Madonna King's January 2021 feature story 'My friend, she's really skinny, I need to lose weight' … the teenage angst swamping 10-year-old girls' looks at what it's like to be a 10-year-old girl in Australia today. Madonna is joined in discussion by Good Weekend editor Katrina Strickland and senior writer (and father to three daughters) Tim Elliott, the trio delving into everything from body anxiety to fraught friendships, technological ability to tears, for a look at how "teen" is overtaking "tween" more rapidly than ever.

Link to the story: https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/my-friend-she-s-really-skinny-i-need-to-lose-weight-the-teenage-angst-swamping-10-year-old-girls-20201123-p56h15.html

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