Tag Archives: body image

Birds and bees tangled in the web

Are you worried about online porn? Well, don’t worry… Do something! On TV women are smoother skinned, slimmer, and sexier than ever before.  In magazines they reveal ever more, and what they reveal is ever more perfect.  Online, well, online almost anything goes. Some say that any child on the web is only two clicks [...]

Posted on 18 April 2013
Musings: Parenting teenagers
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What did you most want at thirteen?

For me it wasn’t bigger breasts or Boots17 latest or even a boyfriend. I mean I sort of did want a boyfriend but only in the abstract. I probably did long to be the kind of girl who knew how to get, and then what to do with a boyfriend, but since I wasn’t, I [...]

Posted on 27 March 2013
Musings: Coming of age, Parenting girls, Parenting teenagers
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Self-harming teens – why do they do it?

Cutting, starving, bingeing, burning, drinking, drugs, promiscuity… these are the most popular ways for self-harming. Many parents harbour a secret fear that the teenage years might bring these things.  At the same time, parents assume that their child won’t.  We protect ourselves by believing that teens that turn to self-harming behaviour come from other families, [...]

Posted on 14 March 2013
Musings: Parenting girls, Parenting teenagers
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Is puberty just around the corner?

If your daughter is eight it might be!  So is she prepared? Puberty in girls normally starts between eight and thirteen years old.  For many it comes sooner than we expect – and for some it cannot come soon enough.  Either way it heralds a time of rapid change.  Your daughter can mature and grow [...]

Posted on 12 December 2012
Musings: Coming of age, Parenting girls, Rites of passage
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Aiming High

Children are inspiring – the way they watch something on television and immediately imagine that they too could be a superhero, pop star, or Olympic athlete.  Adults can be depressing in how easily we pour our cold reality on their dreams. We think we are protecting our children from unrealistic hopes.  We think we are [...]

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Posted on 11 August 2012
Musings: Parenting girls, Parenting teenagers
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