Blog Category: Children’s Temperaments: Roosters & Lambs

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Raising rooster children: Parenting Without Power Struggles podcast

Maggie often refers to children’s temperaments as them being somewhere on the ‘rooster’ and ‘lamb’[...]

20
Sep

Article

How to raise our boys with character

… or rather How to raise our boys with character, who will care about themselves,[...]

27
Feb

Article

Become an energy detective for your child

Every parent will struggle at times to maintain their energy levels in order to keep[...]

22
Feb

Article

The exciting and often terrifying paradox of parenting

One of the most fabulous things about being a grandmother is that I get to[...]

22
Feb

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Roosters & Lambs as Teenagers

In this ‘Maggie Moment’, Maggie talks about how temperament may be a factor in how[...]

30
Oct

Article

Helping our children become their best selves

I’ve been chatting with many parents and teachers recently about the pressure and angst which[...]

30
Jul

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Sensitive Kids

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

31
Oct

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Giving boys a great start in life

Shevonne Hunt at Kinderling radio had a chat with Maggie about giving our boys a[...]

15
Jun

Article

When children are hard work …meltdowns, tantrums, screaming and whining.

Babies, toddlers and young children are learning how to do so many things in the[...]

27
Apr

Article

4 Steps to Toddler Genius

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

26
Apr

Article

Sensitive kids starting school

As school holidays run out faster than the water out of the bath, parents know[...]

25
Jan

Article

Helping kids learn to lose well

Increasingly here in Oz we’ve been hearing about violence in junior rugby clubs around the country. On[...]

16
Sep

Article

Getting it ‘just right’ with extra-curricular activities

This article was originally published at Essential Kids in August 2015. I was asked this[...]

25
Aug

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Parenting “Lambs” – our sensitive kids

Maggie talks about our gentler, quieter kids and how to meet their needs.  [...]

17
Jun

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Parenting “Roosters” – our challenging kids

Maggie’s top tips for parenting headstrong, tricky kids.[...]

17
Jun

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Understanding children’s choices

In this ‘Maggie Moment’, Maggie discusses how sometimes we need to see our children’s actions[...]

17
Jun

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Angry children

In this “Maggie Moment”, Maggie talks about why some children vent after school and how[...]

17
Jun

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Dealing with kids’ tantrums

In this “Maggie Moment”, Maggie talks about navigating extended tantrums in older children. Watch more[...]

17
Jun