Underage Drinking

Along with all the spray tans and fancy frocks comes advice for girls that ranges from well intentioned but misguided, to outright dangerous.

We seem to suffer from a collective amnesia about what we were like ourselves at this age.

This post was originally published by The Daily Telegraph 16/7/16 and online at RendezView. Since when have the final years of school transformed into a blood sport, apropos The Hunger…

Because there has been so much (often furious and ultimately, therefore, alienating and unhelpful ) discussion on Mia Freedman’s recent post on girls and personal safety , I hesitated to…

We all want our daughters to become strong, resilient and compassionate women. But how do you help them get there? In a world that seems to force girls to grow…

Last week was a big week in girlworld. Unless you were recently deposited back on earth by aliens, I doubt I need to tell you that One Direction arrived in…

We are coming up to a time of celebration for girls — end of exams, school formal, schoolies week, Christmas and New Year’s — and unfortunately that means we’re also…

This week we learned some hard facts about teen drug and alcohol consumption when Western Australia released its figures for the Australian School Students Alcohol and Drug Survey. Teens, especially…

I have lifted this idea straight from Oprah’s magazine, April 2006 edition. If you could write a note of advice to your teen girl self, knowing all that you know…