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Self compassion for parents
In this month’s Maggie Moment, parenting author, educator, and host of the ‘Parental As Anything’ ...
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A shift of priorities for teen boys in high school
I am focusing this blog on teen boys as, statistically, they are struggling in ...
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The Queen (of Common Sense)’s Christmas Message 2023
A quick Christmas video message from Maggie… in which she offers her tips for having ...
Creating intentional pockets of joy in your family
I had my almost 4-year-old grandson spend an afternoon with me last week and all ...
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The Secret to Raising Resilient Kids: Embrace (and Model) Failure
Kids are prone to making poor choices – dropping things, drawing on the wrong things ...
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Self- Regulation: How to Help Your Child Build Coping Skills in Challenging Situations
Self-regulation is a hot topic in the parenting and child education space. There is a ...
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Why laughter & lightness really matter right now
The past five years have been incredibly stressful. Not only did we have a worldwide ...
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Five Common Concerns for Today’s Dads
It is over 20 years since I first began spending time with audiences of men ...
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Exam Stress and Anxiety: How to Cope and Tips to Get You into a Power State
In this month’s Maggie Moment, Maggie is dedicated to sharing her powerful tips for students ...
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Raising sensitive lambs in our stressful world
Let’s start at the very beginning – the birth of a child. While we gaze ...
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Cracking the Code: Is My Child’s Behaviour ‘Normal?’
We get asked a tonne of parenting questions every day from our wonderful community. Parents ...
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Some important, awkward conversations that we need to have in our homes
Parents are our children’s first teachers and there are many conversations that they can ...
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Navigating Child Friendships: What to do when your kid has been rejected
Nothing tears at a parent’s heartstrings like hearing their child say the words, “no-one wants ...
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Top Tips: Resources for supporting kids with dyslexia
With the help of our online community, we’ve compiled an extensive list of resources to ...
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Help me stop my son from hitting, slapping and kicking!
Every month in my membership community Q&As, I have questions from frustrated parents about ...
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The Power of Storytelling – Building values, connection and fun for our children
In one of Maggie’s blogs, she wrote about the importance of having genuine verbal communication ...
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Kids and Manners
Have you ever noticed as you are looking at how other kids are behaving, how ...
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Why our schooling system is flawed and what we need to change
Over the last month while running seminars and attending conferences I have had many ...