Blog Category: Special categories
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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 ...
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Self-care in the age of 24/7 negative news cycles
So often when I tune into the news online, on the radio or on TV, ...
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The silver lining to every natural disaster
Whether it be storms, earthquakes, bushfires or floods, life can hurl some unexpected hurdles our ...
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Why our children’s ability to think deeply is suffering
I want to chat about thinking. When I explore my building block about life skills ...
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Expectations and the inconvenient truth of parenting
One of the chapters in my book 9 Things: A back to basics guide to calm, common-sense, ...
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The shift back to nature play – it’s happening!
Many of you know of my passionate commitment to outside play in our homes, schools ...
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Accidents happen and so they should!
A very good friend of mine shared a funny story one day about her young ...
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Top Tips: Books to inspire struggling readers to get into reading
This list is compiled from our community to share their favourite books to hook readers ...
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Communication for family harmony
Every human being sees the world through their own unique lens, which is based on ...
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Getting Kids Active
In a world where screens seem to dominate, statistics for Australian kids around activity levels are ...
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Maggie’s message about natural playgrounds
There is clear and consistent evidence about the many benefits for children and the wider ...
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Creating Your Own Life
Before I explore empowerment – which is what I plan to cover in this article ...