Blog Category: Maggie in the Media

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Creating risk in a risk-averse society: ABC Nightlife

Maggie joined one of the longest-running national ABC radio programs, Nightlife, to discuss why risk ...

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The rise of the nan van: The role grandparents play in parenting – ABC Brisbane

Research from Queensland’s motoring authority, RACQ, shows nearly 1 in 3 cars having baby/toddler car ...

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To praise or not to praise

Over the past couple of weeks I have been immersed in toddler land with my ...

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Maggie Dent on how to talk to young kids when someone they love dies – ABC Radio

Maggie Dent, who has supported many children and parents when someone they love has died, ...

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Anxious kids, worried parents

ABC Perth’s Gillian O’Shaughnessy hosted a one-hour forum on anxiety in childhood, featuring Maggie and ...

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Go Slow Parenting Podcast

Maggie shared some audio from her 9 Things Online Course with US-based website iMothering.com.     Image credit: ...

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Why won’t my kids play outside?

It must be annoying for many parents today who hear stories from older folk like ...

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Raising Awesome Teens in a Chaotic, Sexualised World

with an afterword by Steve Biddulph The story in the media this week about the ...

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Expectations: a help or a hindrance?

It is that time – that once every four years time where dreams are made ...

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The ‘birds and the bees’

Cushla Travers from ABC Kimberley spoke with Maggie to get some important advice on how to ...

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Why being a firm, loving parent matters

Without a doubt parenting is confusing, challenging, exhausting, fabulous, delightful and amazing, and often all ...

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Angry Boys

This article was first published in Kids in the City/Kids on the Coast   Sadly, despite ...

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The power of the parental pause

In those tough parenting moments, this secret may be your saving grace. There are many ...

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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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4 Steps to Toddler Genius

Toddlers are wired to explore, investigate, question and be curious so that they may come ...

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Sanctuary from violence

As an ambassador for The Sanctuary women’s shelter opening soon, Maggie and her co-ambassadors got ...