In this very special in-person event, leading Irish family psychotherapist Dr Richard Hogan teams up with Australia’s favourite parenting author Maggie Dent to offer up some common-sense, practical insights into supporting our kids, tweens and teens in today’s digital world.

Technology has interrupted our patterns of communication, identity and relationship in our families—and this has brought with it new challenges for our kids’ wellbeing and mental health, and for those of us who live and work them.

In this evening event in Dublin—Maggie’s only event in Ireland—Richard and Maggie will offer a sound, reasoned approach to your key parenting challenges — from tech tantrums (at all ages), to when to let your child have a phone or social media, to anxiety, porn, friendship issues, when things go wrong and much more.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to ask questions, connect with other parents and gain valuable strategies for raising happy, healthy, resilient children in today’s world.

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about our speakers

Maggie Dent

Commonly known as Australia’s ‘Queen of Common Sense’ Maggie Dent is one of Australia’s favourite parenting authors, educators and podcasters. She is the author of 10 books, including the bestselling Mothering Our Boys, From Boys to Men, Girlhood and her latest release, Help Me Help My Teen. Maggie hosts The Good Enough Dad podcast and the award-winning ABC podcast Parental As Anything. In 2025, she also starred in the genre-bending ABC TV series, The Role of a Lifetime.

Maggie’s experience includes teaching, counselling, and working in palliative care/funeral services and suicide prevention. She is a dedicated advocate to quietly changing lives in our families and communities. She is the mother of four sons and a very grateful grandmother.

Dr Richard Hogan

Dr Richard Hogan is a systemically trained Family Psychotherapist registered with The Family Therapy Association of Ireland. He has also been a schoolteacher and lecturer, and he has been invited by Trinity College Dublin to undertake a PhD exploring how to introduce systemic theory into the Irish and American educational system. In 2020, he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship for his research into promoting inclusion in Irish and American schools.
 
Richard writes a weekly mental health column for the Irish Examiner and makes frequent TV and radio appearances, including as a regular contributor to Brendan O’Connor on RTÉ Radio 1.  Richard is the author of the best-selling book, Parenting the Screenager, and in 2024 he published to much acclaim Home is Where the Start Is: How Your Family Made You, and How You Can Make Yourself Even Better. The book was nominated for an Irish Book Award. Richard lives in Dublin with his wife and three daughters.

Event details

Tickets: €50

7pm-9pm, Friday 24th October 2025

Shellbourne Room, Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan Rd, Stillorgan, Dublin, Ireland

Free parking available on site.