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Mandy Collins

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Mandy Collins is a freelance writer and editor who isn't quite sure how she ended up writing about health when she had a career in television production all mapped out. She's a mother, an ardent baker, a garrulous tweeter and a procrastininja, among other things.

Posted inGender violence, General, Lifestyle

Raising girls; raising boys

Mandy Collins by Mandy Collins 8 August 2016

When my elder daughter, now 17, decided in Grade 6 that she wanted to attend a school social, we had to have a long talk. She was just 11, but I had to teach her not to accept drinks that weren’t sealed, not to leave an open drink unattended, not to hand out her phone […]

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