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Adolescence Unplugged Parents Handout

This handout accompanies Maggie’s popular seminar Adolescence Unplugged. Download PDF: AdolescenceUnplugged_PARENTS2020

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Childhood stress: Why (and how) we all need to calm down

Increasingly, scientists are linking stress in infancy and childhood to the soaring numbers of people ...

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Show caution when implementing change

In this article forTeachers Matter, Maggie writes about changing fads in education and how we ...

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Family meetings

Technically a family operates like a small organisation, like a community or even a small ...

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Sensitive kids starting school

As school holidays run out faster than the water out of the bath, parents know ...

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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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Adolescent Life Skills – FREE Download

What skills do adolescents need in their kit bag for life when they venture into ...

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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 ...