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In defence of today’s ‘helicopter’ parents
Over the last couple of months I have been blessed to have been able to ...
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Moody Teen or a Real Worry?
In this ‘Maggie Moment’, Australian parenting author and educator Maggie Dent talks about how to ...
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Dealing with your anger as a parent
As a parent there are going to be days when you have run out of ...
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Fathering alone
In this ‘Maggie Moment’, Maggie talks about how fathers who are sole parenting can be ...
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Coping as a sad, absent grandparent
A couple of months ago I wrote this blog about becoming a grandparent for the ...
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The one question mums of sons should ask
As a mother of four sons, a former boys’ basketball coach, counsellor and a secondary ...
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Raising Awesome Teens in a Chaotic, Sexualised World
updated: 4 September 2025 with an afterword by Steve Biddulph This story in the media ...
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The things you don’t realise about being a grandparent
Recently one of my best and longest-serving girlfriends became a grandmother. I am beyond thrilled ...
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Boys’ behaviour is their language
In this “Maggie Moment”, Maggie talks about how boys are often conditioned to respond with ...
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Help! My child is stealing things
For more information, resources and inspiration, visit www.maggiedent.com Watch more ‘Maggie Moments’, subscribe to my ...
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Being a wise, ‘wonder woman’ teen girl out and about
** updated 2021 ** As our girls get older and want to stretch their wings ...
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When children tell lies
In this ‘Maggie Moment’ Maggie talks about why children tell lies, how to respond and ...
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Top Tips: List of books on separation & divorce to help kids
One of the mums in our FB community was looking for suggestions for children’s books ...
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Dear mums of smelly, unmotivated, lazy, moody and confused 14-year-old boys
“The problem I am having is with my 14-year-old son who does not apply himself ...
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Preparing kids for a divorce
A sad topic, but a necessary one. How do we prepare our children for an ...
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When children are hard work…meltdowns, tantrums, screaming and whining
Babies, toddlers and young children are learning how to do so many things in the ...
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When kids’ silliness becomes too much
In this ‘Maggie Moment’, Maggie talks about how to handle it when children’s silliness gets ...
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Healing our profound wound of human disconnectedness
The latest suicide figures from the ABS are alarming, worrying and hide a world full ...