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Girlhood: Parenting Ideas to help young girls through ‘hot’ moments
The Parents Website wrote this wonderful extract taken from Maggie’s latest book Girlhood: Maggie’s list ...
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The wonder of little girls’ memories
While I was busy researching for my book about young girls, Girlhood: raising our little ...
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Helping your Young Daughter Find her Sense of Self
Every child is born as a one-off, unique human being. Given genetic gifts or challenges, ...
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Why fairness really matters in families
“Character is shaped by life experience and cannot be seen from the outside or from ...
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Top Tips: Best Books for Teens/Adolescents
In February 2022 I had a question from someone in my membership community about trying ...
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Helping boys cope better at school: Tips for teachers and parents
Boys struggling in school, in the Western world, from transition to high school, is not ...
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The downside of big dreams and what can help
It is considered a positive and even noble thing to encourage our children and teens ...
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Leaning in with light for our tweens and teens
Navigating the huge transformation from being a child to an adult has never been more ...
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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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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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The beautiful truth about ‘favourites’ for boys and men.
Disclaimer: Gender is more fluid than fixed and while respecting biological, neurological and hormonal differences ...
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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 fathers, ...
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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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More concern around consent training for teens to avoid more harm
**Warning: This article contains descriptions of sexual assault.** Schools around Australia are no doubt scrambling ...
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Tea with Jules
I had so much fun catching up recently with the delightful Jules Sebastian for a ...
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Why we need much more than consent training in our schools to stop sexual assault
Warning: This article discusses sexual assault and uses sexual terms. Last updated: 9 Feb 2026. ...