Blog Category: Posts for Parents
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S3 Episode 7 – Roosters or Lambs – understanding your children’s personality — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
Do you have a child who is, well, kind of obnoxious? A kid who always ...
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Communicating with teen boys – Weekend Sunrise
Maggie joined the Sunrise team to talk about how teen boys today are suffering. She ...
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How to create a boy tribe
In this “Maggie Moment” from one of Australia’s favourite parenting authors and educators Maggie Dent ...
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Helping our kids master disappointment
Some years seem to be just full of disappointment. Take those pandemic years for example. ...
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S3 Episode 6 – How to co-parent well — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
Sometimes the hardest part about raising a child is the disagreements you have with your ...
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S3 Episode 5 – Solo parents — raising kids on your own — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
Around 14 per cent of Australian families have a sole parent. Some parents planned it ...
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S3 BONUS Episode — Money management for kids — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
Scary fact: kids learn their money habits at home. So how do you help them ...
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Tweens, Teens and Phones
In this ‘Maggie Moment’, parenting author, educator and author of the 2020 release “From Boys ...
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S3 Episode 4 – How to get your kids to do chores — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
“How many times do I have to ask you to…?” Sound familiar? There are lots ...
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The scary reality of a teen’s search for identity in a world of socials, selfies and fake news
Updated September 2025 One of the fundamental biological drivers of adolescence is the search for ...
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Top Tips: Best resources for supporting kids with ADHD
We reached out to our online community for their favourite books, online resources and experts ...
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S3 Episode 3 – How to help kids deal with death and loss — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
Telling a child someone they love has died will be one of the toughest things ...
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From Boys to Men – ChildSafe Australia FB Live
Maggie chatted to Childsafe Australia CEO Neil Milton for a one-hour FB Live event for ...
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Why I’m so worried about the cost of a lost boyhood for our teenage sons
Like toddlerhood, adolescence is such a paradoxical time in our children’s lives and there are ...
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ABC Conversations: Helping teenage boys grow into good men
Maggie was delighted to be invited back into the ABC Conversations studio with the very ...
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Raising teen sons: Beanstalk single mums podcast
Maggie spoke with Lucy Good at the Beanstalk Single Mums podcast about her new book ...
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Growing boys into men with Mamamia’s This Glorious Mess podcast
Maggie chatted to Andrew and Holly on Mamamia’s This Glorious Mess podcast this week. Take ...