Blog Category: Raising Boys

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Lets’ talk about it: Communicating with teen boys

In this extract from From Boys to Men published at The Parents Website, Maggie offers her ...

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Talking teen boys “At the Table” podcast with the Fathering Channel

Maggie chatted to The Fathering Project CEO Káti Gapaillard about how parents – particularly dads ...

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S3 Episode 2 – Kids and online gaming — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast

Online gaming is massive and if your child loves playing them, you’ll know the struggle ...

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Maggie on The Morning Show

Lightening up around our teen sons Maggie joined Larry and Kylie from The Morning Show ...

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From Boys to Men on Sunrise

Maggie joined Sam and Kochie from Sunrise to chat about her new book From Boys ...

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Why our tween and teen boys need a safe adult tribe

All tweens and teens benefit from having a safe circle of grownups somewhere in their ...

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Forgetful boys

In this “Maggie Moment”, Australian parenting author, educator and host of the ABC Parental As ...

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S3 Episode 1 – What’s it like to be a modern dad? — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast

We get it dads. You’re sick of people who say you’re ‘babysitting’ when you look ...

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Understanding teen boys’ anger

Let’s be honest. We all get angry at times and that is because it is ...

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The Road to Resilience

Maggie spoke to Rachel Cram on the Family 360 Podcast in a two-part show on ...

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Helping boys understand loss and death

Even as adults we find significant loss experiences of any kind hurt. So we can ...

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Why parenting is all about neuroplasticity

Maggie spoke with Shevonne Hunt for Babyology’s Feed Play Love podcast about one of her ...

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Why boys do cry & need to – Unruffled with Janet Lansbury podcast

Maggie joined her colleague and friend Janet Lansbury for her wonderful UNRUFFLED podcast to talk ...

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Boys and Fortnite

In this ‘Maggie Moment’, parenting author, educator and author of “Mothering Our Boys” Maggie Dent ...

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Boys and anxiety

To celebrate the 1st birthday of her book Mothering Our Boys, Maggie chatted with ABC ...

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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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Good chat podcast: Maggie ‘the man whisperer’

When Matt Tinney decided to do a series of chats with men for his “MEN ...

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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 ...