Talking about ‘tough’ topics with children isn’t easy. Many parents feel uncomfortable talking about certain topics with their children for a range of valid reasons. It’s important to note that feeling uncomfortable talking about tough topics is common and nothing to feel ashamed about. Below we have listed several reasons why parents may find it difficult to talk with their children, and things you can do to make it easier;
We all experience difficulties throughout our lives. Others may hurt us, we may fail or we might feel that we aren’t good enough. While the challenges we face in life can bring us down and leave us feeling helpless, it’s so important we have the strength to adapt and pick ourselves back up. Adolescence can…
Many of us are familiar with the rapid heartbeat and fluttering stomach butterflies that anxiety gives us, often at what feels like the most inconvenient times. Although anxiety can be unsettling, it is our bodies natural response to stress, danger or pressure and is a valuable safety mechanism. Often anxiety comes and goes however, when…
Hello beautiful girls, today we thought we would give you all a little more information about Anxiety! Anxiety is a word that is used so commonly these days, so at Standing Strong, we thought we would give you girls a little bit more information about what it is and how it presents itself in teens…
Let’s all raise our hands if we have been bullied at least once in our lives! * The whole world raises their hands* Uh huh, that’s what we thought! Girls it is now so common and normal for us to hear about someone being bullied, or for us to be bullied…
Hey girls! So Confidence…some people say that we are either born with it, or not… WELL that is most certainly not true! Confidence is something that is learned, it is practiced and it is something that comes a long with feeling good about yourself. Now how do we go about feeling good about ourselves, good…
Hi beautiful girls, now we know the topic of self-harm can be a hard one to talk about and a bit confronting to bring up…BUT it is a topic you may hear about at school, at home or in other environments around other teens. Let’s cover the basics: What is Self-harm? Self-harm is described as…
Hello beautiful girls! Do you sometimes feel like doing nice things or saying nice things to yourself is a bit out of the ordinary for you? Well you are not the only one. It is so normal for teen girls these days to compliment other people, go out of our way to do kind things…
Do you ever feel as though when you’re emotional (sad, lonely, anxious, angry or anything in between) it takes over your whole head and body? It is so common for teen girls, and anyone for that matter to feel overwhelmed with emotions at times…you are not alone! At times when our emotions become overwhelming, we…
As a lot of you may have seen over the past few days, there has been a trending hashtag on social media, “#Me Too”.