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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 ...
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The one important thing all our kids should learn about
A guest post by Dr Kaylene Henderson Many of us watch on as our children ...
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A letter to a 21st Century teen: 10 things I want you to know
Dear Teen, There are so many doomsayers and negative voices speaking despairingly about what’s wrong ...
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Smart parenting: helping your child grow an amazing brain
From the time a baby’s head travels through the birth canal, the brain is being ...
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Maggie goes Parental As Anything on RN Drive
On the launch of the new ABC podcast Parental As Anything with Maggie Dent, Maggie ...
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Managing kids’ screen time at home
Maggie wrote for ABC Life about how we can better manage screens for our kids ...
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Please teach your sons about ‘the line in the sand’
Raising our sons to be the best expression of themselves — whether they are ...
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Helping teen students with death and loss
Every human processes grief differently and depending on a person’s age and capacity for resilience, ...
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Teenage brains are under siege but there are three ways parents can connect
Maggie wrote an analysis piece for the ABC’s news and analysis division on why we ...