Blog Category: Screen time, digital & online safety
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Screen addiction
Maggie chatted with Today Tonight about children being addicted to screens view the full post with comments here… ...
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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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Horror movies, GTA and other parents’ boundaries
I recently received a message from a mum of a 7-year-old who was concerned about ...
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Digital abandonment in modern families
Maggie talks about how technology is disconnecting parents and children. Watch more ‘Maggie Moments’, subscribe ...
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Impact of screens on kids under 5
Maggie talks about how iPads, smart phones and other screens impact young kids and how ...
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Angry children
In this “Maggie Moment”, Maggie talks about why some children vent after school and how ...
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Why iPad playgrounds are a bad idea for shops and kids
Can modern childhood get any more weird? In my travels I have found the folks ...
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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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Q&A webinar with parents – 3/02/2014
In this 1 hour recording of a live webinar Q&A conducted between Maggie and a ...
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Healthy Play vs Unhealthy Play
Most of you know how passionate I am about children having childhoods that are as ...
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Facebook addiction
Parenting expert Maggie Dent joins TODAY to discuss the telltale signs of social networking addiction.