In This Together – This month on SchoolTV – Raising Girls

Raising girls in today’s modern world can be a difficult path for parents and carers to navigate. These days, girls are transitioning to puberty a lot earlier than they used to and the physical, psychological and emotional changes they experience can be extremely challenging. As a result, by mid-adolescence, girls are twice as likely to develop mood disorders than boys.

Some parents and carers may feel uncertain about how best to support their daughter through the ups and downs of adolescence and how to keep the lines of communication open. Ensuring a daughter’s opinions are heard and her views listened to will go a long way towards making her feel loved and supported as she tries to establish her own identity. And whilst some of the conversations will be challenging, others frustrating, and many heart-warming, the earlier these are started the stronger your relationship will be.

In this edition of SchoolTV, you will attain a clearer picture of what girls are wanting from the significant adults in their lives and how best to support them through adolescence. Some of the topics addressed include puberty, body image, anxiety, social media, how to teach the characteristics of resilience and persistence. As you can see, it is a big issue!

Here is the link to this month’s edition.

We would encourage all parents to explore this issue on SchoolTV. Even if your daughter has not yet reached adolescence, the information provided will enable you to understand the joys and challenges that lay ahead. You might also like to look at past issues also. Topics include:

• Sleep
• Body image
• Grief and loss
• Positive parenting
• School refusal
• School transitions

Please remember, if you do have any concerns about the wellbeing of your child, please contact the school for further information or seek medical or professional help.

Bethany Lord
Director of Pastoral Care