Posted in Underage Drinking on Aug 28th, 2008 No Comments »
In a number of past posts we have discussed the binge drinking epidemic in our youth:
Let’s get smashed - a South Australian perspective
Getting Trashed is so hot right now
I discovered the following series of short films on site www.2much2lose.com. I believe they will be great catalyst for conversation.
The films are all part of a teen [...]
Posted in Body Image, Friendship, Media, Parents, Resources, Schools, Sexualisation of children on Aug 22nd, 2008 3 Comments »
This week I want to share extracts from “Teenage Mental health: girls shout out!”, the third research report recently released by GirlGuiding UK:
Teenage mental health: Girls shout out! is an investigation into girls’ experiences of both hard-to manage and challenging feelings and recognised mental health problems. The report considers a new generation of potential triggers for [...]
Posted in Beauty Industry, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Media, Parents, Resources, Schools on Aug 14th, 2008 4 Comments »
I stumbled upon another great American site in my cyber - world travels this week that I think is worth sharing:
www.loveyourbody.nowfoundation.org
This organisation runs a number of really interesting initiatives. One is the “Love Your Body” campaign which is launched each year with a poster competition:
The grand prize winning poster will be used as part of a [...]
Posted in Body Image, Enlighten Education, Power of Words, Women and Careers on Aug 6th, 2008 3 Comments »
We were delighted to be asked to participate in the “Business Sense” series. This televison series will be aired on Channel 9, 730am Sundays (commencing August 10th), on Foxtel’s Sky Business, and on QANTAS in-flight entertainment.
The series profiles successful small businesses and looks at what they are doing that is working. After each small business is [...]
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