Page 36 - haleian_Summer-2022-3-web

CONNECTIONS

STRATEGIC PLANS - CONNECTIONS

INFORMING PARENTS ABOUT EXPLICIT
ONLINE CONTENT

Hale believes that when the School and parents work together, the best results are achieved for our boys.
We are committed to working with families to support students.
We know that the challenges facing boys are real, complex and evolving,
and as a school we are being more intentional about providing information
for parents and guardians to know how to deal with these issues.
One of the initiatives we have introduced in the last couple of years is PARENT
staging an annual marquee event on a topic of interest for our parent
received very positively, in 2022 another challenging topic was explored: SERIES
community. In 2021, Maggie Dent, Desiree Silva and Matthew Pavlich
discussed supporting boys to become good men, offering insights into the
development of the adolescent brain. Attended by hundreds of parents and

explicit online images.
At the start of Term 4 more than 700 parents congregated to learn about 2023
‘Teenage relationships in the online age’. Maree Crabbe – an expert on the
topic – was joined by former WA Police Commissioner Karl O’Callaghan
and AFL great Bob Murphy to share the reality of the harmful content
kids are exposed to online from a young age. They also discussed how IN 2023, HALE SCHOOL
pornography is often violent towards women, the damaging effects on WILL RELEASE A SERIES
developing healthy relationships and criminal implications.
Advice was offered on how to protect children from content that they may OF PARENT EVENTS
not be emotionally mature enough to comprehend. These included:
ON VARIOUS TOPICS
• Talk early and often about relationships and consent, in an age-
appropriate manner. RELEVANT TO DIFFERENT

• Limit young people’s exposure and access to inappropriate content. AGE GROUPS.
• Teach children how to critique what they see online.
This initiative has come out of The Hale
You can find our more information and tips by visiting Maree’s website: Journey wellbeing framework, which
www.itstimewetalked.com. aims to provide evidence-based support
along a boy’s development from boy to
man.
The Parent Series is a collection of
talks, workshops and resources for
parents and carers to better understand
and support challenges and changes
at various stages of their son’s
development.
The first event will be on ‘Strengthening
children and teens against anxiety’ on
Tuesday 21 February. The presenter is
Karen Young, a renowned psychologist
and author of four books including
the bestselling Hey Warrior and Hey
Awesome, which creatively assist
children to understand and manage
anxiety.

34