Purposeful Play
In conversation with Nicole Pates and Maggie Dent
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Need some warm, no-pressure advice on how to play in ways that are fun, engaging, and boost your baby’s development? Want practical tips on how to manage modern technology with your children?
Boundless Books in partnership with City of Vincent Library brings you a conversation between two parenting gurus: paediatric physiotherapist Nicole Pates and author, educator and podcaster Maggie Dent.
Together they'll introduce Nicole's new book, Purposeful Play: From Birth to Walking, which features simple, fun, research-backed ways to play with newborns, rollers, crawlers, and toddlers. With over 100 stage-based ideas, most which need nothing more than household items and some floor space, Nicole’s book will empower parents and carers to engage and connect with babies in fun, rich and meaningful play.
They'll also be discussing Maggie's latest book, Digital Freedom: a guide to less screen time for safer, happier and healthier families. Parents and educators face a genuine contradiction when it comes to screen time. It's both an essential part of modern life and a leading cause of harm and mental illness. How do we protect our young people while also giving them the tools to succeed. Addressing when and how to give kids a smart phone, how algorithms and digital footprints work, privacy and safety on social media, and much more.
Tickets to this event are free but registrations are essential.
About Nicole Pates
Nicole is a Titled APA Paediatric Physiotherapist with a Master’s in Paediatric Physiotherapy and currently serves as Chair of the Australian Physiotherapy Association’s National Paediatric Group. She’s a passionate advocate for children’s health and wellbeing. She contributes her expertise to both national and international advisory panels, including the Healthy Digital Child Expert Advisory Panel, the Autism Health Roadmap, and the Ehlers-Danlos Society’s Paediatrics International Consortium. Nicole is also a sought-after speaker at physiotherapy and paediatric health conferences.
About Maggie Dent
Commonly known as the ‘queen of common sense’, Maggie Dent is a much-loved and trusted voice for parents, families and educators across Australia and beyond. She has dedicated her career to strengthening families and communities. A bestselling parenting author, educator and podcaster, Maggie brings particular insight to the early years, adolescence, resilience and the unique journey of raising boys.
The author of 10 major books, she also hosts The Good Enough Dad podcast and presented six acclaimed seasons of the ABC podcast, Parental As Anything. A dedicated advocate for safer digital futures, Maggie's most recent book is called Digital Freedom: A guide to less screen time for safer, happier and healthier families.