Blog Post Type: Article
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Why iPad playgrounds are a bad idea for shops and kids
Can modern childhood get any more weird? In my travels I have found the folks ...
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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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Expectations vs Real Life
Recently I read an article on The Conversation about labels, written by postdoctoral research fellow ...
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Love bridges: Why micro-moments of connection matter
Most parents would never question that they love their children wholeheartedly – even when their little ...
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Teen drinking
Good Health magazine sought Maggie’s opinion for an article they were publishing on teens and ...
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Boys, Boys, Boys – Feature article
On the eve of the release of 9 Things: A back-to-basics guide to calm, common-sense, ...
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8 ways to nurture friendships in our schools
“We’ll be friends forever, won’t we, Pooh?” asked Piglet. “Even longer,” Pooh answered. ― A.A. ...
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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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Making Memories that Matter
When my sons were at school, we got to the end of this particular term ...
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Are we about to ban childhood altogether?
As a passionate advocate for allowing children a childhood that allows them to play as ...
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Helping Children who Struggle with School
This article was first published in Parenting Ideas magazine in November/December 2013. More and more in ...
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Move baby, move: Why movement matters for babies
As parents we often can’t wait until our babies can crawl and then walk, and ...
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Childen’s Temperaments – Roosters and Lambs
Something we don’t talk about much anymore is that children are born with a certain ...
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Friendless teens
I normally use the word adolescence when writing about the transition stage from child to ...
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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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The fun, fickle and fragile world of children’s friendships
“‘We’ll be friends forever, won’t we, Pooh?’ asked Piglet. ‘Even longer,’ Pooh answered.” ― A.A. ...