Blog Category: Discipline & Challenging Behaviour

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S6 Episode 20 – Starting High School – A guide for parents – Parental As Anything ABC Podcast

Starting high school is a massive change for both you and your tween. How do ...

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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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S6 Episode 19 – Help — My kid won’t stop swearing – Parental As Anything ABC Podcast

Like it or not, children will learn to swear from school, videos, even their parents. ...

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The importance of parental ‘swagger’

To begin with I need to acknowledge that the term parental swagger comes from my ...

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ABC News Live Blog Parenting Q&A with Maggie

Maggie was invited by ABC News to answer people’s questions in a live blog on ...

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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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S5 Episode 14 – Help: How can I stop yelling at my kids? – Parental As Anything ABC Podcast

Losing your cool and yelling at your kids feels awful. Everyone feels awful, particularly you. ...

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S5 Episode 10 – Is it time to call death to the sticker chart? – Parental As Anything ABC Podcast

Is your house covered in reward charts for good behaviour? Are they working? While this ...

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S5 Episode 7 – When Your Kid Hates School – Parental As Anything ABC Podcast

School refusal is a big issue, especially in the wake of the pandemic. While most ...

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Helping our girls to be heard

In this month’s ‘Maggie Moment’, Maggie talks about how important it is to enable our ...

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S5 Episode 6 – Help: Why is my kid a sneaky liar? – Parental As Anything ABC Podcast

Is lying an issue in your household? All kids (and actually most adults) lie. At ...

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S5 Episode 5 – Help: Will my only child be spoilt and lonely – Parental As Anything ABC Podcast

There are many stereotypes around only children; that they’re too adult, too spoilt, and lonely. ...

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S5 BONUS Episode – Why your teen simply must sleep – Parental As Anything ABC Podcast

Bonus Episode: Why your teen simply must sleep Sleep deprivation is a silent epidemic among ...

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S5 Episode 2 – Help: Pot-smoking party girl – Parental As Anything ABC Podcast

Party, party, party!  A desperate call for help about an out-of-control teenager. She’s sneaking out, drinking, and ...

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S5 Episode 1 – Your Parents, They Mess You Up – Parental As Anything ABC Podcast

How long did it take for you to say (or shout) the worst thing your ...

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S5 Episode 0 – Introducing Season 5 – Parental As Anything ABC Podcast

Do your kids hate school? Never sleep? Refuse to do anything without a reward? My ...

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Helping boys cope better at school: Tips for teachers and parents

Boys struggling in school, in the Western world, from transition to high school, is not ...

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My message about boys not listening at school

As the school year kicks off, I am getting a few messages from parents and ...