Raising Children | Positive Parenting Ideas Australia

Freecall: 1800 004 484
Phone: +61 3 5983 1798
Fax: +61 3 5983 1722

18 June 2013
Children and adults in resilient families tune into the needs of each other, choosing situation-specific language, rather than simply regurgitating generalised ‘feel-good’ or ‘get-on-with-it’ platitudes. Read more.

14 June 2013
Welcome to the ninth edition of Parentingideas magazine, designed to keep you on top of all the big parenting issues. Read more.

10 June 2013
Here's a simple way to get better behaved or brave kids. And it doesn't cost a cent. Read more.

Australia’s NO. 1 Parenting educator

Michael is the author of 8 parenting books, including his new release Thriving! and the best-selling Why First Borns Rule the World and Last Borns Want to Change it.

His popular parenting columns appear in newspapers and magazines across Australia. He appears regularly on television including Channel 10’s The Circle, and is a popular & entertaining speaker as well as a frequent columnist for a variety of written media. He also has a regular fortnightly half hour parenting segment on ABC radio Victoria.

Michael has an education background,and holds a Master of Educational Studies with research into what makes healthy families tick. He has conducted over 1,500 parenting seminars over the last two decades.

Michael is married with three adult children who have all successfully flown the parent nest.