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Saving our children from our chaotic, instant world

In 2003, I published my first book (now out of print) called Saving Our Children ...

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Co-regulation and helping kids to calm down

In this month’s Maggie Moment, Maggie explains the concept of co-regulation, a term that has ...

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Top tips for parenting tweens & teens

In this month’s Maggie Moment, parenting author, educator, and host of The Good Enough Dad ...

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The digital tide is turning, finally.

As a parenting educator, I have read the research especially the neuroscience around the impact ...

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Mythbusting the new social media age restrictions with Kirra Pendergast

Maggie was joined by her Ctrl+Shft colleague, online digital safety expert Kirra Pendergast for a ...

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What I have learnt about fatherhood from some good-enough dads

It is hard to believe it is 20 years since I began working with dads. ...

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Tips to Encourage Your Child’s Solo Play

Help! How can I encourage my child to play independently? In this month’s Maggie Moment, ...

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Why kids need more playtime not more schoolwork

In this month’s Maggie Moment, parenting author, educator, and host of The Good Enough Dad ...

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Why Blaming Parents Helps No One

A guest post from Kirra Pendergast  When a child makes a catastrophic mistake online, the ...

Inspirational Posters – a gift for your home

Click on the images below to download a printable version of these posters (and more) ...

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Keeping our children safe in childcare

Content warning: This blog touches on issues of child sexual abuse and child safety. Last ...

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What every parent should know about kids’ anxiety in under 8s

In this month’s Maggie Moment, parenting author, educator, and host of The Good Enough Dad ...

The true extent of our digital crisis and what needs to be done

This blog contains some frightening statistics that may be hard to read however as parents ...

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Maggie reveals kids are seeing pornography at a very young age – Fitzy & Wippa with Kate on Nova FM

TO ACCESS THIS POST YOU MUST BE LOGGED IN TO MAGGIE'S MEMBERSHIP COMMUNITY Maggie's Members' ...

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Why sibling conflict happens and how to deal with it

In this month’s Maggie Moment, parenting author, educator, and host of The Good Enough Dad ...

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Meet The Podcaster: The Good Enough Dad with Maggie Dent

This month, our ‘Meet the Podcaster’ series continues with the wise Maggie Dent – host ...

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Raising our children to like themselves

Recently, together with my friend Dr Vanessa Lapointe and a team of helpers, I ran ...

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Maggie Dent joins Ginny Yurich – 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Maggie Dent joins Ginny Yurich on the 1000 Hours Outside Podcast for a critical conversation ...