Blog Category: Building Family Relationships
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The world needs more kindness warriors
In this age of selfies, Insta updates, over sharing and an incredible fascination with image, ...
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The incredibly simple secret to making mornings in your house more harmonious
A guest post by Allison Davies I am definitely a crabby Mum first thing in ...
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The very real challenges of mothering in the 21st Century
Recently I have had some conversations with mums who have had children up to 15 ...
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An inspiring gift for your home
When I shared a post about Max Ehrmann’s beautiful poem Desiderata, we found so many people ...
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Being a dad in the 21st century
It is a fabulous time to be a father historically, anthropologically and emotionally. The restrictive ...
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Helping our children become their best selves
I’ve been chatting with many parents and teachers recently about the pressure and angst which ...
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The power of words to make a difference at home or school
Name-calling, exclusion and put downs can scar anyone, especially children – that makes sense for ...
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The power of one-on-one
Last year a mother came to chat to me after a seminar to thank me ...
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Unconditional love poster … my gift to you this Christmas
I want to gift my community this beautiful poster, designed by my graphic designer Kat, ...
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A good-enough, imperfect Christmas
Maggie wrote for the ABC Opinion site of the importance of lowering your expectations this ...
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When fathers are tough, inflexible and unloving
Over the years I have been asked many times by mums about what they can ...
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Raising other people’s children
Parenting is one of the most important and at times difficult journeys that an adult ...
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The only three rules that matter: KISS parenting
There are so many parenting styles floating around in the sleep-deprived, chaotic world that is ...
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Raising ‘we’ kids not just ‘me’ kids
As I was taking my morning walk today, I came across water running down a ...
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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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We need to talk about the power of touch
In many ways touch has been contaminated by our fear-based world. We have let our ...
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A good dog helps kids care
Parenting is a tough gig and in the pursuit of making choices that enable our ...
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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 ...