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Education Episodes

Nov. 20, 2024

114: Friendships, frenemies and banter. What to expect and why.

Send us a text Friendships, and fitting, in are everything to teenagers. You could argue that understanding the dynamics, and supporting our kids through the turmoil of the teen years, is one of the best things we parents can...

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Oct. 23, 2024

110: Motivation: How to motivate your teenager. An interview with emi…

Send us a text When kids hit puberty they become driven by a core motivation that many of us adults don't fully appreciate. It's not simply fun, or sex; they're looking for experiences that give them social status and respect...

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Sept. 18, 2024

105: How grades harm school students and what we parents can do about…

Send us a text Grades are used in education the world over, but why? With the growing mental health crisis in teenagers I've been exploring how experts are asking whether perhaps it's time we looked again at the role grades …

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Aug. 28, 2024

102 Grades. Our obsession with them fails everyone. An interview with…

Send us a text What is school for, and are exam grades a good measure of a human? Does someone's grades tell us what we should know, or are we being misled? Do grades help children grow and engage with …

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Aug. 7, 2024

99: Exams: how to cope with boys who fail them and seem apathetic. Em…

Send us a text In the West, we tend to see success for late teens as passing exams, getting into further education or getting a job, and moving on with life. So when we received an email from a mother, …

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