July 20: Behind Every Screen Is a Human Being
how society shapes the way children and young people see themselves, each other and the world they live in
As parents, we spend a great deal of time teaching our children how to treat other people. We encourage them to use kind words, include those who are left out, apologise when they've hurt someone and think about how their actions might affect others.
But as more of our children's friendships and conversations move online, those same lessons have become more important than ever.
Behind every message, comment and profile picture is a real person with thoughts, feelings and experiences that we may never fully see. Yet the distance created by a screen can sometimes make it easier to forget that our words still have the power to encourage, include, comfort…or hurt.
Today's blog explores why digital empathy is becoming one of the most valuable life skills we can teach the next generation, how kindness online can have just as much impact as kindness face-to-face, and why helping children pause and consider the person behind the screen is an important part of raising compassionate, emotionally intelligent young people.
Because while technology will continue to change, one thing never should is that every person deserves to be treated with kindness.
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International Self Care Day: Self‑Care is not negotiable.
Friday 24 July 2026
12:00 13:00
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In this 60‑minute webinar, we’ll dismantle the myth that self‑care is a luxury or an indulgence. Once again, we’ve been sold short-term, capitalist quick fixes—like scented candles and bubble baths—as if they could patch over much deeper, systemic problems.
Real self‑care is far less glamorous and far more powerful. It’s about boundaries. About rest. About tuning into our natural rhythms and creating the space to truly know ourselves.
We often frame self‑care as something we do for others—role‑modelling healthier behaviours, being better colleagues, parents, partners. And yes, that matters. But the deeper truth is this: we don’t need to earn rest or justify our wellbeing. We need to normalise self-love without attaching it to usefulness.
Self‑care is a political act. It's about reclaiming what we all deserve—without guilt—and refusing to burn out while trying to fix the very systems that make it so hard to care for ourselves in the first place. Because access to self-care isn’t equal, and recognising that is part of the work.