Blog Category: Newsletter Articles
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Saving our children from our chaotic, instant world
In 2003, I published my first book (now out of print) called Saving Our Children ...
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The digital tide is turning, finally.
As a parenting educator, I have read the research especially the neuroscience around the impact ...
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What I have learnt about fatherhood from some good-enough dads
It is hard to believe it is 20 years since I began working with dads. ...
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Why Blaming Parents Helps No One
A guest post from Kirra Pendergast When a child makes a catastrophic mistake online, the ...
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Keeping our children safe in childcare
Content warning: This blog touches on issues of child sexual abuse and child safety. Last ...
The true extent of our digital crisis and what needs to be done
This blog contains some frightening statistics that may be hard to read however as parents ...
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Raising our children to like themselves
Recently, together with my friend Dr Vanessa Lapointe and a team of helpers, I ran ...
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Helping teens find their own inner compass
The last month or so, much has been shared in the media and on socials ...
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21 Things I have learnt in my first 70 years of life
Turning big ‘0’ birthdays is often a time for reflection and this one has certainly ...
Why the big people raising little people need to prioritise their needs too
The just-released News Corp Great Australian Parent Survey 2025 has revealed some disturbing truths about ...
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Some things I’ve learnt about parenting, friendship, work, loss and ageing from Maggie Dent
By Carmen Myler I first heard about Maggie Dent when I saw a flyer for ...
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Creating Effective, Happy Families in 2025: Insights from Chat GPT on Maggie Dent’s Philosophies around Parenting
As we step further into 2025, family dynamics are evolving at a rapid pace. The ...
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Why are so many of our kids, teens & adults feeling so lonely?
“In 2022, just over 1 in 6 (16%) Australians were experiencing loneliness. As of 2022, ...
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Teens & Cars: What parents need to know
The death of any child is horrendous for parents. Multiple deaths, especially of family members ...
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‘It’s out of control… it’s insidious… it’s not okay’: Sexual Harassment of Teachers Report
A couple of years ago, the team at Collective Shout and I found ourselves comparing ...
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Changing Schools: Meeting the challenges of a broken system
A few weeks ago, I posted this on I am a country government-educated woman and ...
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Why our teens need to learn about failure
Every caring parent wants to protect their children from any form of suffering. This ...
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Raising caring humans in an uncaring world
Our world seems to be in quite a lot of turmoil at the moment. ...