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A ‘good enough’ Christmas
Take a quick trip to a shopping centre around Christmas and you will likely witness frenetic rushing, ...
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The comfort of family ritual
As the end of the year comes hurtling toward us, many of us who celebrate ...
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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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Helping your teen girl with volatile emotions
I once shared an article on Facebook written by Susan Stiffelman called Why Is My ...
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Teaching with the teen brain in mind
Over the past 15 years there has been a massive outpouring of research that explores ...
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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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Top Tips for Parents of Preschoolers
In 2015, parenting author and educator Maggie Dent put a post on Facebook asking for ...
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Helping kids learn to lose well
Increasingly here in Oz we’ve been hearing about violence in junior rugby clubs around the country. On ...
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In praise of a common-sense revolution
Recently I was listening to a radio interview with a motoring expert, and a listener ...
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Maggie talks with the Hands Free Mama herself
Few people articulate the challenges and gifts of mothering better than Rachel Macy Stafford. The ...
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Nova 937
Maggie talked about heading back to school, being a new grandma and more with Nathan, ...
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The Importance of Bare Feet
Surely one of the cutest parts of newborn babies is their feet. They are like ...