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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
Updated June 2026 Parents are our children’s first teachers and there are many conversations ...
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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 ...
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Top Tips: Best resources for Rites of Passage programs and camps for young people
We reached out to our online community for their recommendations on best organised camps/retreats and ...
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Tips for Fly in Fly Out (FIFO) Parenting
Every family is unique in its structure. For some families, they have one parent that ...
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Boys are not tough, at any age
Before you read this article, I want to make a disclaimer that gender is more ...
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Why face-to-face, human communication still really matters
The ability to communicate is a profoundly important skill for human beings because we are ...
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How to help with school refusal
School refusal is a big issue, especially now that we are coming out of a ...
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The very real crisis for today’s tween and teen girls
Please note: This article contains reference to suicide and self-harm. Please reach out to the ...
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Is school camp right for my sensitive child?
Do you have a child who is feeling anxious about school camp? It’s normal. Falling ...
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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 ...