“She’s just a cute Tween…but she grows up to be a curvy, cool Teen!”
Unlike most little girl’s dolls, which are designed to represent older teenagers or women, Mattel’s “My Scene, Growing Up Glam” doll openly set out to depict a tween, a girl…
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Enlighten Education on 60 Minutes
Thank you to everyone who has responded so favourably to the feature story 60 Minutes ran on our work and the important issue of the sexualisation of our children. For…
The sublime and the ridiculous.
Indigo 4 Girls – an alternative voice. I first heard from Beverley Park and the group of “Power Gals” behind new independent teen girl magazine “Indigo 4 Girls” after Enlighten…
Helping Girls Develop a Positive Self Image – Tip Sheet for Parents
Karen Robinson from Women’s Forum Australia recently forwarded me the link below. It is a very useful resource from the Australian Psychological Society; a Tip Sheet for Parents on how…
An uncommon dialogue
Some months ago I first read a true story by Australian writer Debra Drake, An Uncommon Dialogue. It struck me as both incredibly brave and insightful; in it she chronicles…