Blog Category: Posts for Parents
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Best play/nature-based schools & early years centres in WA
As referred by followers on Maggie Dent’s Facebook page September 2021 A summary of people’s ...
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Fragile boy friendships and why they matter so much
How we can help our boys be good mates. In my life from my ...
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Defusing your anger as a parent… the Parental Pause
In this video, one of Australia’s favourite parenting authors Maggie Dent, “queen of common sense”, ...
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Important information re starting age for pre-primary in WA
2020 Update: Please sign Maggie’s petition to Premier Mark McGowan to give concerned WA parents ...
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Dear Little Boys: Parenting Boys Through the Early Years
This handout is from Maggie’s Dear Little Boys seminar. Download file: Dear Little Boys for Parents ...
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Wonderful Juicy Wise Women Handout
This handout is from Maggie’s Wonderful Juicy Wise Women:Celebrating the Path seminar. Download file Wonderful Juicy ...
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Everyday Learning about Grief and Loss and Children
This handout is from Maggie’s Everyday Learning about Grief and Loss and Children topic. Download ...
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You thought toddlers were tough? Teens are like toddlers with hormones
In the leadup to her Masterclass — Raising Teens, bringing together some of Australia’s leading ...
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Too many toys?
Maggie spoke with ABC Radio in Perth about whether too many toys can limit creativity ...
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Why you’ll never be the perfect parent … and that’s OK
Maggie was interviewed by Huffpost Australia about why perfectionism, comparison and judgement in parenting are ...
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Bringing mindfulness home: tips for parents
In my childhood I was marinated in nature. As a farmer’s daughter I spent hours ...
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Dealing with sibling rivalry – Part 2
Maggie talks about the challenge of sibling rivalry, why sibling rivalry is biologically normal, how ...
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Giving your kids the greatest gift of all: life skills
Life skills are more important than we might realise. I have had Year 1 teachers ...
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Best books and resources for supporting kids with anxiety
In March 2017, parenting author and educator Maggie Dent put a post on Facebook asking ...
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How to Cope with Chaos at Home
In this “Maggie Moment”, popular Australian parenting author, educator and resilience specialist Maggie Dent talks ...
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The only three rules that matter: KISS parenting
There are so many parenting styles floating around in the sleep-deprived, chaotic world that is ...
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When Parents Separate
This ‘Maggie Moment’ is about supporting children after a separation. Maggie discusses ways of explaining relationship ...
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Beware the teen tipping point
Helping our teens to cope, conquer and shine Technically adolescence starts well before the age ...