Blog Category: Posts for Parents
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In praise of a common-sense revolution
Recently I was listening to a radio interview with a motoring expert, and a listener ...
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Maggie talks with the Hands Free Mama herself
Few people articulate the challenges and gifts of mothering better than Rachel Macy Stafford. The ...
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Nova 937
Maggie talked about heading back to school, being a new grandma and more with Nathan, ...
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The Importance of Bare Feet
Surely one of the cutest parts of newborn babies is their feet. They are like ...
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Hitting, biting and other parenting challenges
In this ‘Maggie Moment’, Maggie Dent talks about challenging childhood behaviours. Maggie looks at what ...
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Horror movies, GTA and other parents’ boundaries
I recently received a message from a mum of a 7-year-old who was concerned about ...
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Getting it ‘just right’ with extra-curricular activities
I was asked this week to comment for a national current affairs TV program about ...
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The school pickup war zone
Thanks to the rapid changes in technology especially smart phones, well-meaning parents are much more ...
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Raising girls in a sexualised world
In this ‘Maggie moment’, Maggie shares her concerns for girls today in particular their exposure ...
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When kids are mean: relational aggression
In this ‘Maggie Moment’, Maggie talks about what to do when your child has been ...
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Top 5 Tips for Today’s Parents
Recently during an interview on Channel 9 in Perth I was asked what my five ...
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Sibling rivalry: one of life’s great teachers
Sibling rivalry is such a hot potato – no matter how many books we read, ...
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Perfectionism in children
In this “Maggie Moment”, Maggie talks about the unintended phenomenon of unhealthy perfectionism and unhealthy ...
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Parenting Only Children
In this ”Maggie Moment”, Maggie talks about the challenges of parenting only children and dispels ...
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Helping children to make friends
Maggie urges parents to see their children’s behaviour through a child’s eyes.
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Understanding children’s choices
In this ‘Maggie Moment’, Maggie discusses how sometimes we need to see our children’s actions ...
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Celebrating Dads
With Father’s Day falling in September in Australia, this month Maggie talks about why Dads ...
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TEDx Youth: Exploring the big question, why am I here?
Joining TEDxYouth@Hale, Maggie addressed young people at Hale School to ask what their spark is.