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Blog Tag: parenting teens

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The only three rules that matter: KISS parenting

There are so many parenting styles floating around in the sleep-deprived, chaotic world that is ...

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Help! We found marijuana in our son’s room

Maggie runs Q&A sessions for members of her online course community. In this session for ...

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Dealing with your anger as a parent

As a parent there are going to be days when you have run out of ...

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Being a wise, ‘wonder woman’ teen girl out and about

** updated 2021 ** As our girls get older and want to stretch their wings ...

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Family meetings

Technically a family operates like a small organisation, like a community or even a small ...

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Boys & Mums: the tween years (Part 2 of 2)

In this ‘Maggie Moment’, Maggie talks about parenting boys as they approach their adolescence. Maggie ...

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Helping your teen girl with volatile emotions

I once shared an article on Facebook written by Susan Stiffelman called Why Is My ...

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Boys & Mums: the tween years (Part 1 of 2)

In this ‘Maggie Moment’, Maggie talks about the challenges for mums raising boys in the ...

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Teen Boys & Gaming: The 10 Agreements for Healthy Balance

Recently a mum of 15-year-old boy came up and asked me a frequently asked question: ...

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Helping our teen girls shine

I often have mums of teen girls speak to me about how worried they are about ...

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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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Taming the teen stress monster

For many of our teens one thing is certain: stress levels are set to rise ...

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Why are we so frightened of big emotions that are incredibly normal?

I occasionally get emails from worried parents who have children who have begun boarding school, ...