Communicare presents Maggie Dent, Building Children's Resilience, the 10 Resilience Building Blocks (Birth - 12 years)

Event Overview

The Building Blocks (0–12 years) session with Maggie Dent focuses on the early foundations that support children’s resilience, emotional wellbeing and healthy development. Grounded in research and real‑world experience, this session highlights why the everyday moments in childhood matter, and how small, consistent actions can have a powerful impact over time.

Maggie introduces her 10 resilience building blocks for children aged 0–12, offering parents, carers and educators practical insight into how children develop emotionally and socially in today’s fast‑paced, high‑pressure world.

What the Session Will Cover

Participants will explore:

• Why the early years are critical for building lifelong resilience

• The 10 Building Blocks that support emotional strength and self‑esteem

• The role of play, connection, boundaries and life skills in healthy development

• How modern pressures such as stress, screens and over‑structure affect children

• Simple, achievable strategies that can be applied at home and in learning environments

The session is practical, reassuring and grounded in common sense, focusing on what really helps children thrive.

Who Should Attend

This session is ideal for parents, carers, educators and anyone supporting children aged 0–12 who wants to better understand how to nurture resilience, confidence and wellbeing during the formative years.

About Maggie Dent

Known across Australia as the ‘queen of common sense’, Maggie Dent has dedicated her career to strengthening families and communities. A bestselling parenting author, educator and podcaster, she brings particular insight to the early years, adolescence, resilience and the unique journey of raising boys. Her 10 major books include the influential bestsellers Mothering Our Boys, From Boys to Men, Girlhood and Help Me Help My Teen.

Maggie hosts The Good Enough Dad podcast and presented six acclaimed seasons of the ABC podcast Parental As Anything. In 2025, she brought her expertise and wisdom to television in the genre-bending ABC series The Role of a Lifetime. A dedicated advocate for safer digital futures, Maggie is a founding member of the Ctrl+Shft online safety coalition.

She is the mother of four sons and a very grateful grandmother - roles that continue to shape her work every day.

Veritas Centre can be accessed via Visitor Parking near Reception (location D2)
The Veritas Centre is located in the centre of the school grounds (location E5).

Communicare staff will be onsite to help escort you to the Veritas Centre.