Blog Category: Maggie in the Media

Article

To praise or not to praise

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

04
Oct

Audio

Raising emotionally resilient boys

Maggie chatted to Kinderling Kids Radio about how to raise boys to be resilient and[...]

04
Oct

Audio

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,[...]

29
Sep

Audio

Anxious kids, worried parents

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

25
Aug

Video

The boy who wants to ban homework

8-year-old Perth boy Christian has written to the Prime Minister urging a nationwide ban on[...]

25
Aug

Audio

Go Slow Parenting Podcast

Maggie shared some audio from her 9 Things Online Course with US-based website iMothering.com.[...]

22
Aug

Article

Why won’t my kids play outside?

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

22
Aug

Article

Raising Awesome Teens in a Chaotic, Sexualised World

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

19
Aug

Article

Expectations: a help or a hindrance?

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

17
Aug

Video

The ‘birds and the bees’

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

17
Aug

Article

Why being a mean, loving parent matters

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

02
Aug

Audio

Kitchen cupboard wonderland

Maggie chatted with Shevonne Hunt at Kinderling Kids Radio about why there is great wonder[...]

06
Jul

Article

Angry Boys

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

05
Jul

Article

Saving our stressed out kids

Samille Mitchell at Inspired Magazine wrote a beautiful profile piece about Maggie, in her lovely[...]

22
Jun

Audio

Giving boys a great start in life

Shevonne Hunt at Kinderling radio had a chat with Maggie about giving our boys a[...]

15
Jun

Audio

How to discipline kids without smacking them

Maggie spoke about alternatives to corporal punishment with 3AW’s Tom Elliott Full report.[...]

03
Jun

Article

The power of the parental pause

In those tough parenting moments, this secret may be your saving grace, This article was[...]

26
May

Article

Sobering truths about being a mother

Mother’s Day can be bittersweet… Maggie wrote about the weakening of the supportive sisterhood for[...]

04
May