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Family 360 Podcast: Do We Tell Our Daughters They Look Beautiful?
Child experts agree that commenting on our daughter’s appearance may suggest we value her looks ...
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The very real crisis for today’s tween and teen girls
Please note: This article contains reference to suicide and self-harm. Please reach out to the ...
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Is school camp right for my sensitive child?
Do you have a child who is feeling anxious about school camp? It’s normal. Falling ...
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Family 360 Podcast: Do parents unintentionally promote people pleasing?
‘People pleasing’ sounds like a positive pursuit. That’s what the parent who wrote in today’s ...
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Channel 7 – Weekend Sunrise: Helping boys cope with school
New science shows us that cognitively, boys are struggling more than girls with the transition ...
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Family 360 Podcast: Are Birthday Parties Needed For A Child’s Social Success?
A Mom’s wondering if she can bypass hosting a birthday party for her soon to ...
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Helping Build Self Esteem
In this month’s Maggie Moment, Maggie shares strategies to help us build self-esteem within our ...
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Family 360 Podcast: Raising Mighty Girls and Women
Raising girls is complicated. In spite of all our empowerment messages, rates of stress, anxiety, ...
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Why today’s teens might surprise you
As a former high school teacher, counsellor and a parent who has raised four sons ...
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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 Toss out your outdated beliefs about boys and ...
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Connecting better with Teens – The Raise Podcast
In this podcast episode on The Raise Foundation’s Youth Matters Podcast, Maggie sits down with ...
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The importance of parental ‘swagger’
To begin with I need to acknowledge that the term parental swagger comes from my ...
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Surviving the end of year exhaustion
It will soon be holiday time and what we’re hearing here at Team Maggie HQ ...
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A Life of Greatness Podcast
How can we raise our kids to see the light in themselves? Maggie joined Sarah ...
The Range Podcast
On World Teacher’s Day here in Australia, it feels timely to share this chat between ...
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HELP! My child can’t read
I can still remember the day in my first month of teaching high school English ...
Shining a Light on Unhelpful Social Norms for Girls in our Schools
“This article originally appeared in Teachers Matter magazine. Click here to view the article as ...
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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 ...