Maggie Dent | Preparing Your Little Person for Big School

Timestamps

02:45 Maggie’s slideshow begins

03:18 Why are we concerned?

03:50 Developmental vulnerabilities

05:50 4 key concerns

07:18 What’s the hurry?

08:10 Boys are struggling more than girls

09:00 Creating angry boys

10:45 Familiarity

15:19 The truth about separation distress

17:50 Latest trends - Boys

18:50 The "fragility" in boys

20:30 Boys are more prone to separation distress

21:24 Top Tips for boys (and some girls)

23:38 Other suggestions for all little ones

24:34 Navigate your own feelings

25:28 Honour & love & enjoy childhood

26:36 Justin’s Knock Knock joke

27:00 What is a Rooster/Lamb?

28:42 The power of role play

32:45 When should children start school?

37:16 NAPLAN

44:05 Learning to read

47:30 What’s the best thing that parents can do to help little children with big feelings when it comes to school transition?

Maggie Dent

Commonly known as Australia’s ‘queen of common sense’, Maggie is an author, educator, & parenting & resilience specialist. She is a dedicated advocate to quietly changing lives in our families and communities. 

Mothering Our Boys

Mothers of sons are worried about raising their boys in a world where negative images of masculinity are front and centre of our media, almost every day. Not only that, but statistically our boys are still struggling in many ways -- including at school. In her bestselling book,  Mothering Our Boys,  mum of four sons Maggie Dent draws on her personal experience – and over four decades work as a teacher, counsellor and now author and speaker – to help build understanding, empathy and compassion for our boys. Maggie shares her insights, her reflections, and (as always) her humour around mothering boys in this book that will help you be the mum your son needs you to be.

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