Blog Category: Raising Adolescents

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Maggie chats From Boys to Men with Nathan, Nat & Shaun

Maggie joined her WA mates, Nathan, Nat and Shaun from NOVA Perth‘s breakfast program to ...

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ABC Nightlife with Philip Clarke

In this episode of ABC Nightlife, Maggie chats to Philip Clarke and refers to her ...

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Lets’ talk about it: Communicating with teen boys

In this extract from From Boys to Men published at The Parents Website, Maggie offers her ...

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Maggie on The Morning Show

Lightening up around our teen sons Maggie joined Larry and Kylie from The Morning Show ...

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Maggie on Fitzy & Wippa

Maggie joined Nova Sydney’s breakfast team Fitzy, Wippa and Sarah (parents of 6 boys and ...

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From Boys to Men on Sunrise

Maggie joined Sam and Kochie from Sunrise to chat about her new book From Boys ...

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Why our tween and teen boys need a safe adult tribe

All tweens and teens benefit from having a safe circle of grownups somewhere in their ...

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Understanding teen boys’ anger

Let’s be honest. We all get angry at times and that is because it is ...

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The Road to Resilience

Maggie spoke to Rachel Cram on the Family 360 Podcast in a two-part show on ...

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Why parenting is all about neuroplasticity

Maggie spoke with Shevonne Hunt for Babyology’s Feed Play Love podcast about one of her ...

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S2 Episode 5 – Raising teens — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast

Parenting teenagers when they’re moody, disrespectful and rebellious is tough. But even as they reach the ...

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Our adolescents are passive and inactive and we can’t just blame screens 

We grown-ups know that eating well, sleeping well and exercising well are the three key ...

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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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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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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 ...

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S1 Episode 4 – Cyberbullying — what you need to know to keep your children safe — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast

Is your child on Snapchat, Instagram or Facebook? Ninety-one per cent of Australian teenagers use ...