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== History ==
== History ==
MyDaughter.co.uk was launched in January 2009 following a survey of 1000 parents of daughters which asked 'How well do you know your daughter?' The survey found that sex and relationships were the most difficult subjects for parents to discuss with their daughters and that WAGs were the worst influence on girls.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1110045/High-heels-low-IQs-Dazzled-girls-want-WAGs-instead-having-careers-warn-headmistresses.html |title=High heels, low IQs |publisher=Daily Mail |date=2009-01-09 |first=Laura |last=Clark |accessdate=2010-06-19}}</ref> It also highlighted a range of other topics that were a cause of anxiety to parents. The research revealed that parents wanted help and advice on how to deal with these issues.<ref>BBC News, 9 January 2009, "[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7819817.stm Girls 'under too much pressure'"]</ref> This led the Girls' Schools Association to develop the MyDaughter brand as a source of online advice for parents. The Girls' Schools Association was approached by the Friday Project, an imprint of Harper Collins who will publish "Your Daughter", a book of the site in January 2011.<ref>The Bookseller, "[http://www.thebookseller.com/news/111560-tfp-to-publish-girls-school-advice.html TFP to publish girls school advice"]</ref>
MyDaughter.co.uk was launched in January 2009 following a survey of 1000 parents of daughters which asked 'How well do you know your daughter?' The survey found that sex and relationships were the most difficult subjects for parents to discuss with their daughters and that WAGs were the worst influence on girls.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1110045/High-heels-low-IQs-Dazzled-girls-want-WAGs-instead-having-careers-warn-headmistresses.html |title=High heels, low IQs |publisher=Daily Mail |date=2009-01-09 |first=Laura |last=Clark |accessdate=2010-06-19}}</ref> It also highlighted a range of other topics that were a cause of anxiety to parents. The research revealed that parents wanted help and advice on how to deal with these issues.<ref>BBC News, 9 January 2009, "[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7819817.stm Girls 'under too much pressure'"]</ref> This led the Girls' Schools Association to develop the MyDaughter brand as a source of online advice for parents. The Girls' Schools Association was approached by the Friday Project, an imprint of Harper Collins who will publish "Your Daughter", a book of the site in January 2011.<ref>The Bookseller, "[http://www.thebookseller.com/news/111560-tfp-to-publish-girls-school-advice.html TFP to publish girls school advice"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205173151/http://www.thebookseller.com/news/111560-tfp-to-publish-girls-school-advice.html |date=2010-02-05 }}</ref>


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* [[City of London School for Girls]]
* [[City of London School for Girls]]
* [[Cobham Hall]]
* [[Cobham Hall]]
* [http://www.combebank.kent.sch.uk/home/index.htm Combe Bank School]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100416063926/http://www.combebank.kent.sch.uk/home/index.htm Combe Bank School]
* [[Craigholme School]]
* [[Craigholme School]]
* [http://www.cranfordhouse.oxon.sch.uk/ Cranford House School]
* [http://www.cranfordhouse.oxon.sch.uk/ Cranford House School]{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [[Croydon High School|Croydon High School GDST]]
* [[Croydon High School|Croydon High School GDST]]
* [[Dame Allan's School, Newcastle|Dame Allan's Girls' School]]
* [[Dame Allan's School, Newcastle|Dame Allan's Girls' School]]
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* [[Francis Holland School|Francis Holland Sch (Sloane Square)]]
* [[Francis Holland School|Francis Holland Sch (Sloane Square)]]
* [[Gateways School]]
* [[Gateways School]]
* [http://www.greenacre.surrey.sch.uk/ Greenacre School for Girls]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141028212827/http://www.greenacre.surrey.sch.uk/ Greenacre School for Girls]
* [[Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls]]
* [[Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls]]
* [[Harrogate Ladies' College]]
* [[Harrogate Ladies' College]]
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* [[King Edward VI High School for Girls]]
* [[King Edward VI High School for Girls]]
* [[King's High School]]
* [[King's High School]]
* [http://www.lavanthouse.org.uk/default.php Lavant House]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120306220543/http://www.lavanthouse.org.uk/default.php Lavant House]
* [[Leicester High School for Girls]]
* [[Leicester High School for Girls]]
* [[Leweston School]]
* [[Leweston School]]

Revision as of 16:53, 9 February 2018

MyDaughters
Available inEnglish
OwnerGirls' Schools Association
URLhttp://www.mydaughter.co.uk
RegistrationOptional

MyDaughter is a British website set up by the Girls' Schools Association (GSA) offering advice to parents of daughters on all aspects of raising and educating girls.[1] Advice is provided by head teachers from the member schools of the Girls' Schools Association and other specialists in fields such as nutrition, psychology, health education and business.

History

MyDaughter.co.uk was launched in January 2009 following a survey of 1000 parents of daughters which asked 'How well do you know your daughter?' The survey found that sex and relationships were the most difficult subjects for parents to discuss with their daughters and that WAGs were the worst influence on girls.[2] It also highlighted a range of other topics that were a cause of anxiety to parents. The research revealed that parents wanted help and advice on how to deal with these issues.[3] This led the Girls' Schools Association to develop the MyDaughter brand as a source of online advice for parents. The Girls' Schools Association was approached by the Friday Project, an imprint of Harper Collins who will publish "Your Daughter", a book of the site in January 2011.[4]

Content

MyDaughter.co.uk contains articles and responses to questions on education choices, realising girls' full academic potential, dealing with eating disorders and signs of bullying, development stages, family relationships, sexual relationships,[5] social pressures and addictions,[6] social networking sites and internet safety and communicating with teenage girls. Site visitors can register to post a question to the which may then be answered by the panel of experts.

The site features notable alumnae[citation needed] from GSA schools including Claudia Winkleman, Claire Young and Miranda Krestovnikoff. It also offers a search facility for girls' schools featuring all GSA schools.

MyDaughter schools

Below is a list of GSA member schools which can be found on the site.

References

  1. ^ Frean, Alexandra (2008-11-15). "Headmistresses offer key to teenage girls through MyDaughter website". Times Online. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
  2. ^ Clark, Laura (2009-01-09). "High heels, low IQs". Daily Mail. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
  3. ^ BBC News, 9 January 2009, "Girls 'under too much pressure'"
  4. ^ The Bookseller, "TFP to publish girls school advice" Archived 2010-02-05 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Daily Express, 23 July 2010, "Kimberley Walsh - Could this be the new age of morality?"
  6. ^ Clark, Laura (2009-06-16). "Children getting hooked on Redbull". Daily Mail. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
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