Confidence in Mentoring
@cmentoring.bsky.social
Discussing mentoring programs relating to youth and business.
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confidenceinmentoring.com.au
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Ever had a tiny comment turn into a huge argument with your teen?
I break down why it happens and how my CEE model can help you calm things fast. Quick read, real change.
#parenting #teenagers #arguments
#family
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I break down why it happens and how my CEE model can help you calm things fast. Quick read, real change.
#parenting #teenagers #arguments
#family
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Why Your Teenager’s Brain Makes Them Argue and How to Lower the Temperature
There is a moment in every household with a teenager where the smallest comment turns into a full blown debate.
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December 10, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Ever had a tiny comment turn into a huge argument with your teen?
I break down why it happens and how my CEE model can help you calm things fast. Quick read, real change.
#parenting #teenagers #arguments
#family
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I break down why it happens and how my CEE model can help you calm things fast. Quick read, real change.
#parenting #teenagers #arguments
#family
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Very disappointed about the lack of advocacy against this ban.
Zero consultation from Government with young people.
And e-safety commission keeps banging on about ‘human rights’ aligned.
Far from it.
#socialmedia #auspol
Zero consultation from Government with young people.
And e-safety commission keeps banging on about ‘human rights’ aligned.
Far from it.
#socialmedia #auspol
Some bittersweet news for the government today. Reddit will comply with the ban, but it hasn’t ruled out a legal challenge.
Albanese says teen social media ban is already a 'success'. But it's still got a few hurdles
www.crikey.com.au
December 9, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Very disappointed about the lack of advocacy against this ban.
Zero consultation from Government with young people.
And e-safety commission keeps banging on about ‘human rights’ aligned.
Far from it.
#socialmedia #auspol
Zero consultation from Government with young people.
And e-safety commission keeps banging on about ‘human rights’ aligned.
Far from it.
#socialmedia #auspol
I’ve written an article about the consequences of using shame as a punishment tool. It doesn’t just wound the dignity of the person being shamed, it also erodes the capacity for compassion in the people doing the shaming.
#edusky #Behaviour #Psychology
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#edusky #Behaviour #Psychology
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Name and Shame Is Not Accountability
A few of you reached out after my last article about the way children and young people are forgotten in our conversations about violence.
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December 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I’ve written an article about the consequences of using shame as a punishment tool. It doesn’t just wound the dignity of the person being shamed, it also erodes the capacity for compassion in the people doing the shaming.
#edusky #Behaviour #Psychology
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#edusky #Behaviour #Psychology
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Shame does not lead to accountability. It silences people, hardens them or drives behaviour underground. As we face growing social issues, it is worth asking why we are returning to a punishment we once recognised as a form of torture.
#shame #punishment #justice
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#shame #punishment #justice
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Name and Shame Is Not Accountability
A few of you reached out after my last article about the way children and young people are forgotten in our conversations about violence.
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Shame does not lead to accountability. It silences people, hardens them or drives behaviour underground. As we face growing social issues, it is worth asking why we are returning to a punishment we once recognised as a form of torture.
#shame #punishment #justice
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#shame #punishment #justice
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Parents often ask me why their teenager shuts down the moment they try to talk.
The answer is not what most people expect.
I just published a new blog: The Number One Communication Mistake Parents Make Without Realising It.
#parenting #teens #teenagers
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The answer is not what most people expect.
I just published a new blog: The Number One Communication Mistake Parents Make Without Realising It.
#parenting #teens #teenagers
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The Number One Communication Mistake Parents Make Without Realising It
There is a moment every parent of a teenager experiences when they launch into a well-intentioned speech about school, or friends, or choices, and halfway through realise they have absolutely lost the...
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December 2, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Parents often ask me why their teenager shuts down the moment they try to talk.
The answer is not what most people expect.
I just published a new blog: The Number One Communication Mistake Parents Make Without Realising It.
#parenting #teens #teenagers
open.substack.com/pub/teentalk...
The answer is not what most people expect.
I just published a new blog: The Number One Communication Mistake Parents Make Without Realising It.
#parenting #teens #teenagers
open.substack.com/pub/teentalk...
Children often become invisible in conversations about family
violence. Their trauma is assumed, not explored. Their needs are acknowledged, but not met. Their voices are referenced, but never heard.
#genderbasedviolence #familyviolence #domesticviolence
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violence. Their trauma is assumed, not explored. Their needs are acknowledged, but not met. Their voices are referenced, but never heard.
#genderbasedviolence #familyviolence #domesticviolence
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Are Children Being Forgotten in the Conversation About Violence Against Women and Children?
Whenever we talk about violence against women and children, the conversation is usually focused on the women, and rightly so.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Children often become invisible in conversations about family
violence. Their trauma is assumed, not explored. Their needs are acknowledged, but not met. Their voices are referenced, but never heard.
#genderbasedviolence #familyviolence #domesticviolence
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violence. Their trauma is assumed, not explored. Their needs are acknowledged, but not met. Their voices are referenced, but never heard.
#genderbasedviolence #familyviolence #domesticviolence
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Supporting kids is helping them shape the online world.Encourage them to unfollow accounts that make them feel anxious. Remind them they can or block people who cause stress.Talk to them about listening to their body & noticing when scrolling stops feeling relaxing
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Is Social Media Ruining Your Household? Maybe Not… But It Definitely Needs a Plan.
The Part Every Parent Recognises
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November 25, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Supporting kids is helping them shape the online world.Encourage them to unfollow accounts that make them feel anxious. Remind them they can or block people who cause stress.Talk to them about listening to their body & noticing when scrolling stops feeling relaxing
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If we want real change, we need to rethink how we educate young men. Shaming pushes them away. Excuses let them off the hook. The answer is a middle path built on connection, belonging, emotional literacy and accountability.
#genderviolence #masculinity #men
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#genderviolence #masculinity #men
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Is Male Suicide and Gender Violence Actually the Same Crisis in Disguise?
We are seeing alarming rates of male suicide and gender based violence. Could this be linked to men's wellbeing?
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November 24, 2025 at 10:29 AM
If we want real change, we need to rethink how we educate young men. Shaming pushes them away. Excuses let them off the hook. The answer is a middle path built on connection, belonging, emotional literacy and accountability.
#genderviolence #masculinity #men
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#genderviolence #masculinity #men
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I've written an article about our deficit based approach to teaching Sex Education.
We don't put a strengths-based lens on Sex education, because of our own insecurities. Our focus is on risk management, rather than exploring intimacy and pleasure.
#sexeducation
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We don't put a strengths-based lens on Sex education, because of our own insecurities. Our focus is on risk management, rather than exploring intimacy and pleasure.
#sexeducation
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Is sexual education about sex, or is it just risk management?
Young women are consistently overrepresented in sexual abuse statistics, and the uncomfortable truth is that most perpetrators in these cases are young men.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I've written an article about our deficit based approach to teaching Sex Education.
We don't put a strengths-based lens on Sex education, because of our own insecurities. Our focus is on risk management, rather than exploring intimacy and pleasure.
#sexeducation
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We don't put a strengths-based lens on Sex education, because of our own insecurities. Our focus is on risk management, rather than exploring intimacy and pleasure.
#sexeducation
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A single young person’s experience can be powerful, but it can’t stand alone as the basis for program or policy design. Good practice sits in the balance between evidence and empathy. Data keeps us accountable; story keeps us human.
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Do We Need Peer Workers, or Is It Another Layer of Tokenism?
Introduction
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October 30, 2025 at 5:43 AM
A single young person’s experience can be powerful, but it can’t stand alone as the basis for program or policy design. Good practice sits in the balance between evidence and empathy. Data keeps us accountable; story keeps us human.
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Avoiding conflict feels good in the short term. It keeps tempers calm and everyone smiling at the dinner table. But it’s an illusion. True harmony isn’t the absence of conflict, it’s learning to work through it respectfully.
#teens #teenagers #patenting
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#teens #teenagers #patenting
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Why Avoiding Conflict With Your Teenager Backfires
When Keeping the Peace Causes the War
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October 27, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Avoiding conflict feels good in the short term. It keeps tempers calm and everyone smiling at the dinner table. But it’s an illusion. True harmony isn’t the absence of conflict, it’s learning to work through it respectfully.
#teens #teenagers #patenting
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#teens #teenagers #patenting
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It’s a good start. From my experience, bullying is most rife in late primary school and early high school.
Prevention based programs needs to start from the start of primary school, if not earlier.
Prevention based programs needs to start from the start of primary school, if not earlier.
Australian schools will need to initiate action against a bullying complaint within two days of a reported incident as part of a new national plan to tackle bullying.
Schools must respond to bullying within two days under national plan
Australian schools will need to initiate action against a bullying complaint within two days of a reported incident as part of a new national plan to tackle bullying.
www.abc.net.au
October 18, 2025 at 9:38 AM
It’s a good start. From my experience, bullying is most rife in late primary school and early high school.
Prevention based programs needs to start from the start of primary school, if not earlier.
Prevention based programs needs to start from the start of primary school, if not earlier.
I’ve written an article about the importance of talking with boys, about the social complexities of gender, masculinity and the patriarchal system.
Dads/male teachers/mentors need to step up and talk about it.
#gender #masculinty #genderbasedviolence #violence
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Dads/male teachers/mentors need to step up and talk about it.
#gender #masculinty #genderbasedviolence #violence
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Men Need to Step Up: Why Conversations About Gender and Violence Must Start Early
If we want to end gender-based violence, we need to start talking to young men before hate finds them first.
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October 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I’ve written an article about the importance of talking with boys, about the social complexities of gender, masculinity and the patriarchal system.
Dads/male teachers/mentors need to step up and talk about it.
#gender #masculinty #genderbasedviolence #violence
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Dads/male teachers/mentors need to step up and talk about it.
#gender #masculinty #genderbasedviolence #violence
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Mentoring creates connection and belonging. For a young person, it might be the first time they feel an adult really listens to them. For an emerging leader, it may be the reassurance that they are not alone in figuring out their next career steps.
#mentoring
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#mentoring
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Youth Mentoring vs Emerging Leader Mentoring: More Alike Than You Think
When people hear the word mentoring, they often picture very different scenarios.
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October 11, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Mentoring creates connection and belonging. For a young person, it might be the first time they feel an adult really listens to them. For an emerging leader, it may be the reassurance that they are not alone in figuring out their next career steps.
#mentoring
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#mentoring
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With reports of empty bottles of Bollinger strewn throughout the property and rubbish bins overflowing with discarded tins of caviar, local authorities say the cleanup effort could take days.
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March 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
With reports of empty bottles of Bollinger strewn throughout the property and rubbish bins overflowing with discarded tins of caviar, local authorities say the cleanup effort could take days.
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Why is it that DOGE is storming into Government buildings, demanding access to Government servers and sacking staff on the spot?
Meanwhile their responsibility is to “modernise federal technology”…… maybe because it’s constitutionally illegal.
#uspolitics #DOGE #trump
Meanwhile their responsibility is to “modernise federal technology”…… maybe because it’s constitutionally illegal.
#uspolitics #DOGE #trump
February 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Why is it that DOGE is storming into Government buildings, demanding access to Government servers and sacking staff on the spot?
Meanwhile their responsibility is to “modernise federal technology”…… maybe because it’s constitutionally illegal.
#uspolitics #DOGE #trump
Meanwhile their responsibility is to “modernise federal technology”…… maybe because it’s constitutionally illegal.
#uspolitics #DOGE #trump
The USAID retribution addition:
Gooch Palms -Busy Bleeding
The Mint Chicks -Licking Letters
Bruise Control -Taxman
Dr. Colossus -Cant Sleep
Hawkwind -Urban Guerilla
Dumb Punts -Space Waster
Veruca Salt -All Hail Me
Constant Mongrel -The Law
Pinch Points -Jellybrain
Midnight Oil-Back on the Boardline
Gooch Palms -Busy Bleeding
The Mint Chicks -Licking Letters
Bruise Control -Taxman
Dr. Colossus -Cant Sleep
Hawkwind -Urban Guerilla
Dumb Punts -Space Waster
Veruca Salt -All Hail Me
Constant Mongrel -The Law
Pinch Points -Jellybrain
Midnight Oil-Back on the Boardline
Balls 2 the Floor
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February 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The USAID retribution addition:
Gooch Palms -Busy Bleeding
The Mint Chicks -Licking Letters
Bruise Control -Taxman
Dr. Colossus -Cant Sleep
Hawkwind -Urban Guerilla
Dumb Punts -Space Waster
Veruca Salt -All Hail Me
Constant Mongrel -The Law
Pinch Points -Jellybrain
Midnight Oil-Back on the Boardline
Gooch Palms -Busy Bleeding
The Mint Chicks -Licking Letters
Bruise Control -Taxman
Dr. Colossus -Cant Sleep
Hawkwind -Urban Guerilla
Dumb Punts -Space Waster
Veruca Salt -All Hail Me
Constant Mongrel -The Law
Pinch Points -Jellybrain
Midnight Oil-Back on the Boardline
😆 Temu Trump!
February 3, 2025 at 9:08 AM
😆 Temu Trump!
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January 31, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Surely these guys are the hardest working band going around. Seems like they're on every bill atm!
Extraordinary live band and absolutely loving the new album.
#melbourne #punk #rocknroll #livemusic #ausmusic
Extraordinary live band and absolutely loving the new album.
#melbourne #punk #rocknroll #livemusic #ausmusic
Frenzee - Pink Tax (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Frenzee
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January 31, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Surely these guys are the hardest working band going around. Seems like they're on every bill atm!
Extraordinary live band and absolutely loving the new album.
#melbourne #punk #rocknroll #livemusic #ausmusic
Extraordinary live band and absolutely loving the new album.
#melbourne #punk #rocknroll #livemusic #ausmusic
Liberal supporters when people are condemning Nazis
a cartoon of homer simpson standing in a field
ALT: a cartoon of homer simpson standing in a field
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January 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Liberal supporters when people are condemning Nazis
STIFF RICHARDS - Bad Disease | Nice Day To Go To The Club Festival 2024
YouTube video by Daybed Records
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January 27, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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25.01.95: Football legend Eric Cantona kicked a fascist football hooligan.
January 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
25.01.95: Football legend Eric Cantona kicked a fascist football hooligan.