Blog Category: Posts By Common Concern

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The comfort of family ritual

As the end of the year comes hurtling toward us, many of us who celebrate ...

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Potty Mouth Kids

Recently a mum was telling me how her 5-year-old daughter, in a casual kitchen setting, ...

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6 year old boy fidgety in school – 9 Things Q&A

Maggie responds to a participant question about helping a young boy who is fidgety in school. ...

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Helping your teen girl with volatile emotions

I once shared an article on Facebook written by Susan Stiffelman called Why Is My ...

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Teaching with the teen brain in mind

Over the past 15 years there has been a massive outpouring of research that explores ...

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Teen Boys & Gaming: The 10 Agreements for Healthy Balance

Recently a mum of 15-year-old boy came up and asked me a frequently asked question: ...

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Children’s books & resources to help with death, dying and illness

Below is a list of Australian books that may be helpful to assist children under ...

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Top Tips for Parents of Preschoolers

In 2015, parenting author and educator Maggie Dent put a post on Facebook asking for ...

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Helping kids learn to lose well

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

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In praise of a common-sense revolution

Recently I was listening to a radio interview with a motoring expert, and a listener ...

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Maggie talks with the Hands Free Mama herself

Few people articulate the challenges and gifts of mothering better than Rachel Macy Stafford. The ...

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Nova 937

Maggie talked about heading back to school, being a new grandma and more with Nathan, ...

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The Importance of Bare Feet

Surely one of the cutest parts of newborn babies is their feet. They are like ...