Maggie Dent — raising strong girls
Guiding daughters to become confident young woman in an age of smartphones and early sexualisation is tough. The parenting expert says in this complex arena, we can't leave these lessons to chance Maggie Dent can clearly recall her indignation at being made to wear a dress as a little girl. She was a tomboy and noticed when she was treated differently from little boys, who were allowed to be their exuberant selves when she was not. The process of raising girls has changed since Maggie was a child, but there are new challenges today — smartphone usage and unwanted sexualisation of young girls, among others. She says there are core lessons we can learn to face these challenges and raise confident and well-adjusted girls. Further information Girlhood: raising our little girls to be healthy, happy and heard is published by Pan Macmillan Listen to Maggie's ABC Podcast Parental as Anything To binge even more great episodes of the ‘Conversations podcast’ with Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you’ll find hundreds of the best thought-provoking interviews with authors, writers, artists, politicians, singers, psychologists, musicians, and celebrities.
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Show Notes
Guiding daughters to become confident young woman in an age of smartphones and early sexualisation is tough. The parenting expert says in this complex arena, we can't leave these lessons to chance
Maggie Dent can clearly recall her indignation at being made to wear a dress as a little girl.
She was a tomboy and noticed when she was treated differently from little boys, who were allowed to be their exuberant selves when she was not.
The process of raising girls has changed since Maggie was a child, but there are new challenges today — smartphone usage and unwanted sexualisation of young girls, among others.
She says there are core lessons we can learn to face these challenges and raise confident and well-adjusted girls.
Further information
Girlhood: raising our little girls to be healthy, happy and heard is published by Pan Macmillan
Listen to Maggie's ABC Podcast Parental as Anything
To binge even more great episodes of the ‘Conversations podcast’ with Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you’ll find hundreds of the best thought-provoking interviews with authors, writers, artists, politicians, singers, psychologists, musicians, and celebrities.