Blog Category: Raising Boys

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Anxious kids, worried parents

ABC Perth’s Gillian O’Shaughnessy hosted a one-hour forum on anxiety in childhood, featuring Maggie and ...

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The one question mums of sons should ask

As a mother of four sons, a former boys’ basketball coach, counsellor and a secondary ...

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Angry Boys

This article was first published in Kids in the City/Kids on the Coast   Sadly, despite ...

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Dear mums of smelly, unmotivated, lazy, moody and confused 14-year-old boys

“The problem I am having is with my 14-year-old son who does not apply himself ...

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Little boys beginning big school

We have seen some disturbing trends in recent times: Increasing number of 4-6-year-old boys being ...

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6 year old boy fidgety in school – 9 Things Q&A

Maggie responds to a participant question about helping a young boy who is fidgety in school. ...

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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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Boys, Boys, Boys – Feature article

On the eve of the release of 9 Things: A back-to-basics guide to calm, common-sense, ...

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Parenting imperfectly

Maggie joined Perth’s NOVA 937 brekky crew Nathan, Nat and Shaun to talk about her ...

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Top Tips: Books to inspire struggling readers to get into reading

This list is compiled from our community to share their favourite books to hook readers ...

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Why schools are failing our boys

Boys will be boys, they tell us, but how many of us actually take this ...

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Kids and gaming

Updated: September 2025 Gaming on a computer or device is a wildly popular pastime for ...

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Why boys need a boyhood to become good men

Given the current deep community outpourings of concern for the senseless violence present on Australian ...

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What Boys Need Most

“Boys are found everywhere, on top of, underneath, inside of, climbing on, swinging from, running ...