Blog Category: Raising Boys

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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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The 5 things your son isn’t telling you

For many boys – not all boys – being able to communicate their unmet needs, ...

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How to be the mum your boys need you to be

Maggie joined Gareth Parker from 6PR in Perth to chat about mothering boys: Listen on ...

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Mothers and sons – ABC Nightlife

Maggie had a one-hour chat on ABC’s Nightlife about mothers and their sons in the ...

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Raising Boys With Love: ABC Conversations 2018

Maggie joined Sarah Kanowski from ABC Conversations to chat about what it’s like to raise ...

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Tackling stereotypes and raising good men

ABC Radio National’s Life Matters program chatted to Maggie about her new book, Mothering Our ...

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Does your son need more time before he starts school?

An extract from Maggie’s new book, Mothering Our Boys, on making the decision about whether ...

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HELP! What is wrong with my son’s memory?

Have you had the experience of sending your son off to his bedroom to get ...

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What dads offer their sons and daughters

Maggie chatted to Little Rockers Radio about the important role that fathers play in raising ...

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Raising boys to become good men with Steve Biddulph

Maggie and Steve Biddulph joined Weekend Sunrise to discuss a common-sense approach to raising boys ...

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5 tricky times in boyhood that every parent needs to understand

  So often, as parents we find ourselves asking: What’s happening with my boy? Over ...

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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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OMG What WAS he thinking?

Over the last 40 years as a teacher, counsellor, parent, aunty and friend I have ...

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When fathers are tough, inflexible and unloving

Over the years I have been asked many times by mums about what they can ...