Maggie Dent, BA, DipEd, DipCounselling, is one of Australia’s favorite parenting authors and educators, with a particular interest in the early years, adolescence and resilience. Her experience includes working for almost two decades as a secondary teacher before moving into counselling, and working in the 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, and is a passionate, positive voice for children of all ages.

Now an in-demand writer and speaker, Maggie is a regular contributor to education and parenting blogs and magazines, and appears regularly on Australian television and radio dispensing her common-sense wisdom.

Maggie is the author of ten books, several e-books and a prolific creator of resources for parents, adolescents, teachers and early childhood educators, and others who are interested in quietly improving their lives. Her books include Saving Our Adolescents, Real Kids in an Unreal World: How to Build Resilience and Self-Esteem in Today’s Children, and 9 Things: A back-to-basics guide to calm, common-sense, connected parenting Birth-8.  

Maggie is the proud mother of four wonderful sons, and an enthusiastic and very grateful grandmother.