Blog Category: Maggie Moments

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Bullying among young children

In this “Maggie Moment”, Maggie discusses two scenarios of bullying occurring among very young children. ...

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Stop stealing childhood in the name of education

In this “Maggie Moment”, Maggie passionately shares her concerns about the ‘push down’ of formalised ...

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Angry children

In this “Maggie Moment”, Maggie talks about why some children vent after school and how ...

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Dealing with kids’ tantrums

In this “Maggie Moment”, Maggie talks about navigating extended tantrums in older children. Watch more ...

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Emotional development in adolescence

In this video blog, Maggie talks about how emotional development in adolescence can cause our ...

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Which school is right for your child?

A lot of parents have asked what Maggie thinks about single-sex vs co-educational schools for ...

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How Risk Can Benefit Children

In this “Maggie Moment”, Maggie talks about how as a society we can tend to ...

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Why We Need to Prioritise Play

In this “Maggie Moment”, Maggie responds to a Facebook post from a mum who is ...

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The Lost Hour of Sleep for Adolescents & Young Kids

In this “Maggie Moment”, Maggie discusses how today’s children and young adults have lost one ...

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Helping Children & Teens with Transitions

Transitioning from one state of being to another is always challenging. As children and adolescents ...

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Helping Anxious Children

In this “Maggie Moment”, we talk about anxiety in young children. Although anxiety is developmentally ...

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Being a mean, loving mum

In this “Maggie Moment”, Maggie discusses parenting styles, in particular mothering styles. She discusses the ...

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Coping with Christmas

In this “Maggie Moment”, Maggie talks about how intense life can be at the end ...

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Boys, Boys, Boys

In this ‘Maggie Moment’, Maggie talks about her own experience of raising four sons and ...

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Maggie on Mindsets & Expectations

In this “’Maggie Moment”’, Maggie speaks about children’’s mindsets, how they can label themselves ‘good’ ...

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Fairness and Kindness

In this “’Maggie Moment”’, Maggie talks about the importance of instilling in our children a ...

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Adolescent Brains: What’s Going on Up There?

In this “’Maggie Moment”’, Maggie talks about what’s going on in the adolescent brain and ...

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Living with Adolescents

In this “Maggie Moment”, Maggie talks about living with adolescents as they journey on the ...