Maggie Dent
Educator, parenting counselor, author, and “the voice of boys” in parentingCommonly known as the ‘queen of common sense’, Maggie Dent has become one of Australia’s favourite parenting authors, educators and podcasters. She has a particular interest in the early years, adolescence and resilience, and is an undisputed ‘boy champion’.
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.
Maggie hosts The Good Enough Dad podcast and hosted six seasons of the award-winning ABC podcast Parental As Anything and, in 2021, released a book of the same name. Maggie is the author of 10 major books, including the bestselling Mothering Our Boys and Girlhood – which have been published in Romania through Editura Univers – as well as From Boys to Men, 9 Things and Real Kids in An Unreal World. In 2024, Maggie released her final parenting book, Help Me Help My Teen: supporting our teens through tough times.
Maggie is the proud mother of four wonderful sons, and an enthusiastic and grateful grandmother.
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Commonly known as the ‘queen of common sense’, Maggie Dent has become one of Australia’s favourite parenting authors, educators and podcasters. She has a particular interest in the early years, adolescence and resilience, and is an undisputed ‘boy champion’.
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.
Maggie hosts The Good Enough Dad podcast and hosted six seasons of the award-winning ABC podcast Parental As Anything and, in 2021, released a book of the same name. Maggie is the author of 10 major books, including the bestselling Mothering Our Boys and Girlhood – which have been published in Romania through Editura Univers – as well as From Boys to Men, 9 Things and Real Kids in An Unreal World. In 2024, Maggie released her final parenting book, Help Me Help My Teen: supporting our teens through tough times.
Maggie is the proud mother of four wonderful sons, and an enthusiastic and grateful grandmother.