Blog Category: Posts for Teachers

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Schools key to our kids’ recovery: Why the 3 Cs count before grades

I am writing this blog not in my usual role as a parenting author and ...

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The power of a SIGH – Maggie Soother 4

This “Maggie Soother” from Australian parenting author Maggie Dent explores the power of SIGHING in ...

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Tapping K27 for calm – Maggie Soother 2

In this “Maggie Soother” from one of Australia’s favourite parenting authors, Maggie shows us 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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Things that Build Resilience in Kids

In this “Maggie Moment” Maggie looks at the key components to building resilience in our ...

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S1 Episode 8 – How to raise a resilient child — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast

You want your kids to be able to handle the unexpected challenges life throws at ...

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Instant calm: the secret of the ‘tickle spot’

You may have heard Maggie talk about the ‘tickle point’ and its amazing capacity to ...

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S1 Episode 7 – Homework — how to manage the load — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast

Six hours in the classroom, then music practice and sport. Daily homework is a pain ...

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When Boys Muck Up

In this ‘Maggie Moment’ author of the bestselling 2018 book “Mothering Our Boys”, Maggie Dent ...

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Helping teen students with death and loss

Every human processes grief differently and depending on a person’s age and capacity for resilience, ...

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How to fight the push down of formalised learning as a teacher

In this month’s “Maggie Moment”, one of Australia’s favourite parenting authors – and a staunch ...

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Separation anxiety & starting school

In this ‘Maggie moment’, Australian parenting author and queen of common sense, Maggie Dent talks ...

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Top Tips for Caring Communication with Teens

The task of ‘lighthouses’ is to help young people find their unique strengths and weaknesses, ...

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Should twins be separated at school?

In this ‘Maggie Moment’, Maggie talks about the common practice of separating twins in classes ...

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When children lose someone they love

In my life before becoming an author I worked around death and dying a lot. ...

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Managing the elephant in the classroom: stress & anxiety

The University of Sydney recently surveyed 18,000 teachers, and found they are “drowning under increasing ...

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Boys, Schools and the change that is needed

Maggie wrote for Australian Education Reporter on what change is needed in our schools to ...

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Raising more optimistic kids

Pessimism can be hard to fight sometimes… here Maggie explores strategies parents can use to ...