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What dads offer their sons and daughters
Maggie chatted to Little Rockers Radio about the important role that fathers play in raising ...
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Raising boys to become good men with Steve Biddulph
Maggie and Steve Biddulph joined Weekend Sunrise to discuss a common-sense approach to raising boys ...
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5 tricky times in boyhood that every parent needs to understand
So often, as parents we find ourselves asking: What’s happening with my boy? Over my ...
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Why I’m glad my sons took up surfing
Pic: The four Dent lads at the Pipeline break, North Shore Hawaii When I grew ...
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OMG What WAS he thinking?
Over the last 40 years as a teacher, counsellor, parent, aunty and friend I have ...
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When fathers are tough, inflexible and unloving
Over the years I have been asked many times by mums about what they can ...
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Teen safety (without suffocation) – Understanding Boys
Maggie spoke with Harb Gill from the Understanding Boys blog about how to keep your teen sons ...
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Fragile boy friendships and why they matter so much
How we can help our boys be good mates. In my life from my own ...
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Raising Remarkable Boys
Maggie chatted about Raising Remarkable Boys with Libby-Jane Charleston and Tory McGuire from HuffPost Australia ...
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Creating risk in a risk-averse society: ABC Nightlife
Maggie joined one of the longest-running national ABC radio programs, Nightlife, to discuss why risk ...
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Anxious kids, worried parents
ABC Perth’s Gillian O’Shaughnessy hosted a one-hour forum on anxiety in childhood, featuring Maggie and ...
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The one question mums of sons should ask
As a mother of four sons, a former boys’ basketball coach, counsellor and a secondary ...
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The ‘birds and the bees’
Cushla Travers from ABC Kimberley spoke with Maggie to get some important advice on how to ...
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Boys’ behaviour is their language
In this “Maggie Moment”, Maggie talks about how boys are often conditioned to respond with ...
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Angry Boys
This article was first published in Kids in the City/Kids on the Coast Sadly, despite ...
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Dear mums of smelly, unmotivated, lazy, moody and confused 14-year-old boys
“The problem I am having is with my 14-year-old son who does not apply himself ...
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Little boys beginning big school
We have seen some disturbing trends in recent times: Increasing number of 4-6-year-old boys being ...
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6 year old boy fidgety in school – 9 Things Q&A
Maggie responds to a participant question about helping a young boy who is fidgety in school. ...