Companies who profit from selling our attention, and the governments responsible for citizens’ wellbeing who hold the legal authority to intervene, are the ones to focus on for internet safety day
Continue readingIf We Ban Social Media for Children, What Are We Actually Going to Protect?
The real question is not just when children go online, but what kind of online world they are entering. A ban on its own is not a solution. It is a delay. And delays can be dangerous if we mistake them for change.
Continue readingWhat neurodiverse girls need to know about romance
Preparing neurodiverse girls for romance is reminding them, again and again, that being themselves is not a risk. It is the point.
Continue readingNeurodiverse girls and periods: why we’re still getting this wrong
Neurodiverse girls do not need to be toughened up to cope with periods. We need to soften the systems around them.
Continue readingAI and Teen Mental Health
AI is contributing to the anxiety crisis – and teens are turning to AI to soothe the anxiety that AI helped create.
Our girls need us to stop outsourcing their emotional lives to machines out of convenience or despair.
AI in Education: Why We Should Be Far More Afraid – and Far More Hopeful – Than We Are
AI will not just change how children learn.
It will change who they become… unless we intervene. Here’s how…
How to Support Your Anxious Child (When You’re Not Sure What Else to Try)
You know your child. You love your child. And you are exactly who they need beside them right now. Here’s what to do…
Continue readingThe cult of resilience – and why our girls deserve better
If we keep praising girls for being endlessly adaptable, they’ll keep twisting themselves to fit environments that should have changed long ago. What if, instead of applauding them for coping, we listened when coping wasn’t enough?
Continue readingThe Myth of the ‘Nice Girl’
Girls are being taught to be nice instead of being taught to be true. And it is costing them their confidence, their boundaries, and their sense of self.
Continue readingThe Confidence Con: Why We’re Failing Preteen Girls
We tell girls to believe in themselves, but then we raise them in a world that’s constantly grading, rating, ranking and scrolling them.
The truth is, confidence doesn’t grow in a culture that punishes authenticity.









