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Are You Crossing Your Fingers and Hoping for the Best? By Sensei Chelle | Self-Defence Instructor | 4th Dan Black Belt As a self-defence instructor with over 40 years of experience, I have had more conversations with worried parents than I can count. Daughters are heading off to university, planning gap years, booking their first solo trips. And the parents? They're quietly terrified. I completely understand it. I'm a mum of four girls myself. That tension between wanting you

Results day is done. The celebrations have happened, the plans are in place, and she is about to step into one of the most independent chapters of her life. University. College. An apprenticeship. A first job. A gap year abroad. Whatever path she is taking, she is heading somewhere new, somewhere exciting, and somewhere that comes with risks most of us are still uncomfortable talking about openly. For parents looking for university safety tips, the conversation needs to go be

As a self-defence instructor of 40 years and a mother of four daughters, there's a conversation I've had more times than I can count — with parents, with young women, and with the girls in my classes who are just starting to spread their wings. It's not the most comfortable conversation. But it might be one of the most important ones you ever have. I'm talking about drink spiking. Every summer, thousands of girls head to their first festival, their first girls' holiday, their

There's a moment every parent of a daughter knows. She's heading out the door — to a festival, a girls' holiday, a night out with friends — and you smile and wave and say "have fun!" But the second that door closes, your stomach drops. Will she be okay? Does she know what to do if something goes wrong? I've felt that exact feeling many times over. As a mum of four daughters and a self-defence instructor with over 40 years of experience, I've spent a long time sitting with tha