Blog Category: Building Resilience

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Raising resilient, capable girls

Social and cultural norms can be deceptively powerful in conditioning both our girls and boys ...

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ABC Compass: Sacred Space with Maggie Dent

Maggie spent the day with Geraldine Doogue where she shares her sacred place, an ocean ...

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Helping your Young Daughter Find her Sense of Self

Every child is born as a one-off, unique human being. Given genetic gifts or challenges, ...

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Why fairness really matters in families

“Character is shaped by life experience and cannot be seen from the outside or from ...

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The downside of big dreams and what can help

It is considered a positive and even noble thing to encourage our children and teens ...

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Nurturing the inner world of our children and teens

Many years ago, a 16-year-old student shared with me a story that left an indelible ...

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The importance of being heard

I have spent some time recently reflecting and pondering on the last 44 years. Since ...

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The real value in pretend play

“Babies create hypotheses, test them and then relentlessly appraise their findings with the vigour of ...

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Helping our kids master disappointment

Hasn’t 2020 been a year full of disappointment?! From loss of job opportunities, travel opportunities, ...

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

One of the fundamental biological drivers of adolescence is the search for identity. And let’s ...

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Helping kids deal with lockdown second time around

For the families in and around Melbourne who have gone back into isolation, this time ...

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Schools key to our kids’ recovery: Why the 3 Cs count before grades

I am writing this blog not in my usual role as a parenting author and ...

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Another new normal: back to school after isolation

Schools across Australia are gradually opening their doors for more and more students to return ...

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Parenting an only child through the coronavirus pandemic

Maggie wrote for ABC Life about the challenges for parents of only children… READ THE ...

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Gentle Steps to Recovery

As flattening the curve is happening across parts of the world and particularly in Australia ...

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2020: The Year We Lost Our Normal Easter

Two of the most important times in the calendar year for family connection are often ...

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Why parenting is really all about neuroplasticity

When our precious babies are born, their brains are full of neurons with no connectors. ...

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Giving your kids the gift of emotional intelligence

Emotions can be so unpredictable and tricky for adults to understand at times, so what ...