Blog Category: Raising Boys
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How to raise our boys with character
… or rather How to raise our boys with character, who will care about themselves, ...
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The 5 things your son isn’t telling you
For many boys – not all boys – being able to communicate their unmet needs, ...
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Does your son need more time before he starts school?
An extract from Maggie’s new book, Mothering Our Boys, on making the decision about whether ...
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HELP! What is wrong with my son’s memory?
Have you had the experience of sending your son off to his bedroom to get ...
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5 tricky times in boyhood that every parent needs to understand
So often, as parents we find ourselves asking: What’s happening with my boy? Over ...
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Why I’m glad my sons took up surfing
Pic: The four Dent lads at the Pipeline break, North Shore Hawaii When I grew ...
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OMG What WAS he thinking?
Over the last 40 years as a teacher, counsellor, parent, aunty and friend I have ...
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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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Teen safety (without suffocation) – Understanding Boys
Maggie spoke with Harb Gill from the Understanding Boys blog about how to keep your teen sons ...
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Fragile boy friendships and why they matter so much
How we can help our boys be good mates. In my life from my ...
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The one question mums of sons should ask
As a mother of four sons, a former boys’ basketball coach, counsellor and a secondary ...
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Angry Boys
This article was first published in Kids in the City/Kids on the Coast Sadly, despite ...
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Dear mums of smelly, unmotivated, lazy, moody and confused 14-year-old boys
“The problem I am having is with my 14-year-old son who does not apply himself ...
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Little boys beginning big school
We have seen some disturbing trends in recent times: Increasing number of 4-6-year-old boys being ...
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Teen Boys & Gaming: The 10 Agreements for Healthy Balance
Recently a mum of 15-year-old boy came up and asked me a frequently asked question: ...
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Boys, Boys, Boys – Feature article
On the eve of the release of 9 Things: A back-to-basics guide to calm, common-sense, ...
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Top Tips: Books to inspire struggling readers to get into reading
This list is compiled from our community to share their favourite books to hook readers ...
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Why schools are failing our boys
Boys will be boys, they tell us, but how many of us actually take this ...