Blog Category: Building Family Relationships

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Maggie joined Liz Keen on the Reality Of Podcast ep 8 on how do we talk to our kids about porn?

Maggie joined Liz Keen on the Reality Of Podcast episode 8 on how do we ...

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Maggie joined Liz Keen on the Reality Of Podcast ep 7 to discuss Regulation & Control

Maggie joined Liz Keen on the Reality Of Podcast episode 7 to discuss Regulation & ...

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S2 – 2025’s Australian Father of the Year — Dr Arne Rubinstein (re-release)

Updated September 2025:  Former medical doctor and now CEO of The Rites of Passage Institute, ...

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What I have learnt about fatherhood from some good-enough dads

It is hard to believe it is 20 years since I began working with dads. ...

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Maggie joined Debbie Reber on the Full-Tilt Parenting Podcast to discuss how to parent, love & support today’s teens.

Maggie joined Debbie Reber on the Full-Tilt Parenting Podcast to discuss how to parent, love ...

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S2 E 12 The Good Enough Dad with Trent Dalton – Rewriting a fractured childhood through beauty, love and hope

Trent Dalton is a two-time Walkley Award-winning journalist and internationally bestselling author whose work has ...

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S2 E 11 The Good Enough Dad with Sean Abbott – Managing fatherhood when your career takes you overseas

Sean Abbott is part of Australia’s cricket team, which means he spends a LOT of ...

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S2 E 10 The Good Enough Dad with Tim Curtis – What surviving a battle zone can teach you about fatherhood

It was three weeks before Tim Curtis met his first-born child, emerging from the jungle ...

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S2 E 8 The Good Enough Dad with Glenn Hall & Ace Buchan – How surfing can build strong family bonds

Professional surfing legends Adrian “Ace” Buchan and Glenn “Micro” Hall join Maggie Dent to reflect ...

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S2 E 7 The Good Enough Dad with Billy Garvey – When being an expert doesn’t give you all the answers

Dr Billy Garvey is an expert in children, working as a specialist in one of ...

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S2 E 6 The Good Enough Dad with Brendan Hodges – Managing fatherhood when you’re a FIFO worker

Raising kids can be hard enough, but how do you manage it when you spend ...

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S2 E 5 The Good Enough Dad with Jamie Durie – Building a family home with solid foundations

Australians might know Jamie Durie best for his incredible backyard makeovers and landscaping artistry, but ...

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S2 E 4 The Good Enough Dad with Cameron Daddo – Keep it simple, put your family first

Cameron Daddo’s career has spanned everything from hosting Perfect Match, to acting and working with directors like ...

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S2 E 3 The Good Enough Dad with Guy Sebastian – Finding common ground for connection

Guy Sebastian’s accolades have only grown since he exploded onto our screens after 2003, winning ...

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S2 E 2 The Good Enough Dad with Josh Cunningham – Surprised by fatherhood in his 40s

In his 40s, musician and member of beloved Aussie band The Waifs, Josh Cunningham thought ...

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S2 E 1 The Good Enough Dad with with Larry Emdur – Nice guys finish last, or do they?

Despite being the ‘most axed man on TV’ Larry Emdur is still winning Logies and ...

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21 Things I have learnt in my first 70 years of life

Turning big ‘0’ birthdays is often a time for reflection and this one has certainly ...

Why the big people raising little people need to prioritise their needs too

The just-released News Corp Great Australian Parent Survey 2025 has revealed some disturbing truths about ...