Hi - I am Les Scammell, a 50 plus (just) father of four girls all under five. We live in the SE corner of Queensland (Australia).

I enjoy writing. I generally write through my blogs at myradicalblogs.com - just4families.com and coolayla.com
Pay them a visit if you get a chance.

I write on a multitude of genres having spent over 20 years in adult education, mainly in the fields of management, small business management, marketing, IT and personal development.

I have written training materials and training resources for most of my adult life. Although I still enjoy writing training materials it is now time to write for fun.

My passion is ...

computing in general

I know too much about ...

not suceeding

My parents always told me ...

not to expect to much from life

My childhood ambition ...

to be a politician

My favorite memory ...

feeding rock wallabies in Alice Springs

Why I write ...

to keep my brain active

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

current affairs

My first job ...

teaching

My best moment ...

as goalie for the regions hockey team and keeping out so many attempts at goal

My inspiration ...

my kids

Health & Fitness > Mental Illness Understanding self injury

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Millions of teenagers throughout the world intentionally and repeatedly bruise, cut, burn, mark, scratch or mutilate different parts of their own bodies. Since the wounds inflicted are not intended to be life-threatening they often do not require medical attention and are frequently dismissed as "accidental". Girls are more affected by this problem than boys with a ratio of about 5 girls to every boy involved in the act. It is thought that boys are more likely to hit out at others when frustrated whilst girls are more likely to internalize their frustrations.

However there appears to hav...

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