for girls..

for girls

"With the huge amount of social and technological change that has taken place in recent times, too often our girls have been left to find their own way forward, causing them to turn to peers and popular culture for answers to the many questions they face." Maggie Hamilton, Author, 'What's Happening to our Girls?'.

Many years ago, in traditional societies, girls grew up in the company of women to be their true self, they were educated, prepared and honoured around their cyclic nature and were taught the mysteries of womanhood.

In today's western culture most girls are influenced by the media and popular culture to be dissatisfied with who they are and are sexualised prematurely without any meaningful guidance.

Steve Biddulph states "A successful and happy adolescence entails hundreds of conversations about what matters, who you are and what you stand for. Yet many teenage girls are basically abandoned by distracted parents and the impersonal melee of large secondary schools." 'Teenage Girls Under Attack', Sydney Morning Herald, June 2, 2007.

The Rite Journey has been developed to provide these conversations for girls along with a memorable Rite of Passage process which guides them into adulthood.

Maggie Hamilton"The Rite Journey offers girls a profound, intricate, and imaginative journey. It enables girls to access substantial information and experiences. It feeds their inner self, allowing them to get to know themselves, and to start to shape their future. "

Maggie Hamilton, Author, "What's Happening to our Girls?"

"The Rite Journey has proven to be a great coming of age experience for my daughter. Throughout Year 9 her questions and observations about life and people grew in frequency and depth. Initially I felt challenged by some of the questions she asked because it entailed a shifting away from our adult-child relationship, and I had to meet her with greater seriousness. This of course is the point and the achievement of this program.

My daughter had the framework and support to help her move through the threshold of adolescence and beyond the ambiguities and awkward stances of not knowing who they are in relation to the world and the people in it. She developed an honesty and earnestness that placed her firmly as a human being to be reckoned with. It was a great experience for her and for us, her family, to see her mature throughout the year. The silence and inner anxieties which often accompany this awkward stage of development were left in the dust and so has a momentum and courage which give us great confidence in the years to come. If you have the opportunity to get your child into The Rite Journey, don't miss it."

Garry, father of female Rite Journey student.