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Taken over a year, around the urban area of my children’s school, my work explores identity, the self, the notion of childhood and boundaries. Children in the 21st century are expected to conform, succeed and meet government benchmarks. With the increasing peer pressure, social media and technology, children are growing up fast. As a mother, I am concerned with dependence on technologies, our culturally created facades and how these affect the many transitions of childhood. My identity as a mother is fundamental to my photographic practice, it is a way of exploring relationships and addressing fears. Through photography, I strive to capture the vulnerability and innocence of youth by considering our interaction and social awareness. The formality of the posing in these photographs, evokes a social awkwardness, there is an underdeveloped sense of self, and naivety for the wider context of photography; that preadolescent children have not yet fully resolved.