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Brisbane Girls Grammar School
Illumine for Parents—Part 1 with Dr Lisa Damour: Navigating important conversations with your daughter
29 minutes Posted Jul 19, 2022 at 12:00 am.
What is it that girls are talking to you about right now?
Why are hard or embarrassing conversations so essential to have with your children from an early age?
Have you experienced ‘cancel-culture’ in your practice?
Should parents get involved in adolescent friendship conflicts or is it time to lean out?
How can parents help if their daughter is a target of this type of behaviour? And, what should a parent do if they suspect their daughter is engaging in this behaviour?
Why do adolescents lie?
When should we be worried about the lying?
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Parenting adolescents can be a challenging time, and the difficult conversations that parents need to have today are markedly different from those of even ten years ago. Mobile phones, social media and a global pandemic may well have changed these conversations with our daughters, but they remain vitally important no matter how uncomfortable they might make us as parents. Host Ms Jacinda Euler, Principal of Brisbane Girls Grammar School, discusses how to navigate and approach&nb...