Blog Category: Maggie in the Media
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A good dog helps kids care
Parenting is a tough gig and in the pursuit of making choices that enable our ...
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Supporting your teen through grief
When I was running seminars for teens, I noticed one afternoon working with some 14- ...
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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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Secrets of Successful Teaching
Daniel Goleman’s quote from his bestselling book, Emotional Intelligence, is so true: “Happy, calm children ...
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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
updated: 4 September 2025 with an afterword by Steve Biddulph This story in the media ...
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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 ...