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S3 Episode 5 – Solo parents — raising kids on your own — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
Around 14 per cent of Australian families have a sole parent. Some parents planned it ...
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Top Tips: Some Moments of Lightness
One of my all time worst brain farts… I was shopping in Woolies with one ...
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Grandparenting in the 21st Century
In this “Maggie Moment”, Australian parenting author, educator and very grateful grandmother Maggie Dent talks ...
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Parenting on the same page
In this ‘Maggie Moment’ parenting author and educator Maggie Dent talks about parenting on the ...
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Seeking special places – Maggie Soother 17
In this ‘Maggie Soother’, Maggie talks about the power of special places in automatically making ...
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S2 Episode 10 – All by myself – isolation as an only child or sole parent — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
Being an only child or single parent can be hard when all your usual social ...
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Some words for motherless mothers
In this “Maggie Moment” from parenting author and educator Maggie Dent, she shares a special ...
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S2 Episode 9 – How to get your kids (and you) to stop fighting — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
Have you been breaking up World War III between your kids? Are you and your ...
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S2 Episode 8 – How to manage working from home with kids — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
How do you get any work done at home when the kids keep asking you ...
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Helping kids (& us) to fall asleep – Maggie Soother 3
In this “Maggie Soother” from one of Australia’s favourite parenting authors, Maggie talks about how ...
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The importance of breath in anxious times – Maggie Soother 1
In this video, Australian parenting educator Maggie Dent shares the first of a series of ...
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Giving your kids the gift of emotional intelligence
Emotions can be so unpredictable and tricky for adults to understand at times, so what ...
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There’s a light at the end of the baby/toddler tunnel… I promise!
I have been back in toddler land for around four and a half years, watching and celebrating ...
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Parents need our kindness, not judgement
In this month’s ‘Maggie Moment’ one of Australia’s most-loved parenting author calls for more kindness ...
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Taming the parental busy bug
“Hurry is the enemy of love.” — Steve Biddulph It seems that the more sophisticated ...
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The very real challenges of mothering in the 21st Century
Recently I have had some conversations with mums who have had children up to 15 ...
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An inspiring gift for your home
When I shared a post about Max Ehrmann’s beautiful poem Desiderata, we found so many people ...
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Are you so overwhelmed you’re skating on thin ice?
Life can have moments when things get hectic and we get stressed and that is ...