Blog Category: Posts By Common Concern
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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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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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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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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 ...