In schools we talk constantly about protecting girls from harm. We teach them about paedophiles, on-line grooming, sexting, and the harm caused by drug and alcohol use. In reality, the more likely destructive influence on an adolescent girl’s day to day life is the damage they do to one another in their friendship groups…Relational aggression.
The way our tweens and teens are using their phones is evolving. What has changed and what might surprise you?
The way our tweens and teens are using their phones is evolving. What has changed and what might surprise you?
Guiding and comforting children as they experience grief is difficult, especially when you are probably struggling yourself. Here is what our school has learnt about children’s grief.
Guiding and comforting a child as they experience grief is difficult, especially when you are often grieving yourself. Here is what our school has learnt about caring for grieving children.
We don’t usually talk to kids about friendship. But if we talk to kids about these relationships and set realistic expectations we can save them a lot of pain.
Bullying is one of the most damaging experiences our kids face, and there are no easy fixes. Our best hope is a culture of empathy.
How can our daughters be so connected, and yet often feel so utterly, utterly alone? That irony surfaced in the research of my book Being 14: Helping fierce teens become awesome women. Interviews with almost 200 of them showed they were permanently connected, living in a world of touch screen and wifi, of devices and apps, of television on demand, music in the pocket, and instant gratification. And that was what they saw as the divider between their generation, and that of their parents.
Teenagers seem to have all the skills to get themselves into conflict situations, but few of those required to bale themselves out. Here’s how we can help them.
Your daughter comes home from school and her heart is broken. Her best friends have told her they don’t …
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Having serious conversations with teenagers is notoriously difficult. Here are 10 skills adults need to help kids open up and talk.
At some stage most kids feel left out and alone at school. There are lots of reasons for this. How do we help those kids and how do we create a culture of inclusion?
Girls want things to be fair. Girls want good relationships. Girls want clear communication. A recent student forum held at …
A child’s relationship with their teacher is fundamental to their success at school. How can we support this vital relationship?
Rituals and routines provide us with a sense that we belong to something bigger than ourselves. They are an important part of building resilience in kids.
Guiding Teens Through CyberspaceIt would have been hard to avoid media coverage this week of a new American website featuring …
