Blog Category: Early Years, Babies & Toddlers
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The real value in pretend play
“Babies create hypotheses, test them and then relentlessly appraise their findings with the vigour of ...
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The real truth about transitioning into pre-primary in Western Australia
“Children who are pushed too much, too soon, have a much higher chance of ...
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When your child has to start school but they don’t seem ready
In this “Maggie Moment”, Maggie talks about what you can do when your child has ...
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S3 Episode 8 – Teaching your kids body positivity — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
Do you hate your thighs? Your skin? Your post-baby body? Around 80 per cent of ...
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Top Tips: Resources for supporting autistic kids
With the help of our online community, we’ve compiled an extensive list of resources to ...
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S3 Episode 7 – Roosters or Lambs – understanding your children’s personality — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
Do you have a child who is, well, kind of obnoxious? A kid who always ...
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Helping our kids master disappointment
Some years seem to be just full of disappointment. Take those pandemic years for example. ...
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S2 Episode 11 – Fussy eaters — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
“I hate broccoli”, “but the sauce is touching the carrot!”, “Yuk! That’s gross!” If you’ve ...
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Why I believe in the magic of the easter bunny
In this Maggie Moment, one of Australia’s favourite parenting authors Maggie Dent talks about the ...
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S2 Episode 4 – How to help your child make friends — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
For some kids and teenagers, making friends comes easily. But for others, it’s really tough ...
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Things that Build Resilience in Kids
In this “Maggie Moment” Maggie looks at the key components to building resilience in our ...
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Why parenting is really all about neuroplasticity
When our precious babies are born, their brains are full of neurons with no connectors. ...
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Why kids chuck tantrums
Maggie talked to Leigh and Tegan for Mamamia’s This Glorious Mess podcast about the terrible twos, ...
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S2 Episode 3 – How to help your child manage emotions — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
Throwing a tantrum, being naughty and bawling their eyes out. Kids often react to situations ...
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S2 Episode 1 – Is your child ready for school? — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
School is about to start for another year in Australia, and many parents will be ...
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Making your mornings a bit smoother
In this ‘Maggie Moment’, Australia’s ‘queen of common sense parenting’, author and educator Maggie Dent ...
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The magic of movement still really matters in our digital world
Early homo sapiens had to move to survive and we are still biologically wired to ...
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There’s a light at the end of the baby/toddler tunnel… I promise!
I have been back in toddler land for around four and a half years, watching and celebrating ...