3 tips to feel less awkward in social situations (the teen edition)
How’s this for awkward: I had to move schools in year 10. Kindergarten was the last time I had gone to a new place without knowing a single soul. Let …
Things Teens Ask: ‘Is it normal for girls to masturbate?’
In this Things Teens Ask series, experts from The Conversation answers kids’ everyday questions, and today it’s a teen who wants to know whether girls masturbate. Hi, I have a question after …
Baker Bleu’s health crackers will make your feel all wholesome and smug
A brand new baking cookbook landed on my desk earlier this month. Baker Bleu is by baker-extraordinaire Mike Russell – he of the famous Baker Bleu bakery in Melbourne’s Elsternwick …
How to reconnect with your teen (even if it’s been a while)
Remember when your kids clung to you like a shipwreck survivor to a life raft? (We were the raft in this situation, just to be clear.) Then, one day, unexpectedly, …
We need to teach teens about safe sexting
Sexting involves taking self-made naked or partially naked sexual photos, videos or explicit texts and sending them online or via a mobile phone. They are more commonly referred to as …
Sophie’s baked pearled barley with all the early autumn veggies
I’ve been really getting into all the grains this year: think millet, quinoa, buckwheat and pearled barley. I think the barley is my favourite, so when I saw this recipe …