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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Our resistance to rest

I know I am like many of you when it comes to taking some rest ...

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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. ...