Blog Category: Posts for Parents

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Thrifty Christmas might be the magic pudding

With times being tight as families feel the pressure of rising interest rates, Christmas can ...

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Special compilation Q&A for 2023

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S6 Episode 21 – The best parenting hacks from our listeners, including Hamish Blake – Parental As Anything ABC Podcast 

Nothing truly prepares you for becoming a parent, but some of the best advice comes ...

Simplicity Parenting

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Self- Regulation: How to Help Your Child Build Coping Skills in Challenging Situations

Self-regulation is a hot topic in the parenting and child education space. There is a ...

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Why laughter & lightness really matter right now

The past five years have been incredibly stressful. Not only did we have a worldwide ...

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S1 E2 – The Good Enough Dad with Gus Worland – ‘Chill brother’: the words that made me a better dad

Aiming to be a GOOD dad is important. But you know what? Being a good ...

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S1 E1 – The Good Enough Dad with Hamish Blake – ‘we’re all basically winging it’

Aiming to be a GOOD dad is important. But you know what? Being a good ...

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Seven tips for parenting teen boys: ‘Nagging them is like shouting into a void’ – The Guardian

Teen boys are a universally maligned group, frequently seen as a scourge to orderly society. ...

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Talking fatherhood and mums’ mental load

Maggie joined Fitzy & Wippa with Kate Ritchie on Nova to talk about her new ...

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S6 Episode 20 – Starting High School – A guide for parents – Parental As Anything ABC Podcast

Starting high school is a massive change for both you and your tween. How do ...

Packing things in on the school holidays

I’ve talked a lot about our children’s ‘body-budget’, which is all about how much energy ...

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Five Common Concerns for Today’s Dads

It is over 20 years since I first began spending time with audiences of men ...

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Exam Stress and Anxiety: How to Cope and Tips to Get You into a Power State

In this month’s Maggie Moment, Maggie is dedicated to sharing her powerful tips for students ...

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Raising sensitive lambs in our stressful world

Let’s start at the very beginning – the birth of a child. While we gaze ...

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Some important, awkward conversations that we need to have in our homes

Parents are our children’s first teachers and there are many conversations that they can have ...

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Top Tips: Resources for supporting kids with dyslexia

With the help of our online community, we’ve compiled an extensive list of resources to ...

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Help me stop my son stop from hitting, slapping and kicking!

Every month in my membership community Q&As, I have questions from frustrated parents about little ...