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Creating risk in a risk-averse society: ABC Nightlife
Maggie joined one of the longest-running national ABC radio programs, Nightlife, to discuss why risk ...
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In defence of today’s ‘helicopter’ parents
Over the last couple of months I have been blessed to have been able to ...
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The rise of the nan van: The role grandparents play in parenting – ABC Brisbane
Research from Queensland’s motoring authority, RACQ, shows nearly 1 in 3 cars having baby/toddler car ...
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Moody Teen or a Real Worry?
In this ‘Maggie Moment’, Australian parenting author and educator Maggie Dent talks about how to ...
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To praise or not to praise
Over the past couple of weeks I have been immersed in toddler land with my ...
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Dealing with your anger as a parent
As a parent there are going to be days when you have run out of ...
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Maggie Dent on how to talk to young kids when someone they love dies – ABC Radio
Maggie Dent, who has supported many children and parents when someone they love has died, ...
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Fathering alone
In this ‘Maggie Moment’, Maggie talks about how fathers who are sole parenting can be ...
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Coping as a sad, absent grandparent
A couple of months ago I wrote this blog about becoming a grandparent for the ...
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Building Connectedness in the Classroom
An extract from Maggie’s ebook, Dare to Be An Exceptional Teacher The best-kept secret to ...
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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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Go Slow Parenting Podcast
Maggie shared some audio from her 9 Things Online Course with US-based website iMothering.com. Image credit: ...
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Why won’t my kids play outside?
It must be annoying for many parents today who hear stories from older folk like ...
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Raising Awesome Teens in a Chaotic, Sexualised World
updated: 4 September 2025 with an afterword by Steve Biddulph This story in the media ...
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Expectations: a help or a hindrance?
It is that time – that once every four years time where dreams are made ...
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The ‘birds and the bees’
Cushla Travers from ABC Kimberley spoke with Maggie to get some important advice on how to ...