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I’m not on the team. I wasn’t chosen for the squad. They didn’t pick me for the play. I missed out on a leadership position. I didn’t get the award. As a parent, I can promise you that at some point, you will hear one of those statements from your kids, and it will be AGONISING – for you as well as for them. Seeing your kids go through heartache and disappointment is one of the worst parts of parenting – BUT those moments of missing out are also hugely important. There’s a post on my blog…
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Best Podcasts for Kids, Tweens & Teens
Podcasts for Kids, Pre-Teens and Teens Whether you’re driving to school, sports practice, after school activities or grandma’s house … this is a great time to put on…
It’s time to remember being 13 …
See that girl below? That’s me. I’m 13 in that first photo and it’s 1985. Sixteen in the other photo (so 1988). I look at those photos and…
The Hunting: 7 tips for watching with your teenager
“The Hunting intimately and dramatically imagines the lives of four teenagers, their teachers and families throughout the lead up, revelation and aftermath of a nude teen photo scandal.…
6 Friendship Lessons for Girls
“The mean behaviour has to stop …” On Friday I received an email from a school asking for help with their year 8 cohort of girls. There was…
The life-changing magic of baking …
There is so much emotion tied to food. It really is one of those fundamental ways we can show people we love and care about them. I love…
The world is wrong.
I have several talented, brave, interesting, original, smart 12 and 13 and 14 year old girls in my life. They’re all on Instagram. This week one of them…
High School is all about Five Minute Moments: If you’re being bullied, don’t give up.
Sunday nights are hard. They’re especially hard knowing you have to go back to school the next day. But there is hope. We can see High School as…
High School is all about Five Minute Moments: Don’t be a bully
High School is all about Five Minute Moments. In those moments, you get to decide what kind of person you want to be. Which path will you take?…
Loganlea Christmas Kindness: ‘Signature Excellence’ at Loganlea SHS
Last year, 15 000 Facebook followers from across Australia helped me play Santa for the hardworking students in Loganlea State High School’s ‘Signature Excellence’ program. These students flip…
Backstabbing, eyerolls and exclusion: the bully tactics favoured by girls
In 1988, when I was fifteen, a classmate had her personal diary stolen out of her school bag, photocopied and taped up on the walls of the senior…
About Bec
Over the past 25 years Rebecca Sparrow has earned a living as a travel writer, a television publicist, a marketing executive, a magazine editor, a TV scriptwriter, a radio producer, a newspaper columnist and as an author.
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