Resources for teenage boys

Reader Email: My 13yo son loves Roblox. I became suspicious when I could hear him talking softly into his computer …

June 30, 2023

Rebecca, I just wanted to reach out and thank you for the work you do for our tweens and teens. I read your post on FB at the…

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Look For The Glitter …

December 9, 2022

Look for the glitter. That’s what I tell my kids every morning in the car when I’m dropping them at school. Look for the glitter in the day.…

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Be The Safe Harbour

December 9, 2022

What was the most popular post from me in 2022? This one. So many schools emailed me asking for a copy that I turned it into a free…

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6 Friendship Lessons for Girls

February 24, 2019

“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…

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The world is wrong.

October 20, 2018

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…

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High School is all about Five Minute Moments: If you’re being bullied, don’t give up.

August 28, 2018

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…

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High School is all about Five Minute Moments: Don’t be a bully

August 28, 2018

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?…

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Beware the drama cyclone …

March 29, 2018

This past month I’ve been talking to tween and teen girls about walking towards drama cyclones. Every time you join in gossiping about someone either online or in-person…

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The book of secrets …

February 5, 2018

I always wanted a daughter. Always. And when my husband and I discovered our first baby was a girl I was overjoyed. Before she was even born I…

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My 10 yo daughter wants Instagram. What do I say to her?

February 2, 2018

Yesterday the 10-year-old daughter of a friend of mine asked me when I thought her mum should allow her to have Instagram. The first thing I did was…

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