Blog Category: Maggie in the Media

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Sanctuary from violence

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

04
Apr

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Suicide Prevention: Healing The Wound of Disconnectedness

The latest suicide figures from the ABS are alarming, worrying and hide a world full[...]

08
Mar

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Screen addiction

Maggie chatted with Today Tonight about children being addicted to screens view the full post with comments here…[...]

18
Feb

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Show caution when implementing change

In this article forTeachers Matter, Maggie writes about changing fads in education and how we[...]

16
Feb

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Family meetings

Technically a family operates like a small organisation, like a community or even a small[...]

15
Feb

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Sensitive kids starting school

As school holidays run out faster than the water out of the bath, parents know[...]

25
Jan

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The comfort of family ritual

As the end of the year comes hurtling toward us, many of us who celebrate[...]

05
Dec

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Potty Mouth Kids

Recently a mum was telling me how her 5-year-old daughter, in a casual kitchen setting,[...]

01
Dec

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Teaching with the teen brain in mind

Over the past 15 years there has been a massive outpouring of research that explores[...]

10
Nov

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Maggie’s secrets to raising happy children – ‘Today Tonight’

Maggie is thrilled to have been asked to be an ambassador for the Telethon7, a registered[...]

04
Nov

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In praise of a common-sense revolution

Recently I was listening to a radio interview with a motoring expert, and a listener[...]

15
Sep

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Nova 937

Maggie talked about heading back to school, being a new grandma and more with Nathan,[...]

08
Sep

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The Importance of Bare Feet

Surely one of the cutest parts of newborn babies is their feet. They are like[...]

02
Sep

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Getting it ‘just right’ with extra-curricular activities

This article was originally published at Essential Kids in August 2015. I was asked this[...]

25
Aug

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The school pickup war zone

Thanks to the rapid changes in technology especially smart phones, well-meaning parents are much more[...]

03
Aug

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Sibling rivalry: one of life’s great teachers

Sibling rivalry is such a hot potato – no matter how many books we read,[...]

23
Jun

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TEDx Youth: Exploring the big question, why am I here?

Joining [email protected], Maggie addressed young people at Hale School to ask what their spark is.[...]

17
Jun

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Parenting with the Brain in Mind

Over the past 15-20 years there has been a massive outpouring of research that explores[...]

09
Jun