life consisted of travelling the world doing ...

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S1 E 28 The Good Enough Dad with Graham Long – Finding solace for grief in the most unlikely place

Rev Graham Long served an eclectic flock as the pastor at the Wayside Chapel in ...

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S1 E 27 The Good Enough Dad with Jeremy Hutchings – How Kids Can Learn True Grit

Farmer Jeremy Hutchings grew up on a farm and has carried the lessons he learnt ...

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S1 E 26 The Good Enough Dad with Arne Rubinstein – Stepping up as a man means putting your kids first

Founder and CEO of The Rites of Passage Institute Dr Arne Rubinstein has spent over ...

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Death through the Eyes of a Child

Trigger warning: this article talks about suicide and childhood trauma. Please take care in reading ...

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Being an energy detective for your child

In this month’s Maggie Moment, parenting author, educator, and host of the ‘Parental As Anything’ ...

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S1 E 25 The Good Enough Dad with Sam Drummond – Why kids need agency

Sam Drummond’s mum worked several jobs to make ends meet when he was a child, ...

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Easing the ‘mental load’ during matrescence – becoming and being a mother

Many of you may have seen the reel in which I supposedly made radio announcer ...

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The challenges of being a sole dad – Weekend Today

  Maggie and one of her guests on The Good Enough Dad podcast, solo dad ...