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Cancel culture: from celebrities to classrooms. (opens the original)
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'You’re either part of the problem or part of the solution.’Have you heard the rallying cry of our time? I certainly have, relayed back from schools and universities via my children and their friends. It pushes people into binary positions. They need to back one side because if they don’t they risk becoming the next target, or even worse, being ejected from their group into the shark-infested waters or arid desert.It’s bad enough when it’s a very complex international issue, but when it boils do
Are we too soft on our kids? (opens the original)
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I love interviewing experts. Each person I bring on to the show has been invited either to stoke a fire in my mind or to put it out. My two most recent guests both have years of frontline experience with teenagers, and a wealth of advice for us parents. Dr Sax has written several books that are thoroughly researched and particularly clear in their guidance for parents. When I shared my interview with him on LinkedIn one response came from Ioakim Boutakidis, Professor of Child & Adolescent Stud
Parenting Unmotivated Boys (opens the original)
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“Why doesn’t my son seem to care?” (opens the original)
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If your son seems apathetic, glued to gaming, or strangely unbothered by school, you are not alone, and you are not imagining it. I decided to create this discussion because I have been contacted by so many parents about the lacklustre attitudes they are seeing in their sons, looking for advice on what to do.Around the world, boys are falling behind academically, drifting socially, and retreating into screens. Meanwhile, girls are outstripping boys at school and university, and often hiding thei
Are You Doing Too Much For Your Teen (And Still Feeling It’s Not Enough)? (opens the original)
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Are you ever torn between wanting to give your teen every opportunity—and worrying you’re doing too much for them? That tension sits at the heart of my conversation with clinical psychologist and author Dr. Tara Porter about her book Good Enough.Tara has worked with teenagers for over 25 years. Across diagnoses—anxiety, eating disorders, OCD—she noticed a common thread: underneath it all, many young people quietly believe they are not “enough.” Not clever enough, not organized enough, not attrac
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