Blog Tag: screens
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Maggie joins RNZ’s Kathryn Ryan on Nine to Noon to talk about how to reduce family tension around screen use
Maggie joins Kathryn Ryan on RNZ Nine to Noon program to discuss how to reduce ...
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Maggie & Kirra Pendergast join Nova – Fitzy, Wippa & Kate to talk Digital Freedom
Parenting expert Maggie Dent & digital safety expert Kirra Pendergast join Fitzy, Wippa & Kate ...
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Maggie & Kirra Pendergast join the Morning Show on 7 to discuss their new book Digital Freedom
Maggie and Kirra join the Morning Show on Channel 7 to discuss managing children’s screen ...
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Maggie joined Liz Keen on the Reality Of Podcast ep 8 on how do we talk to our kids about porn?
Maggie joined Liz Keen on the Reality Of Podcast episode 8 on how do we ...
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Maggie joined Liz Keen on the Reality Of Podcast ep 7 to discuss Regulation & Control
Maggie joined Liz Keen on the Reality Of Podcast episode 7 to discuss Regulation & ...
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Saving our children from our chaotic, instant world
In 2003, I published my first book (now out of print) called Saving Our Children ...
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The digital tide is turning, finally.
Updated: July 2026 As a parenting educator, I have read the research especially the neuroscience ...
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Why Blaming Parents Helps No One
A guest post from Kirra Pendergast When a child makes a catastrophic mistake online, the ...
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Maggie reveals kids are seeing pornography at a very young age – Fitzy & Wippa with Kate on Nova FM
TO ACCESS THIS POST YOU MUST BE LOGGED IN TO MAGGIE'S MEMBERSHIP COMMUNITY Maggie's Members' ...
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Tweens, Teens and Phones
In this ‘Maggie Moment’, parenting author, educator and author of the 2020 release “From Boys ...
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S1 Episode 1 – Screen Time — Parental As Anything ABC Podcast
Research shows Australian kids spend a third of their day in front of a screen. ...
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Children and Screens: Finding the Balance
Is time spent on screens affecting my child’s development? Maggie shares some common-sense ideas for ...
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The biggest challenges facing families today – The Advocate newspaper interview
Maggie was interviewed by The Advocate newspaper in Tasmania about the biggest challenges facing families ...
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Top Tips: Road Trips without Screens
A while ago, we asked our Facebook community to share any suggestions they had for ...
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Horror movies, GTA and other parents’ boundaries
I recently received a message from a mum of a 7-year-old who was concerned about ...
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Impact of screens on kids under 5
Maggie talks about how iPads, smart phones and other screens impact young kids and how ...
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Why iPad playgrounds are a bad idea for shops and kids
Can modern childhood get any more weird? In my travels I have found the folks ...
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The Little Things are the Big Things: Building Resilience
Today’s modern world is full of so many innovations, knowledge and new ways of doing ...