Blog Category: Screen time, digital & online safety

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Navigating the AI tsunami in our homes

It seems that AI has exploded into our lives and yet, it’s been around for ...

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Saving our children from our chaotic, instant world

In 2003, I published my first book (now out of print) called Saving Our Children ...

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The digital tide is turning, finally.

As a parenting educator, I have read the research especially the neuroscience around the impact ...

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Why Blaming Parents Helps No One

A guest post from Kirra Pendergast  When a child makes a catastrophic mistake online, the ...

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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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Why face-to-face, human communication still really matters

The ability to communicate is a profoundly important skill for human beings because we are ...

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Why today’s teens might surprise you

As a former high school teacher, counsellor and a parent who has raised four sons ...

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The scary reality of a teen’s search for identity in a world of socials, selfies and fake news

Updated September 2025 One of the fundamental biological drivers of adolescence is the search for ...

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The magic of movement still really matters in our digital world

Early homo sapiens had to move to survive and we are still biologically wired to ...

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Maggie goes Parental As Anything on RN Drive

On the launch of the new ABC podcast Parental As Anything with Maggie Dent, Maggie ...

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Managing kids’ screen time at home

Maggie wrote for ABC Life about how we can better manage screens for our kids ...

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8 Simple Strategies to Prevent Your Child’s Techno-Tantrums

A guest post by Dr Kristy Goodwin Many parents today have endured their child’s techno-tantrums ...

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Feeding your child’s passion from the banquet of life

When a child is born all parents hope that s/he will live a meaningful life and ...

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The biggest challenges facing families today – The Advocate newspaper interview

Maggie was interviewed by The Advocate newspaper in Tasmania about the biggest challenges facing families ...

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Top Tips: Road Trips without Screens

A while ago, we asked our Facebook community to share any suggestions they had for ...

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Helping kids feel safe in our 24/7 bad news cycle

When I heard the devastating news last week that four lives were lost (and many ...

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Raising Awesome Teens in a Chaotic, Sexualised World

updated: 4 September 2025 with an afterword by Steve Biddulph This story in the media ...

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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: ...