Failure, Farts and Finding Self-Worth with Maggie Dent

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In this episode, we are thrilled to be chatting with one of Australia’s favourite parenting authors and experts, the perfectly named, Queen of Common sense, Maggie Dent. We chat about getting kids off screens, the importance of failing, and self worth and how to support boys in their big emotions and the importance of a well-timed fart.

👉  Maggie shares

• What it means to be a lighthouse and who her lighthouse was growing up
• The importance of nature and play and free time and her favorite adventurous opportunities where children can access these. 
• The importance of failing and resilience
• More on the philosophies in her book, From Boys to Men, about boys handling emotions, understanding arousal states, preventing techno tantrums, and how to get them off screens. 
• An expansion on her theory about the spectrum of lamb to rooster
• More on self- worth being the invisible biological core of man-hood 
• The biological differences in the wiring of boys and how educators can improve classroom settings
• The three F’s- Food, Fun and Farts. 

👉  Resources & References

Maggie Dent - Home | Resources for those who live & work with children

Maggie's Blog | Maggie Dent

👉 Guest Details

Commonly known as the “queen of common sense”, Maggie is one of Australia’s most beloved parenting authors and educators, with a particular interest in the early years, adolescence and resilience.

Maggie’s experience includes teaching, counselling, and working in palliative care/funeral services and suicide prevention. Maggie is an advocate for the healthy, common-sense raising of children in order to strengthen families and communities. She is a passionate, positive voice for children of all ages.

Somehow she has also found the time to author seven major books, including her bestselling 2018 book Mothering Our Boys and her new 2020 release, From Boys to Men.

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