Blog Category: Anxiety & Fear / Calming Children

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Feed Play Love Podcast: Maggie on how to transform chaos to calm

Is your home your sanctuary? Or is it where all the yelling happens? Life today ...

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ABC News Live Blog Parenting Q&A with Maggie

Maggie was invited by ABC News to answer people’s questions in a live blog on ...

Navigating yet another difficult year with grit, glimmers and hope

How are you doing at the moment? No, really, how are you doing? Are you ...

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S5 – Help Me Maggie 6 – How do I deal with the childcare hangover?

The day after childcare is politely known in parenting circles as an utter sh*tshow. There ...

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S5 Episode 3 – When Your Kid Hates School – Parental As Anything ABC Podcast

School refusal is a big issue, especially in the wake of the pandemic. While most ...

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Helping our girls to be heard

In this month’s ‘Maggie Moment’, Maggie talks about how important it is to enable our ...

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Maggie talks Calming Anxious Children on the Play it Forward Podcast

Maggie joined the Wearthy podcast, Play it Forward to discuss calming anxious children. In this ...

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S5 – Help Me Maggie 1: pot-smoking party girl – Parental As Anything ABC Podcast

Party, party, party!  A desperate call for help about an out-of-control teenager. She’s sneaking out, drinking, and ...

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S5 Episode 1 – Your Parents, They Mess You Up – Parental As Anything ABC Podcast

How long did it take for you to say (or shout) the worst thing your ...

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S5 Episode 0 – Introducing Season 5 – Parental As Anything ABC Podcast

Do your kids hate school? Never sleep? Refuse to do anything without a reward? My ...

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🧡 💚 A message for families in the flood disaster 🧡 💚

In the wake of the flood devastation that is still occurring on parts of Australia’s ...

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My message about boys not listening at school

As the school year kicks off, I am getting a few messages from parents and ...

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Living in Toddler Land

Toddlers are hard work! In this ‘Maggie Moment’, parenting author, educator and host of the ...

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Navigating these crazy, crappy, uncertain times as a family

No matter where you are in the world right now there is still no sense ...

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S4 Episode 12 – Parenting Children with ADHD – Parental As Anything ABC Podcast

Is your child fidgety, impulsive or finds it hard to stay focused? Have you ever ...

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S4 Episode 11 – Parenting Autistic Children – Parental As Anything ABC Podcast

One in 70 people in Australia is autistic, so chances are you’ve had an experience ...

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Maggie’s anxiety toolkit – a chat with This Glorious Mess (Big Kids)

Anxiety is one of the biggest topics plaguing parents today. In discussing her new book, ...

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S4 Episode 8 – How to talk to kids about news – Parental As Anything ABC Podcast

With bad news available 24/7, if it’s hard for adults to stay optimistic, how are ...