MyDaughter
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| Available in | English |
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| Owner | Girls' Schools Association |
| URL | http://www.mydaughter.co.uk/ |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | January 2009 |
| Current status | Closed in 2014 |
MyDaughter was 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 was provided by headteachers from the member schools of the Girls' Schools Association and other specialists in fields such as nutrition, psychology, health education and business.
History
[edit]MyDaughter.co.uk was launched in January 2009 following a survey of a thousand parents of daughters, which highlighted a range of 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.[2] 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 were to publish "Your Daughter", a book of the site, in January 2011.[3]
The website closed in 2014 with its functionality integrated into the GSA website.[4]
Content
[edit]MyDaughter.co.uk contained 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, social networking sites and internet safety and communicating with teenage girls. Registered site users could post a question to be answered by a panel of experts.
The site featured notable alumnae[citation needed] from GSA schools including Claudia Winkleman, Claire Young and Miranda Krestovnikoff. It offered a search facility for girls' schools featuring all GSA schools.
References
[edit]- ^ Frean, Alexandra (2008-11-15). "Headmistresses offer key to teenage girls through MyDaughter website". The Times.
- ^ BBC News, 9 January 2009, "Girls 'under too much pressure'"
- ^ Allen, Katie (3 February 2010). "TFP to publish Girls School advice". The Bookseller.
- ^ "MyDaughter". Archived from the original on 18 December 2014.
MyDaughter.co.uk is now part of the GSA website
- ^ Daily Express, 23 July 2010, "Kimberley Walsh - Could this be the new age of morality?"