Blog Category: Building Family Relationships
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S1 E4 – The Good Enough Dad with Ben Hannant – Why head counts are important with big families
Ben Hannant had a kid nearly every year of his professional NRL career. He retired ...
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Why laughter & lightness really matter right now
The past five years have been incredibly stressful. Not only did we have a worldwide ...
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S1 E3 The Good Enough Dad – John Butler on self-regulation, inter-generational trauma & touring with kids
Musician John Butler says the “genetic psyche” of his family shattered the moment his grandfather ...
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S1 E2 – The Good Enough Dad with Gus Worland – ‘Chill brother’: the words that made me a better dad
Aiming to be a GOOD dad is important. But you know what? Being a good ...
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S1 E1 – The Good Enough Dad with Hamish Blake – ‘we’re all basically winging it’
Aiming to be a GOOD dad is important. But you know what? Being a good ...
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Five Common Concerns for Today’s Dads
It is over 20 years since I first began spending time with audiences of men ...
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Cracking the Code: Is My Child’s Behaviour ‘Normal?’
We get asked a tonne of parenting questions every day from our wonderful community. Parents ...
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The Power of Storytelling – Building values, connection and fun for our children
In one of Maggie’s blogs, she wrote about the importance of having genuine verbal communication ...
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S6 Episode 3 – Burnout — Why you secretly hate parenting – Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
Exhausted? Stressed? Angry? Sick of being a parent? Maybe it’s not typical fatigue from taking ...
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Surviving the end of year exhaustion
It will soon be holiday time and what we’re hearing here at Team Maggie HQ ...
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When your child has a ‘favourite’ parent
Gee, it can be tough when our little ones, particularly those under 2 have a ...
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Channel 7 Perth: The parental pressure of ‘doing it all’
Maggie joined Channel 7 in Perth recently where she talks about the pressure of ‘doing ...
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Tricky transitions – why they happen, what can help
One of the most significant shifts in understanding the human brain, especially the developing child’s ...
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To homeschool or not to homeschool?
In this month’s Maggie Moment, I share the dilemma that seems to be on many ...
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S5 Episode 18 – Help: Devices are ruining dinnertime – Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
Remember family dinners growing up, sitting around the dinner table talking about your day while ...
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S5 Episode 16 – How to parent spirited kids without losing your mind – Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
Wild. Defiant. Intense. LOUD. Spirited kids are called lots of things and when you meet ...
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Navigating difficult times with grit, glimmers and hope
How are you doing at the moment? No, really, how are you doing? Are you ...
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ABC Compass: Sacred Space with Maggie Dent
Maggie spent the day with Geraldine Doogue where she shares her sacred place, an ocean ...