Blog Category: Posts By Common Concern

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Very reactive 4 year old boy hits and kicks when things don’t go his way – 9 Things Q&A Oct 2016

As part of one of our regular online course Q&A sessions, Maggie responded to one ...

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Making kids feel safe in 24/7 bad news cycle

When I heard the devastating news last week that four lives were lost (and many ...

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Secrets of Successful Teaching-Positive Schools 2016

Maggie wrote for The Positive Times of the Secrets to Successful Teaching following her presentation ...

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Teen girl excluded at school

As part of one of our regular online course Q&A sessions, Maggie responded to a ...

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Creating risk in a risk-averse society: ABC Nightlife

Maggie joined one of the longest-running national ABC radio programs, Nightlife, to discuss why risk ...

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In defence of today’s ‘helicopter’ parents

Over the last couple of months I have been blessed to have been able to ...

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The rise of the nan van: The role grandparents play in parenting – ABC Brisbane

Research from Queensland’s motoring authority, RACQ, shows nearly 1 in 3 cars having baby/toddler car ...

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Moody Teen or a Real Worry?

In this ‘Maggie Moment’, Australian parenting author and educator Maggie Dent talks about how to ...

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To praise or not to praise

Over the past couple of weeks I have been immersed in toddler land with my ...

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Raising emotionally resilient boys

Maggie chatted to Kinderling Kids Radio about how to raise boys to be resilient and ...

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Dealing with your anger as a parent

As a parent there are going to be days when you have run out of ...

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Maggie Dent on how to talk to young kids when someone they love dies – ABC Radio

Maggie Dent, who has supported many children and parents when someone they love has died, ...

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Fathering alone

In this ‘Maggie Moment’, Maggie talks about how fathers who are sole parenting can be ...

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Coping as a sad, absent grandparent

A couple of months ago I wrote this blog about becoming a grandparent for the ...

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Building Connectedness in the Classroom

Maggie wrote for the Positive Times about the best-kept secret to exceptional education — relationship. ...

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Anxious kids, worried parents

ABC Perth’s Gillian O’Shaughnessy hosted a one-hour forum on anxiety in childhood, featuring Maggie and ...

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The boy who wants to ban homework

8-year-old Perth boy Christian has written to the Prime Minister urging a nationwide ban on ...

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The one question mums of sons should ask

As a mother of four sons, a former boys’ basketball coach, counsellor and a secondary ...