MTR in Toowoomba and Adelaide for public events October and November
It will be wonderful to be able to return to Toowoomba, QLD, and Adelaide and Murray Bridge, S.A, to address students, teachers and parents in October and November. Toowoomba Parents, carers, teachers and guardians are invited to the event below this Monday, kindly hosted by The Glennie School, at which I have had the pleasure […]
MTR + Richie Hardcore: take on porn culture in address to young men
Confronting the harmful impacts of porn on boys: and encouraging them to aspire to healthy relationships When I first heard the name ‘Richie Hardcore’ I thought maybe he was an ex porn ‘star’ now going ‘hard’ against porn. Turned out it was his ring (fighting) name and related to a sub-genre of punk music. A […]
‘I often wonder if men and boys ever consider the damage their unwanted hand on the unwilling bodies and souls of girls does to us’ – child abuse survivor
…and one of the bravest women I have ever met Last month I posted a piece by a woman named Carrie, who was sold by her father into prostitution at the age of 9. She wrote about our amazing reunion 14 years after I was involved in attempts to secure asylum for her and her […]
Stop selling-out our daughter’s potential: Steve Biddulph on raising girls
After writing the multi-million best-selling Raising Boys in 2003, psychologist Steve Biddulph thought his life work was done. But the parenting guru and father of two kept hearing sad stories of friend’s daughters and coming into contact with parents in despair about how unhappy their girls were. They were plagued by eating disorders, self-harm, and […]