Blog Category: Raising Adolescents
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Boys & Mums: the tween years (Part 2 of 2)
In this ‘Maggie Moment’, Maggie talks about parenting boys as they approach their adolescence. Maggie ...
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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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Boys & Mums: the tween years (Part 1 of 2)
In this ‘Maggie Moment’, Maggie talks about the challenges for mums raising boys in the ...
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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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Helping our teen girls shine
I often have mums of teen girls speak to me about how worried they are about ...
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TEDx Youth: Exploring the big question, why am I here?
Joining TEDxYouth@Hale, Maggie addressed young people at Hale School to ask what their spark is.
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Emotional development in adolescence
In this video blog, Maggie talks about how emotional development in adolescence can cause our ...
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The Lost Hour of Sleep for Adolescents & Young Kids
In this “Maggie Moment”, Maggie discusses how today’s children and young adults have lost one ...
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Helping Children & Teens with Transitions
Transitioning from one state of being to another is always challenging. As children and adolescents ...
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Adolescent Brains: What’s Going on Up There?
In this ’Maggie Moment’, Maggie talks about what’s going on in the adolescent brain and ...
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Living with Adolescents
In this “Maggie Moment”, Maggie talks about living with adolescents as they journey on the ...
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Taming the teen stress monster
For many of our teens one thing is certain: stress levels are set to rise ...
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Taming the Stress Monster Handout
A downloadable handout relating to Maggie’s seminar: Taming the Stress Monster in Adolescence: Silence, Stillness ...
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Teen drinking
Good Health magazine sought Maggie’s opinion for an article they were publishing on teens and ...
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Friendless teens
I normally use the word adolescence when writing about the transition stage from child to ...
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Creating a safe place for today’s adolescents
According to the Mission Australia Youth Survey 2020, the top four concerns for young people ...
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The Nightmare of Adolescent Sleep
“One clear casualty of sleep deprivation is learning. That’s a tragedy—a recent tragedy.” — Professor ...