Blog Category: Raising Boys
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S4 Episode 2 – Teenage Boys — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
One minute your son is laughing about farts and driving you mad because he can’t ...
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S4 Episode 1 – How to be a good parent — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
Have you ever Googled ‘how to be a good parent’? You’re not alone — it’s ...
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Advice for teen boys from men who’ve been there
When I was doing research for my 2020 book “From Boys to Men”, it was ...
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Connecting with teen boys
In this conversation, US-based family therapist and parenting author Susan Stiffelman speaks with Maggie in ...
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Raising the rooster-orchid child
For those who are not familiar with my work, I often talk about the ...
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S3 Episode 8 – Teaching your kids body positivity — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
Do you hate your thighs? Your skin? Your post-baby body? Around 80 per cent of ...
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S3 Episode 7 – Roosters or Lambs – understanding your children’s personality — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
Do you have a child who is, well, kind of obnoxious? A kid who always ...
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Communicating with teen boys – Weekend Sunrise
Maggie joined the Sunrise team to talk about how teen boys today are suffering. She ...
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How to create a boy tribe
In this “Maggie Moment” from one of Australia’s favourite parenting authors and educators Maggie Dent ...
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S3 Episode 6 – How to co-parent well — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
Sometimes the hardest part about raising a child is the disagreements you have with your ...
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S3 Episode 5 – Solo parents — raising kids on your own — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
Around 14 per cent of Australian families have a sole parent. Some parents planned it ...
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S3 BONUS Episode — Money management for kids — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
Scary fact: kids learn their money habits at home. So how do you help them ...
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S3 Episode 4 – How to get your kids to do chores — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
“How many times do I have to ask you to…?” Sound familiar? There are lots ...
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S3 Episode 3 – How to help kids deal with death and loss — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
Telling a child someone they love has died will be one of the toughest things ...
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From Boys to Men – ChildSafe Australia FB Live
Maggie chatted to Childsafe Australia CEO Neil Milton for a one-hour FB Live event for ...
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Why I’m so worried about the cost of a lost boyhood for our teenage sons
Like toddlerhood, adolescence is such a paradoxical time in our children’s lives and there are ...
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ABC Conversations: Helping teenage boys grow into good men
Maggie was delighted to be invited back into the ABC Conversations studio with the very ...
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Raising teen sons: Beanstalk single mums podcast
Maggie spoke with Lucy Good at the Beanstalk Single Mums podcast about her new book ...