Auction for Action: Thank you!
We couldn't have done it without you
A very special shout out to all the businesses, non-profits and individual supporters who donated 32 amazing items to our International Women's Day Auction for Action! As a result of this wonderful generosity, we were able to raise significant funds to help us continue fighting sexploitation at every level.
Sexualisation of kids now front page concern
Article from The Daily Telegraph
Parents believe childhood ends at 12 and blame pressure from friends, celebrity culture and social media for rushing kids into adulthood.Read more
Sexualisation taking an 'insidious toll' on children
Health professionals speak out about the increasing sexualisation of children in this article from the Sydney Morning Herald. Includes mention of Collective Shout campaigns and comments from co-founder Melinda Tankard Reist.
Read moreStop selling-out our daughter's potential: Steve Biddulph on raising girls
From Melinda Tankard Reist's blog.
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 depression.
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