This week, two stories landed close together. One concerned an alleged gang rape at Cornell University, now reopened by prosecutors. The other, a Guardian report, examined the scale of sexual abuse between children in English and Welsh schools. As a parent, a coach and a nurse, I read both with a heavy heart. And with
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Boundaries are among the most important things we can teach our children. They show other people how we expect to be treated, and they show our children how to treat others. A child who understands boundaries knows their own worth, and a child who respects other people’s boundaries understands that everyone else has worth too.
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Last week, we looked at the mirror parents hold up to their children: the names, the jokes, and the unhealed adult pain that can quietly teach a child they are not enough. This week, we turn to the shield. What does self-love actually protect our teenagers from? And why can’t we teach it with words
