"If you have a daughter who is moving from primary to secondary school in September then maybe, just like I did, you have some concerns about what lies ahead for her?"
Dr Jo Watkins, co-founder of The HOW People
⚡ Is she feeling a bit nervous about it? Is she starting to talk about difficulties with friendships or getting involved in endless huge group chats?
⚡ Maybe she is worried about how to make new friendships or having problems with her current friendship group?
⚡ Perhaps she is bubbling with excitement but you concerned about her being on social media and getting into habits with her phone use?
There are so many new situations for you and your daughter to navigate: friendship, social media, meeting new people, teachers, places.
Year 7 often, particularly for girls, means a lot of drama, group chats, exclusion and getting sucked into social media along with becoming surgically attached to your smartphone.
Who we are and HOW we help
Dr Jo Watkins is a GP, qualified life coach, business mentor and a mum of 4. She has teens who are now 16 and 14 years old along with two younger children. She has supported them both through the transition to secondary school, through friendship challenges and helped them with their first phone and social media use.
Polly Crook has two younger children herself and is a mentor to many tweens and teens. She is brilliantly in tune with how they tick.
As founders of a platform offering courses, workshops and an inspiring, supportive digital membership for teen girls, Polly and Jo work with many girls of this age and have helped many over this hurdle.
Sessions are delivered in a fun, laid-back yet informative way that is at the right level for this age.
