Blog Category: Raising Adolescents

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S1 Episode 10 – How to raise boys — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast

There are challenges with raising boys that only the parents of sons will understand. Like ...

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S1 Episode 9 – How to raise girls — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast

In this episode, Maggie talks with Steve Biddulph — one of Australia’s foremost experts on ...

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Please help me with my lazy, unmotivated 18yo son who is stuck on the couch and going nowhere

It has only been in the past few years that I have started to hear ...

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S1 Episode 4 – Cyberbullying — what you need to know to keep your children safe — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast

Is your child on Snapchat, Instagram or Facebook? Ninety-one per cent of Australian teenagers use ...

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

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

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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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How to raise our boys with character

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

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Top Tips for Teens: How to nurture yourself

What Protects and Nurtures You? There are positive, life-affirming ways and life-negating ways of overcoming ...

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Top Tips for Caring Communication with Teens

The task of ‘lighthouses’ is to help young people find their unique strengths and weaknesses, ...

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Why emotional turmoil in adolescence is normal

I care deeply about young people and have done since I too was a moody, ...

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Today’s parents and teens: the generation chasm

There has always been a generation gap between parents and teens. Things change from one ...

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Why I’m glad my sons took up surfing

Pic: The four Dent lads at the Pipeline break, North Shore Hawaii When I grew ...

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Talking to Teens about Alcohol and Other Drugs

Before the digital world came flooding through our schools and homes, adults were the bringers ...