Blog Tag: anxiety & fear

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Teen Boys and Anger

In this “Maggie Moment” one of Australia’s favourite parenting authors and dedicated boy champions Maggie ...

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Recovery and parenting through a pandemic – Smiling Mind podcast

As a proud ambassador for Smiling Mind, Maggie was delighted to join their CEO Dr ...

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Supporting our kids & teens during isolation

Maggie chatted with ABC News Breakfast about how we can support our kids and teens ...

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Tips for busting phobias & fears for frightened children

It is normal for many young children to have irrational fears like being frightened of ...

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Bringing mindfulness home: tips for parents

As a proud ambassador of meditation app Smiling Mind, Maggie wrote about how to create ...

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Beware the teen tipping point

Helping our teens to cope, conquer and shine Technically adolescence starts well before the age ...

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Anxious kids, worried parents

ABC Perth’s Gillian O’Shaughnessy hosted a one-hour forum on anxiety in childhood, featuring Maggie and ...

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Childhood stress: Why (and how) we all need to calm down

Increasingly, scientists are linking stress in infancy and childhood to the soaring numbers of people ...

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Sensitive kids starting school

As school holidays run out faster than the water out of the bath, parents know ...

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Connecting with kids: building love bridges

In this ‘Maggie Moment’, Maggie talks about how quality time can be a rare commodity for ...

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Maggie talks with the Hands Free Mama herself

Few people articulate the challenges and gifts of mothering better than Rachel Macy Stafford. The ...

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Helping children with death and loss

In this “Maggie Moment”, Maggie offers some tips to help children cope with loss, in ...

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Helping Anxious Children

In this “Maggie Moment”, we talk about anxiety in young children. Although anxiety is developmentally ...

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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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Taming the teen stress monster

For many of our teens one thing is certain: stress levels are set to rise ...

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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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Invisible enemy of anxiety a real worry

In the past decade, we’ve seen large numbers of children diagnosed with depression and behavioural ...

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Managing Anxiety in Children: Stop the Shame

Anxiety in children is on the increase. Shaming is partly to blame. Shaming causes distress ...