Blog Category: Anxiety & Fear / Calming Children

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Calming today’s anxious kids

Maggie joined Monique and Basil on Weekend Sunrise to talk about why kids today are[...]

14
May

Article

The incredibly simple secret to making mornings in your house more harmonious

A guest post by Allison Davies I am definitely a crabby Mum first thing in[...]

03
Apr

Audio

Why parenting today is harder than it used to be – Kinderling Radio

Kinderling Kids Radio chatted to Maggie about why parenting is harder today than ever before…[...]

01
Aug

Article

Parenting hacks for a calmer home

This article was first published at Essential Kids. Everywhere I go around Australia parents tell[...]

01
Jul

Article

Tips for busting phobias & fears for frightened children

This article was original published at Essential Kids. It is normal for many young children[...]

06
Nov

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Sensitive Kids

In this ‘Maggie Moment’, Australian parenting author, educator and resilience specialist Maggie Dent talks about[...]

31
Oct

Article

Bringing mindfulness home: tips for parents

As a proud ambassador of meditation app Smiling Mind, Maggie wrote about how to create[...]

27
Jul

Article

Best books and resources for supporting kids with anxiety

In March 2017, parenting author and educator Maggie Dent put a post on Facebook asking[...]

11
Jul

Article

We need to talk about the power of touch

In many ways touch has been contaminated by our fear-based world. We have let our[...]

30
Jan

Article

Finding calm amidst the holiday chaos

Let’s begin by remembering that emotional contagion is real – we are influenced by the[...]

14
Dec

Article

A good dog helps kids care

This article was originally published at Essential Kids. Parenting is a tough gig and in[...]

06
Dec

Article

Making kids feel safe in 24/7 bad news cycle

This article was originally published at Essential Kids. Read full report. When I heard the[...]

14
Nov

Article

In defence of today’s ‘helicopter’ parents

Over the last couple of months I have been blessed to have been able to[...]

27
Oct

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

Audio

Go Slow Parenting Podcast

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

22
Aug

Article

4 Steps to Toddler Genius

Toddlers are wired to explore, investigate, question and be curious so that they may come[...]

26
Apr

Article

Healing our profound wound of human disconnectedness

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

23
Mar

Article

Childhood stress: Why (and how) we all need to calm down

Increasingly, scientists are linking stress in infancy and childhood to the soaring numbers of people[...]

23
Feb