Social Media

Droughts, fires, floods, a mouse plague and a global pandemic. These challenges of almost biblical proportions have affected many of us in varying ways in the past few years. Lee…

Dear Danni, My teenager is obsessed with the idea of becoming a full-time, professional YouTube star. How do I convince her this is ridiculous? I was visiting a primary school…

Dear readers, it’s time to talk. Because as much as I value the written word, I fear that we are craving voices. I recently joined a friend to listen to…

Worried that your little girl is 10, going on 15? You’re not alone. When I first started working in schools with young women to give them the skills they need…

We are quick to attribute influence to a VIP, yet less likely to own that we have just as much power to shape our children as any reality TV star…

The internet isn’t just making us dumb, it’s making us angry. And it is women who are among the fastest adopters for venting their rage online.

If you have a teen, it’s highly likely that at some stage they have been sent a nude image.

Whether the trolls realise it or not, their comments reveal far more about them than they ever do about those they are hoping to intimidate or discredit.

The following post was the lead Opinion piece in the Daily Telegraph 30/0/16. In it, I discuss a game teens in the Newcastle area are playing. It may shock you.…

The following post was originally published by Kidspot. Yep. I’m calling it. This is the greatest marketing campaign aimed at little girls ever. Much-loved talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has…

This month’s issue of Good Health magazine features insights with various parenting experts, including me! Others interviewed include Dr Michael Carr-Gregg, Dr Tim Hawkes and Andrew Fuller ( Andrew and…

I’ve had the opportunity to contribute to, and write, some really interesting pieces for various media outlets this week. I want to share the highlights with you here. The always-wise…

I was pleased to have had the opportunity to provide a context for why young girls might chose to send their images to online Instagram pages that invite others to…

The following post is by my friend and colleague Nina Funnell. It originally appeared in the Term 3, 2014 NSW Parents Council Newsletter. Nina is a journalist, author (she co-wrote…

This advertisement for Skype is just gorgeous. In the current culture that mocks teen girl friendships and focuses on the negative (think Mean Girls, Ja’mie) this shows just how genuine…

I recently returned to United World College (UWC) Singapore, at both the Dover and East Campuses, to follow up on the work I did there in April, and to meet…

This week I am sharing a guest post by my colleague and friend Nina Funnell which first appeared in The Age. In this Nina attempts to make sense of alarming…

On Christmas Day I logged on to Facebook to wish my on-line Friends all my love and was immediately struck by how many teen girls I am connected to were…

I am thrilled to announce that for the second year in a row, Enlighten Education has been announced as a Finalist for the incredibly prestigious Australian Human Rights Awards in…

This week I am proud to have been given permission to publish an extract from one of the speeches given at yesterday’s Reclaim The Night rally in Sydney; this was…

I am always incredibly honoured when I receive correspondence from women who want to meet with me to discuss more about my work, and their vision for girls. Unfortunately, it…

Trigger warning: This blog post contains references to suicide. If you or anyone you know has suicidal thoughts or behaviour, seek help immediately. These help lines are open 24 hours…

I am excited to be able to share with you an outstanding article on teens and body image, for which Australian journalist Susan Johnson extensively interviewed leading experts and kids…

Nina Funnell and I wrote the following Opinion piece, which was also featured in The Age newspaper today. Accusing Lynx of peddling sexist advertisements is like informing Kyle Sandilands that…