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Best-ever communication tips around teens
After teaching, counselling and living with teens for 40 years, I have worked out some ...
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Raising ‘we’ kids not just ‘me’ kids
As I was taking my morning walk today, I came across water running down a ...
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Feeding your child’s passion from the banquet of life
When a child is born all parents hope that s/he will live a meaningful life and ...
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The biggest challenges facing families today – The Advocate newspaper interview
Maggie was interviewed by The Advocate newspaper in Tasmania about the biggest challenges facing families ...
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Surviving the first week of high school
As a former high school teacher, year coordinator and counsellor — as well as a ...
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We need to talk about the power of touch
In many ways touch has been contaminated by our fear-based world. We have let our ...
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Finding calm amidst the holiday chaos
Let’s begin by remembering that emotional contagion is real – we are influenced by the ...
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A good dog helps kids care
Parenting is a tough gig and in the pursuit of making choices that enable our ...
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Supporting your teen through grief
When I was running seminars for teens, I noticed one afternoon working with some 14- ...
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Top Tips: Road Trips without Screens
A while ago, we asked our Facebook community to share any suggestions they had for ...
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Top Tips: Best Reads to Prepare Children for a Sibling
In September 2016, parenting author and educator Maggie Dent put a post on Facebook about ...
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Top Tips: Night Terrors
In February 2016, parenting author and educator Maggie Dent put a post on Facebook about ...
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Ways of connecting with your children or grandchildren when you’re far away
In August 2016, parenting author and educator Maggie Dent put a post on Facebook addressing ...
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Leaving high school & joining the school of life: Words of caution & hope
As a former high school teacher I can remember the excitement and unbridled enthusiasm that ...
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Making kids feel safe in 24/7 bad news cycle
When I heard the devastating news last week that four lives were lost (and many ...
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Secrets of Successful Teaching-Positive Schools 2016
Maggie wrote for The Positive Times of the Secrets to Successful Teaching following her presentation ...
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In defence of today’s ‘helicopter’ parents
Over the last couple of months I have been blessed to have been able to ...
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To praise or not to praise
Over the past couple of weeks I have been immersed in toddler land with my ...