Supporting teenagers starting a new school year
I was commissioned to write a post for the Parent Hub of the Hodder Education website: New School Year – Supporting Teenagers. It’s aimed at
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#50 of 52 Ways to Wellbeing: Walk to wellbeing
I took a break in my 52 Ways to Wellbeing, for various reasons. You could say I was practising what I preached in #40 (Stop
Screen-time guidelines don’t/can’t recognise quality
You see the headline Barely Any UK teens Meeting Exercise and Screen-time Guidelines – and the first line, in which it’s apparently actually “less than 10%
Grief, fear, stress, anxiety and brain bandwidth
One of the favourite things I talk about, and will shoehorn into pretty much any talk I do, is brain bandwidth. (I explain it here.) It’s
Edinburgh International Book Fest – why come?
***EDITED TO ADD: for unavoidable reasons, a few days ago I had to pull out of this event. I am very sorry.*** I mean why
Body Brilliant and Haggerston School, Hackney
Last Thursday, on publication day for Body Brilliant, I had a lot of fun launching the book in Haggerston School, Hackney. You may or not
Boosting teenage body image – Jemima Small takes on the world
One of the things I wanted to do in Body Brilliant is to point readers towards other books that might be powerful in boosting empathy
Ten Things To Know About Body Image
Body Brilliant is published today! And it has it’s first proper review and what a wonderful one from unsurpassed children’s books expert, Joy Court, on
Promoting Healthy Young Minds – Jersey 09/07/19
I’m in Jersey, speaking at The Promoting Healthy Young Minds conference, with a keynote on teenage minds/brains and a breakout session on life online/screen-use. The