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Helping kids (& us) to fall asleep – Maggie Soother 3
In this “Maggie Soother” from one of Australia’s favourite parenting authors, Maggie talks about how ...
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Instant calm: the secret of the ‘tickle spot’
You may have heard Maggie talk about the ‘tickle point’ and its amazing capacity to ...
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Taming the parental busy bug
“Hurry is the enemy of love.” — Steve Biddulph It seems that the more sophisticated ...
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The incredibly simple secret to making mornings in your house more harmonious
A guest post by Allison Davies I am definitely a crabby Mum first thing in ...
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The very real challenges of mothering in the 21st Century
Recently I have had some conversations with mums who have had children up to 15 ...
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Top Tips for Teens: How to nurture yourself
What Protects and Nurtures You? There are positive, life-affirming ways and life-negating ways of overcoming ...
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Managing the elephant in the classroom: stress & anxiety
The University of Sydney recently surveyed 18,000 teachers, and found they are “drowning under increasing ...
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Are you so overwhelmed you’re skating on thin ice?
Life can have moments when things get hectic and we get stressed and that is ...
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Parenting hacks for a calmer home
Everywhere I go around Australia parents tell me how stressed, exhausted and overwhelmed they are. ...
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A good-enough, imperfect Christmas
Maggie wrote for the ABC Opinion site of the importance of lowering your expectations this ...
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Why we need to teach our teens how to handle stress
Stress is something we, as adults, are all too familiar with. For teens though, because ...
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Soothing mama stress and angst
As a parenting educator I am always monitoring and enquiring of parents what’s happening at ...
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Defusing your anger as a parent… the Parental Pause
In this video, one of Australia’s favourite parenting authors Maggie Dent, “queen of common sense”, ...
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Why you’ll never be the perfect parent … and that’s OK
Maggie was interviewed by Huffpost Australia about why perfectionism, comparison and judgement in parenting are ...
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Beware the teen tipping point
Helping our teens to cope, conquer and shine Technically adolescence starts well before the age ...
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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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Sobering truths about being a mother
Mother’s Day in Australia is rapidly approaching and thanks to our commercial, consumer-driven world there ...
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When children are hard work…meltdowns, tantrums, screaming and whining
Babies, toddlers and young children are learning how to do so many things in the ...