Blog Category: Anxiety & Fear / Calming Children
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Instant calm: the secret of the ‘tickle spot’
You may have heard Maggie talk about the ‘tickle point’ and its amazing capacity to ...
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The one important thing all our kids should learn about
A guest post by Dr Kaylene Henderson Many of us watch on as our children ...
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Anxiety around testing is normal
Maggie spoke with Tom Elliott from 3AW’s Drive program about anxiety around testing, why our ...
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Calming today’s anxious kids
Maggie joined Monique and Basil on Weekend Sunrise to talk about why kids today are ...
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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 ...
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Tips for busting phobias & fears for frightened children
It is normal for many young children to have irrational fears like being frightened of ...
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Sensitive Kids
In this ‘Maggie Moment’, Australian parenting author, educator and resilience specialist Maggie Dent talks about ...
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Best books and resources for supporting kids with anxiety
In March 2017, parenting author and educator Maggie Dent put a post on Facebook asking ...
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Finding calm amidst the holiday chaos
Let’s begin by remembering that emotional contagion is real – we are influenced by the ...
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Making kids feel safe in 24/7 bad news cycle
When I heard the devastating news last week that four lives were lost (and many ...
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In defence of today’s ‘helicopter’ parents
Over the last couple of months I have been blessed to have been able to ...
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Anxious kids, worried parents
ABC Perth’s Gillian O’Shaughnessy hosted a one-hour forum on anxiety in childhood, featuring Maggie and ...
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Go Slow Parenting Podcast
Maggie shared some audio from her 9 Things Online Course with US-based website iMothering.com. Image credit: ...
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Healing our profound wound of human disconnectedness
The latest suicide figures from the ABS are alarming, worrying and hide a world full ...
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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 ...
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Connecting with kids: building love bridges
In this ‘Maggie Moment’, Maggie talks about how quality time can be a rare commodity for ...
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Maggie talks with the Hands Free Mama herself
Few people articulate the challenges and gifts of mothering better than Rachel Macy Stafford. The ...
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Teaching kids self-regulation
In this “Maggie Moment”, Maggie talks about the challenge of self-regulation and how to help ...