Some kids are shy. Others love nothing more than talking non-stop to anyone who’ll listen. What can you do if your child is a chatterbox?   Maggie Dent, parenting author and host of Parental As Anything, gives tips on how you can help teach your talkative child to listen and even give mums and dads some moments of peace and quiet.  The advice provided in this podcast is general in nature and does not take into account your personal situation. If you require further advice specific to your needs please consult a professional.    Host: Maggie Dent  Producer: Josie Sargent  Consulting Producer: Carmen Myler  Executive Producer: Kim Lester  Sound design: Simon Branthwaite 

Exhausted? Stressed? Angry? Sick of being a parent? Maybe it’s not typical fatigue from taking care of children – you could have parental burnout.  Psychologist Hélène Gatland joins parenting author Maggie Dent to explain why parental burnout is on the rise, how it impacts mums and dads differently and what to do if you think you – or your partner - has it.   The advice provided in this Parental As Anything podcast is general in nature and does not take into account your personal situation. If you require further advice specific to your needs please consult a professional.    Host: Maggie Dent  Producer: Josie Sargent  Consulting Producer: Carmen Myler  Executive Producer: Kim Lester  Sound design: Simon Branthwaite  Field recordings: Rebecca McLaren 

Ever tried to tie a shoelace, wipe a bum or fasten a seat belt only to hear “NO! MUMMY DO IT!”? Why do kids prefer one parent over the other? And how can you get them to accept help from both of you?   If you’re parent number two in the eyes of your child, but you’re desperate to do just as much as your partner does, parenting author Maggie Dent has some tips for you.  The advice provided in this podcast is general in nature and does not take into account your personal situation. If you require further advice specific to your needs please consult a professional.  Host: Maggie Dent  Producer: Josie Sargent  Consulting Producer: Carmen Myler  Executive Producer: Kim Lester  Sound design: Simon Branthwaite  Field recordings: Rebecca McLaren 

With more and more kids getting into vaping - even in primary school - what can you do if your tween or teen is busted with a vape? And should you talk to younger kids about vaping? Paul Dillon from Drug and Alcohol Research and Training Australia joins parenting author Maggie Dent to talk about the risks of vaping and why a growing number of kids are doing it. Plus, what to do if your child gets hooked on these addictive, lolly-flavoured devices and how parents can help them quit.  The advice provided in this podcast is general in nature and does not take into account your personal situation. If you require further advice specific to your needs please consult a professional.  Host: Maggie Dent  Producer: Josie Sargent  Consulting Producer: Carmen Myler  Executive Producer: Kim Lester  Sound design: Simon Branthwaite  Field recordings: Rebecca McLaren 

Maggie Dent, the queen of common sense parenting, is back to tackle your modern family dilemmas, like vaping, starting high school, parental burnout and how to talk to kids about your family’s finances.   Plus a new bite-sized Help Me, Maggie episodes to answer your questions about your child’s toxic friend, if you should give a tween their own phone, or whether it’s okay for your kid to walk to school alone.   The first episode lands March 28, so subscribe or follow in the ABC listen app or wherever you get your podcasts.  Host: Maggie Dent  Producer: Josie Sargent  Consulting Producer: Carmen Myler  Executive Producer: Kim Lester  Sound design: Simon Branthwaite  Field recordings: Rebecca McLaren

Australia's best parenting podcast is back in 2023. Got a burning question about parenting that you need answered? Looking for some calm, common sense solutions? Maggie Dent is coming back to answer your sticky, tricky and everyday parenting dilemmas! Take a deep breath, find a quiet spot, and record a voice memo. Then email it to us: parentalasanything@abc.net.au

Following lockdown comedian Judith Lucy is asking the big questions. In between baking and wondering if she had a drinking problem, she's asking how happy she'd been in her old life and why 'back to normal' is not a good idea for her, us or the planet. She's out to change her life, and yours, for the better…. in six episodes.

Remember family dinners growing up, sitting around the dinner table talking about your day while secretly feeding the dog pumpkin under the table? Eating together is an important family bonding experience, but what should you do when you can't even get your child off their device and to the dining table? Maggie Dent gives us a dinner-time reality check. The advice provided in this podcast is general in nature and does not take into account your personal situation. If you require further advice specific to your needs please consult a professional.

Technology can be captivating, but what happens when the real world dulls in comparison? A mum is desperate to understand and connect with her tween who seems disinterested in anything outside of screens. Maggie Dent has some ideas on where to begin. The advice provided in this podcast is general in nature and does no take into account your personal situation. If you require further advice specific to your needs please consult a professional.

Wild. Defiant. Intense. LOUD. Spirited kids are called lots of things and when you meet one, you know it. Their superhuman levels of perseverance and need to win every argument means parenting them can be exhausting. But handled the right way, these kids could well be tomorrow's leaders and change the world. Psychologist Angela Pruess has two spirited kids and she joins Maggie Dent to guide us through the intensity of these children, and how to parent these constantly challenging kids.