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Raising caring humans in an uncaring world
Our world seems to be in quite a lot of turmoil at the moment. ...
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Revealed: What Your Teen Wishes You Knew
In this month’s Maggie Moment, parenting author, educator, and host of the ‘Parental As Anything’ ...
Choking prevention and management — A Critical Care Paramedic’s tips
A guest blog by Amy Gomes When I heard about the recent choking death of ...
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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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Why kids’ challenging behaviour is sometimes a bid for connection
In this month’s Maggie Moment, parenting author, educator, and host of the ‘Parental As Anything’ ...
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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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Parental statements vs explanations – coaching your kids with confidence
In this month’s Maggie Moment, parenting author, educator, and host of the ‘Parental As Anything’ ...
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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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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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Being an energy detective for your child
In this month’s Maggie Moment, parenting author, educator, and host of the ‘Parental As Anything’ ...
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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 ...
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The challenges of being a sole dad – Weekend Today
Maggie and one of her guests on The Good Enough Dad podcast, solo dad ...
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Are you expecting too much of your child?
In this month’s Maggie Moment, parenting author, educator, and host of the ‘Parental As Anything’ ...
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We need more lighthouses for our kids and teens
From the earliest civilisation in traditional kinship communities, the role of significant safe, adult guidance ...
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What to do about boys – Wild with Sarah Wilson podcast
Maggie joined New York Times bestselling author, social philosopher, minimalist and philanthropist Sarah Wilson for ...
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How to build up dads to benefit our boys – ON BOYS podcast with Maggie Dent
Once again, Maggie joined Janet and Jennifer for another great discussion on their ON BOYS ...
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Playing it too safe – Teacher Tom and Maggie Dent
Too many parents live at the intersection of consumerism, fear, and competition — and Maggie ...