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Top 5 Tips for Today’s Parents
Recently during an interview on Channel 9 in Perth I was asked what my five ...
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Sibling rivalry: one of life’s great teachers
Sibling rivalry is such a hot potato – no matter how many books we read, ...
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Parenting with the Brain in Mind
Over the past 15-20 years there has been a massive outpouring of research that explores ...
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Self-care in the age of 24/7 negative news cycles
So often when I tune into the news online, on the radio or on TV, ...
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The silver lining to every natural disaster
Whether it be storms, earthquakes, bushfires or floods, life can hurl some unexpected hurdles our ...
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Let’s Take it Slow: The Importance of a Go-Slow Childhood
Stress is a new challenge to children’s health and social wellbeing in our modern world. ...
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Taming the teen stress monster
For many of our teens one thing is certain: stress levels are set to rise ...
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21 Things I Wish I had Known as a New Teacher
In this article for Teachers Matter, Maggie wrote about what she wished she’d known about being ...
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Why are we so frightened of big emotions that are incredibly normal?
I occasionally get emails from worried parents who have children who have begun boarding school, ...
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What’s with all the angry kids?
As an author and parenting educator I chat to lots of parents and teachers, and ...
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Why our children’s ability to think deeply is suffering
I want to chat about thinking. When I explore my building block about life skills ...
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The 3 Rs to family happiness: resilience, routine & relaxation
It’s something that’s easy to forget or hold on to in our busy lives, but ...
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Expectations and the inconvenient truth of parenting
One of the chapters in my book 9 Things: A back to basics guide to calm, common-sense, ...
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Why iPad playgrounds are a bad idea for shops and kids
Can modern childhood get any more weird? In my travels I have found the folks ...
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The shift back to nature play – it’s happening!
Many of you know of my passionate commitment to outside play in our homes, schools ...
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Expectations vs Real Life
Recently I read an article on The Conversation about labels, written by postdoctoral research fellow ...
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Love bridges: Why micro-moments of connection matter
Most parents would never question that they love their children wholeheartedly – even when their little ...
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Teen drinking
Good Health magazine sought Maggie’s opinion for an article they were publishing on teens and ...