Blog Category: Maggie Moments

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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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Finding Calm & Control in the Chaos of Parenting

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

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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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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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Protecting our kids from sexual abuse

Trigger warning: This video talks about child sexual abuse and online grooming. If this raises ...

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🧡 💚 A message for families in the flood disaster 🧡 💚

In the wake of the flood devastation that is still occurring on parts of Australia’s ...

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My message about boys not listening at school

As the school year kicks off, I am getting a few messages from parents and ...

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Living in Toddler Land

Toddlers are hard work! In this ‘Maggie Moment’, parenting author, educator and host of the ...

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Interoception: Kids, energy and the body budget

Interoception may be a big word but it’s really helpful to understand if you’re raising ...

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Grandparenting in a pandemic

One thing we have all learnt from COVID-19 is how much extended family really matter. ...

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Shifting kids’ habitual behaviours

Do your children have any habitual responses that are disruptive to your family? In this ...

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Fussy eating in under 5s

In this “Maggie Moment”, one of Australia’s favourite parenting authors and host of the ABC ...

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How to support someone after a major loss

In this “Maggie Moment” Australian parenting author and educator Maggie Dent draws on her many ...

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The Challenges of Being a Gifted Child

We may think being incredibly smart makes life very easy. In this ‘Maggie Moment’, Australian ...

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Death of a beloved pet

In this month’s ‘Maggie Moment’, parenting author and educator Maggie Dent talks about how to ...

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Teen Boys and Anger

In this “Maggie Moment” one of Australia’s favourite parenting authors and dedicated boy champions Maggie ...

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Why Teens Don’t Like to Leave their Comfort Zone

Do you have a teen who finds it hard to spread their wings and leave ...