Hi everyone and welcome to the June Growing a Grown Up newsletter! I am just back from Korea, where I spoke at the IASAS Global Summit. 🇰🇷

 

I was so happy to have shared my 'Learnings from Student Suicide Reviews' talk with international colleagues - students everywhere need us to be aware of risk, compassionate in their outreach, and try to 'make every contact count'.

 

Also - what an amazing city Seoul is! 😍

I have recently been approached by several parents and young adults dealing with the sometimes challenging issue of having one strong cultural identity at home, whilst the outside world promotes a different culture.

 

I am also aware of culture clashes within the home, in mixed race or religious families. Such clashes can cause stress on relationships.

 

I therefore hope to offer some helpful thoughts and resources, in a bid to reduce some of that stress, and increase understanding of where such clashes come from…

 

Reach Out
✍️ Talking to your teen about their culture and race
 

Family Lives
✍️ Talking to your child about culture

The podcast series is described as “Connecting with the world’s leading helpers, improving our own mental health along the way”. Hosted by Marlon Morgan, a licensed therapist and Founder and CEO of Wellness Together, Inc., an organisation dedicated to helping thousands of people improve their mental health every day, This Helps offers practical tools you can apply today to improve your own mental health.

 

I was delighted to take part in this podcast episode, discussing perfectionism in young adults and how this relates to their mental health.

About The Boys
Boys from all over the UK talk frankly to Catherine Carr about sex, consent, life online, fun and friendship. They discuss porn, their struggles at school and becoming men. A brilliant Radio 4 short series for parents of teen boys!

Why the answer to the $64,000 question is… $64,000! If you're thinking of sending your child to uni, here's an unpicking of what it now costs a student to live per year.

Mixed Messages
A fabulous newsletter all about the mixed race experience. I recommend their newsletter, social media feeds - and excitingly they are also hosting a live event in London on 18th June.

If you would like to book me for talks to parents or teachers of teens (or Year 6), you can check out my website for contact info - and please do mention me at your school - I can bring the How to Grow a Grown Up experience to you in-person!

 

 

 

 

 

I received a lovely email from a mother who has been supporting her teenager with a few issues and she said one thing that helped was reading How To Grow A Grown Up to her teen: