Blog Category: Posts By Common Concern

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A letter to a 21st Century teen: 10 things I want you to know

Dear Teen, There are so many doomsayers and negative voices speaking despairingly about what’s wrong ...

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Smart parenting: helping your child grow an amazing brain

From the time a baby’s head travels through the birth canal, the brain is being ...

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S1 Episode 2 – Extracurricular activities — are your kids doing too many or not enough? — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast

Football, dance, art classes, karate and scouts. The extracurricular activities your kids can do are ...

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Anxiety around testing is normal

Maggie spoke with Tom Elliott from 3AW’s Drive program about anxiety around testing, why our ...

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Maggie goes Parental As Anything on RN Drive

On the launch of the new ABC podcast Parental As Anything with Maggie Dent, Maggie ...

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Managing kids’ screen time at home

Maggie wrote for ABC Life about how we can better manage screens for our kids ...

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S1 Episode 1 – Screen Time — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast

Research shows Australian kids spend a third of their day in front of a screen. ...

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Please teach your sons about ‘the line in the sand’

  Raising our sons to be the best expression of themselves — whether they are ...

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Helping teen students with death and loss

Every human processes grief differently and depending on a person’s age and capacity for resilience, ...

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Teenage brains are under siege but there are three ways parents can connect

Maggie wrote an analysis piece for the ABC’s news and analysis division on why we ...

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The world needs more kindness warriors

In this age of selfies, Insta updates, over sharing and an incredible fascination with image, ...

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The incredibly simple secret to making mornings in your house more harmonious

A guest post by Allison Davies I am definitely a crabby Mum first thing in ...

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The very real challenges of mothering in the 21st Century

Recently I have had some conversations with mums who have had children up to 15 ...

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How to raise our boys with character

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