8: Recognising Abuse
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- August 4, 2022
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What is abuse? How do we recognise abuse? If we recognise or suspect abuse, what can we do? How can we protect our children and...
7: Accessible self-defence training
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- February 2, 2022
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People of all abilities have the right and need to learn to defend themselves. Self-defence isn’t about fighting, it is about dealing with conflict, verbal...
6: Self defence
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- May 11, 2021
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Self defence. What is it? What are the principles of good self defence? What do you do when someone is walking behind you? What if...
5: What can be done to prevent sexism?
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- March 29, 2021
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What can be done to prevent sexism and gendered violence? We ask three experts “What one thing would you like teenagers to learn that could...
Teaching Self-defence: Friendship skills
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- January 31, 2020
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If the only tool children have is a hammer, everything is going to look like a nail. For children to use physical self-defence skills responsibly,...
Women’s Self Defence classes are not victim-blaming
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- January 31, 2020
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I was taken aback when I first heard women’s self defence efforts called victim blaming. Learning self defence as a teenager was one of the...
Teaching self-defence: The importance of values
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- January 30, 2020
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As a parent, I want my children to be able to stand up for themselves, physically defend themselves if they need to. But I don’t...
The Sleepover
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- November 19, 2019
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The sleepover – do you let her go? Do you blanket refuse? Or warn her? Your teen comes home super excited. She’s been invited to...
Setting boundaries book review: Where to draw the line by Anne Katherine
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- October 29, 2019
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Boundary setting… that’s just about drawing a line around how much touch is acceptable on a first date – right? “Where to draw the line”...
2014 in Review: Fitness and Health Articles
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- January 12, 2015
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2014 in Review: Fitness and Health Articles As we look forward to 2015, let's look back and see what we covered last year. This review...