Blog Tag: resilience

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Why our teens need to learn about failure

  Every caring parent wants to protect their children from any form of suffering. This ...

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Raising caring humans in an uncaring world

  Our world seems to be in quite a lot of turmoil at the moment. ...

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Connected Teaching, Child Development & Emotional Intelligence – Let’s Get Schooled podcast

Maggie appeared on the Let’s Get Schooled podcast with Emma Gentle and talked about: The ...

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Raising boys and happy, healthy and resilient men – The School of Wellbeing

How can we better support boys to become healthy and happy individuals? In this conversation, ...

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Avoiding ‘safetyism’ and allowing our kids to stretch and grow

Let’s begin with an honest truth – every parent is biologically wired to want to ...

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S1 E 30 The Good Enough Dad with Prof Bruce Robinson – Fatherhood has changed, but there’s still a way to go

In this final episode for Season One of The Good Enough Dad, Maggie is joined ...

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S1 E 29 The Good Enough Dad with Chadden Hunter – New dads can grieve the loss of their old life

For many years, documentary filmmaker Chadden Hunter’s work life consisted of travelling the world doing ...

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S1 E 28 The Good Enough Dad with Graham Long – Finding solace for grief in the most unlikely place

Rev Graham Long served an eclectic flock as the pastor at the Wayside Chapel in ...

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S1 E 27 The Good Enough Dad with Jeremy Hutchings – How Kids Can Learn True Grit

Farmer Jeremy Hutchings grew up on a farm and has carried the lessons he learnt ...

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S1 E 26 The Good Enough Dad with Arne Rubinstein – Stepping up as a man means putting your kids first

Founder and CEO of The Rites of Passage Institute Dr Arne Rubinstein has spent over ...

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S1 E 25 The Good Enough Dad with Sam Drummond – Why kids need agency

Sam Drummond’s mum worked several jobs to make ends meet when he was a child, ...

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S1 E 24 The Good Enough Dad with Richard Harris – Why risk is the secret to raising resilient kids 

Dr Richard Harris is most famous for his role in helping to save the Thai ...

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We need more lighthouses for our kids and teens

From the earliest civilisation in traditional kinship communities, the role of significant safe, adult guidance ...

Raising Resilient and Compassionate Children: A parenting guide to understanding behaviour, feelings and relationships

TO ACCESS THIS POST YOU MUST BE LOGGED IN TO MAGGIE'S MEMBERSHIP COMMUNITY Maggie's Members' ...

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A Life of Greatness Podcast

How can we raise our kids to see the light in themselves? Maggie joined Sarah ...

Shining a Light on Unhelpful Social Norms for Girls in our Schools

“This article originally appeared in Teachers Matter magazine. Click here to view the article as ...