Blog Category: Posts for Parents
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My experience of mothering in the ’80s, compared to today
While I was busy in the ’80s as a mum, I was super lucky to ...
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Helping Your Kids Navigate Australia’s New Social Media Delay
In this month’s Maggie Moment, parenting author, educator and member of the Ctrl+Shft online safety ...
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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 ...