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Helping Build Self Esteem

In this month’s Maggie Moment, Maggie shares strategies to help us build self-esteem within our ...

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Why today’s teens might surprise you

As a former high school teacher, counsellor and a parent who has raised four sons ...

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The importance of parental ‘swagger’

To begin with I need to acknowledge that the term parental swagger comes from my ...

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Surviving the end of year exhaustion

It will soon be holiday time and what we’re hearing here at Team Maggie HQ ...

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HELP! My child can’t read

I can still remember the day in my first month of teaching high school English ...

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When your child has a ‘favourite’ parent

Gee, it can be tough when our little ones, particularly those under 2 have a ...

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Tackling Big Exams

In this month’s Maggie Moment, Maggie shares her words of wisdom and encouragement for students ...

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Tricky transitions – why they happen, what can help

One of the most significant shifts in understanding the human brain, especially the developing child’s ...

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To homeschool or not to homeschool?

In this month’s Maggie Moment, I share the dilemma that seems to be on many ...

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Dads and daughters in the 21st century

One of the best and most significant cultural changes in the last 20 years, has ...

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Raising resilient, capable girls

Social and cultural norms can be deceptively powerful in conditioning both our girls and boys ...

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Finding Calm & Control in the Chaos of Parenting

Do you ever lay awake at night feeling stressed? Worried? Anxious? Do you find yourself ...

Navigating yet another difficult year with grit, glimmers and hope

How are you doing at the moment? No, really, how are you doing? Are you ...

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Moods: Helping Girls Build Optimism

Have you ever noticed sometimes our little girls, maybe our tween or teen girls, even ...

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The wonder of little girls’ memories

While I was busy researching for my book about young girls, Girlhood: raising our little ...

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What’s your child’s love language?

In this month’s ‘Maggie Moment’, Australian parenting author and educator Maggie Dent explores how our ...

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Helping our girls to be heard

In this month’s ‘Maggie Moment’, Maggie talks about how important it is to enable our ...

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Helping your Young Daughter Find her Sense of Self

Every child is born as a one-off, unique human being. Given genetic gifts or challenges, ...