Blog Category: Press & Online
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The fun, fickle and fragile world of children’s friendships
“‘We’ll be friends forever, won’t we, Pooh?’ asked Piglet. ‘Even longer,’ Pooh answered.” ― A.A. ...
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In praise of a dangerous, dirty childhood
Originally published in Parenting Ideas. I think there is something missing from the average modern ...
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Bringing out the best in all students
Maggie wrote for Teachers Matter about what she learned from neuro linguistic programming and how ...
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Why schools are failing our boys
Boys will be boys, they tell us, but how many of us actually take this ...
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Boys and gaming
Gaming on a computer or device is a wildly popular pastime for kids in Australia. ...
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Why boys need a boyhood to become good men
Given the current deep community outpourings of concern for the senseless violence present on Australian ...
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Helping kids’ develop self-regulation
Even with our fully developed brains, we adults still struggle with managing our moods, energy ...
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Stop Stealing Childhood
Are we setting our children up to fail? In short, there is no evidence that ...
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Creating a safe place for today’s adolescents
According to the Mission Australia Youth Survey 2020, the top four concerns for young people ...
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The Nightmare of Adolescent Sleep
“One clear casualty of sleep deprivation is learning. That’s a tragedy—a recent tragedy.” — Professor ...
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Winning the war on hugs
A recent ‘hugging ban’ in a primary school in WA has triggered quite a response ...
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Keeping a balance in our classrooms
Avoiding the IT Overload Just last week I watched a toddler massively engaged in an ...
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Invisible enemy of anxiety a real worry
In the past decade, we’ve seen large numbers of children diagnosed with depression and behavioural ...
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A Bit of Shoosh Please… We’re Making Magic
When my four sons were young and I was working as a teacher life was ...
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What Boys Need Most
“Boys are found everywhere, on top of, underneath, inside of, climbing on, swinging from, running ...
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School Readiness – Helping Parents Decide
My oldest son couldn’t write his name when he started school, but heck Michael is ...
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Buying gifts for children
Thrifty Christmas Might be the Magic Pudding When times are tight, I think it can ...
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Bullying: It takes a mindless society to raise a heartless bully
The Rigby Report on bullying in Queensland schools released last week (April 2010) suggests that ...