HeyJaredSonia Shaljean
Founder of Lads Need Dads CIC - a pioneering early-intervention programme for boys growing up without fathers. Churchill Fellow, speaker, and writer exploring how father absence shapes our sons, families and society and what it takes to heal.
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When provision replaces presence. (opens the original)
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A conversation I had recently with a young man who goes to university, got me thinking again about something I have encountered in different ways throughout my working life. We were talking about some of the laddish behaviour he had witnessed among other young men, including heavy drinking, dares, attitudes towards girls and the pressure to go along with the group. What particularly interested me was his observation that some of the young men at the centre of this behaviour appeared to come from
What Do Frontline Professionals Know That We Aren’t Measuring? (opens the original)
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I have always been a gap seer.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="861" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Rrst!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.co
‘Can We Just Ask Why Dad Isn’t There?’ (opens the original)
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Yesterday I gave evidence to the Boys’ Education Commission about what is going wrong for boys in education and what we could do differently. I spoke about relationships, belonging, early intervention and the importance of understanding what may be happening in a boy’s life before we simply respond to his behaviour.I also spoke about father absence. It has been central to my work for more than ten years and I believe it needs to be part of the wider conversation about boys and education.Boys don
When boys grow into men: What fatherlessness can leave behind (opens the original)
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What Frontline Professionals Can’t Say (opens the original)
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A Conversation I Had to Write About<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="850" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UgBK!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2
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