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Square Peg, Round Hole podcast interview
Maggie joined Louise Kuchel for her Square Peg, Round Hole podcast to talk about why students ...
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Time to talk puberty? Here are 10 strategies to help you get started
A guest post from Michelle Mitchell Most parents tell me that puberty wasn’t a subject ...
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Roosters & Lambs – Book extract on Raised Good
Is your child a ‘rooster’ or a ‘lamb’: book extract on Raised Good Tracy Gillett ...
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Innovative Education Reform Needs Common Sense and Genuine Consultation
As a former teacher, I am still deeply passionate about education. In 2013 I took ...
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Shifting kids’ habitual behaviours
Do your children have any habitual responses that are disruptive to your family? In this ...
Honouring the human spirit in our homes and classrooms
Last week a story went around the media and socials about a farmer who was ...
Downloadable postcards
Here are Maggie’s Postcards, feel free to click on the images to download and enjoy ...
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Helping our girls’ voices not be silenced in today’s world
Warning: this article contains some descriptions of sexual acts. I am a child of the ...
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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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Maggie’s anxiety toolkit – a chat with This Glorious Mess (Big Kids)
Anxiety is one of the biggest topics plaguing parents today. In discussing her new book, ...
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Roosters & Lambs: The Parenting Theory Maggie Swears By – a chat with This Glorious Mess
In your family would you say your kids are roosters or lambs? Or better yet, ...
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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 beautiful truth about ‘favourites’ for boys and men.
Disclaimer: Gender is more fluid than fixed and while respecting biological, neurological and hormonal differences ...
Teen boys are hungry for fathers who can care and connect
“Young males rise to the occasion under the approval of men they respect. As ...
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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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Nurturing the inner world of our children and teens
Many years ago, a 16-year-old student shared with me a story that left an indelible ...
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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 ...