Blog Tag: good enough parenting

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S2 – 2025’s Australian Father of the Year — Dr Arne Rubinstein (re-release)

Updated September 2025:  Former medical doctor and now CEO of The Rites of Passage Institute, ...

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S2 E 12 The Good Enough Dad with Trent Dalton – Rewriting a fractured childhood through beauty, love and hope

Trent Dalton is a two-time Walkley Award-winning journalist and internationally bestselling author whose work has ...

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S2 E 11 The Good Enough Dad with Sean Abbott – Managing fatherhood when your career takes you overseas

Sean Abbott is part of Australia’s cricket team, which means he spends a LOT of ...

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S2 E 10 The Good Enough Dad with Tim Curtis – What surviving a battle zone can teach you about fatherhood

It was three weeks before Tim Curtis met his first-born child, emerging from the jungle ...

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S2 E 8 The Good Enough Dad with Glenn Hall & Ace Buchan – How surfing can build strong family bonds

Professional surfing legends Adrian “Ace” Buchan and Glenn “Micro” Hall join Maggie Dent to reflect ...

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S2 E 7 The Good Enough Dad with Billy Garvey – When being an expert doesn’t give you all the answers

Dr Billy Garvey is an expert in children, working as a specialist in one of ...

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S2 E 6 The Good Enough Dad with Brendan Hodges – Managing fatherhood when you’re a FIFO worker

Raising kids can be hard enough, but how do you manage it when you spend ...

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S2 E 5 The Good Enough Dad with Jamie Durie – Building a family home with solid foundations

Australians might know Jamie Durie best for his incredible backyard makeovers and landscaping artistry, but ...

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S2 E 4 The Good Enough Dad with Cameron Daddo – Keep it simple, put your family first

Cameron Daddo’s career has spanned everything from hosting Perfect Match, to acting and working with directors like ...

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S2 E 3 The Good Enough Dad with Guy Sebastian – Finding common ground for connection

Guy Sebastian’s accolades have only grown since he exploded onto our screens after 2003, winning ...

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Maggie on Carrie and Tommy talking Adolescence, good-enough parenting and much more

Maggie joined Carrie Bickmore and Tommy Little on their radio program about the popular Netflix ...

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S2 E 2 The Good Enough Dad with Josh Cunningham – Surprised by fatherhood in his 40s

In his 40s, musician and member of beloved Aussie band The Waifs, Josh Cunningham thought ...

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S2 E 1 The Good Enough Dad with with Larry Emdur – Nice guys finish last, or do they?

Despite being the ‘most axed man on TV’ Larry Emdur is still winning Logies and ...

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Being the dad you want to be

In this month’s Maggie Moment, parenting author, educator, and host of The Good Enough Dad ...

Why the big people raising little people need to prioritise their needs too

The just-released News Corp Great Australian Parent Survey 2025 has revealed some disturbing truths about ...

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S1 E 30 The Good Enough Dad with Prof Bruce Robinson – Fatherhood has changed, but there’s still a way to go

In this final episode for Season One of The Good Enough Dad, Maggie is joined ...