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Lets’ talk about it: Communicating with teen boys
In this extract from From Boys to Men published at The Parents Website, Maggie offers her ...
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Why our tween and teen boys need a safe adult tribe
All tweens and teens benefit from having a safe circle of grownups somewhere in their ...
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Top Tips: Some Moments of Lightness
One of my all time worst brain farts… I was shopping in Woolies with one ...
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Understanding teen boys’ anger
Let’s be honest. We all get angry at times and that is because it is ...
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Helping boys understand loss and death
Even as adults we find significant loss experiences of any kind hurt. So we can ...
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Schools key to our kids’ recovery: Why the 3 Cs count before grades
I am writing this blog not in my usual role as a parenting author and ...
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How to help your kids stop fighting at times of high stress
Maggie wrote for ABC Life about the challenges of siblings fighting during times of high ...
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Fidgeting & Farts: Boys in isolation
I have had a number of desperate parents reaching out for advice and suggestions on ...
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Gentle Steps to Recovery
There are so many things that can make it harder to recover from a collective ...
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Why parenting is really all about neuroplasticity
When our precious babies are born, their brains are full of neurons with no connectors. ...
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Giving your kids the gift of emotional intelligence
Emotions can be so unpredictable and tricky for adults to understand at times, so what ...
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The truth about poo (not Pooh): what every new parent needs to know
Warning: This is about poo – so if you may be offended please stop reading! ...
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Our adolescents are passive and inactive and we can’t just blame screens
We grown-ups know that eating well, sleeping well and exercising well are the three key ...
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The magic of movement still really matters in our digital world
Early homo sapiens had to move to survive and we are still biologically wired to ...
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Let’s get creative – it is good for your health and wellbeing!
One of the greatest blessings of having a childhood filled with hours of unstructured play ...
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There’s a light at the end of the baby/toddler tunnel… I promise!
I have been back in toddler land for around four and a half years, watching and celebrating ...
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Taming the parental busy bug
“Hurry is the enemy of love.” — Steve Biddulph It seems that the more sophisticated ...
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Please help me with my lazy, unmotivated 18yo son who is stuck on the couch and going nowhere
It has only been in the past few years that I have started to hear ...