Blog Category: Maggie in the Media
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How to be the mum your boys need you to be
Maggie joined Gareth Parker from 6PR in Perth to chat about mothering boys: Listen on ...
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Mothers and sons – ABC Nightlife
Maggie had a one-hour chat on ABC’s Nightlife about mothers and their sons in the ...
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Raising Boys With Love: ABC Conversations 2018
Maggie joined Sarah Kanowski from ABC Conversations to chat about what it’s like to raise ...
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Tackling stereotypes and raising good men
ABC Radio National’s Life Matters program chatted to Maggie about her new book, Mothering Our ...
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Does your son need more time before he starts school?
An extract from Maggie’s new book, Mothering Our Boys, on making the decision about whether ...
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Mothering our boys in challenging times
Maggie chatted to the panel on The Daily Edition about her new book, on masculinity ...
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Minimising toy clutter
Maggie spoke to ABC life about how to minimise expenditure (and clutter) around toys in ...
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What dads offer their sons and daughters
Maggie chatted to Little Rockers Radio about the important role that fathers play in raising ...
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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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Raising boys to become good men with Steve Biddulph
Maggie and Steve Biddulph joined Weekend Sunrise to discuss a common-sense approach to raising boys ...
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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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Boys, Schools and the change that is needed
Maggie wrote for Australian Education Reporter on what change is needed in our schools to ...
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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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Early years education is more than child’s play
Recently I discovered that in some states, early childhood educators with a four-year education degree ...
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Maggie Dent on how to respond to backchat – ABC radio
Maggie chats to ABC Perth about how we might respond when our kids dish out ...
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Talking to Teens about Alcohol and Other Drugs
Before the digital world came flooding through our schools and homes, adults were the bringers ...
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The power of one-on-one
Last year a mother came to chat to me after a seminar to thank me ...
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The Teen Mask in the Classroom
Maggie wrote for Teachers Matter magazine about ‘Understanding Why Teens Wear a Mask and What it is ...