Jack Kenmir is a teacher at Highgate school and speaks with experience and passion about the importance of the co-curricular both in and out of school and its benefits to teenagers for all aspects of learning, life and wellbeing.

Talking Teenagers - Season 2 - Autism in Mind with Henry Bullock

Oct 28th, 2020 27m 44s

Henry speaks openly and eloquently to us about his journey with autism through childhood and the teenage years and provides valuable advice to parents and teachers on how to better understand the best ways to support autistic teenagers.

Talking Teenagers - Season 2 - Facing Challenges with Olivia Shone

Oct 28th, 2020 32m 49s

Olivia, wife of James, speaks with passion and clarity about how to parent when life gets tough. She refers to her own experiences of parenting throughout James’s traumatic recovery and provides valuable advice which all parents and educators c

Talking Teenagers - Season 2 - Life Lessons with Lewis Moody

Oct 28th, 2020 38m 51s

Ex England rugby captain and founder of the Lewis Moody foundation, Lewis shares his passion for helping young people and talks openly and honestly about his childhood and the challenges he faced. This has resulted in some invaluable life less

Talking Teenagers - Season 2 - Anorexia in Mind with Suzie Flory

Oct 28th, 2020 27m 4s

Susie shares an incredibly open and honest account of her battle with anorexia and provides some valuable wisdom to parents and educators who may be struggling to discuss what can be a taboo subject.

Talking Teenagers - Season 2 - Growth Mindset with Kathy Weeks

Oct 28th, 2020 25m 30s

Kathy Weeks is co author, with her husband Matthew Syed, of two fantastic books: ‘Dare To Be You’ and ‘You Are Awesome.’ She talks to us with real clarity and knowledge about her own teenage challenges and the importance of a growth mindset fo

Talking Teenagers - Season 2 - Building Wonder

Jun 26th, 2020 24m 8s

James Shone and James Sertin talk about the importance of building a sense of wonder in our teenagers. They discuss why it's important and how to help our children discover and nurture feelings of awe.

Talking Teenagers - Season 2 - The Future of Education with Richard Backhouse

Jun 3rd, 2020 33m 43s

We talk to Richard Backhouse, Principal of Berkhamsted School and Chair Elect of HMC, about his opinions on the state of education including past changes, current challenges and likely future trends.

Talking Teenagers - A Coronovirus Conversation with Alicia Drummond

Apr 30th, 2020 20m 24s

James Sertin discusses the parenting of teenagers during the coronavirus with expert Alicia Drummond from Teen Tips. She outlines a wide variety of approaches to tackle just some of the challenges parents are facing.

Talking Teenagers - A Coronovirus Conversation (part 2)

Apr 17th, 2020 21m 7s

James Shone talks us through his UFO mantra.Look UpLook ForwardLook Out

Talking Teenagers - A Coronavirus Conversation (part 1)

Mar 27th, 2020 22m 31s

James Shone and James Sertin have an open and frank discussion about the challenges facing parents with the current coronavirus crisis. Together they provide a series of useful tips on how to pull together harmoniously as a family and keep anx

Talking Teenagers - Season 1 - Teen Tips with Alicia Drummond

Jan 24th, 2020 32m 34s

Alicia Drummond heads up the very successful ‘Teen Tips.’ She works with parents to promote strong self-esteem and emotional resilience in teenagers to enable them to resist peer pressure, make healthy choices for themselves and overcome the in

Talking Teeangers - Season 1 - Sex & Pornography with Viv Crouch MBE

Jan 24th, 2020 29m 9s

We chat to Viv Crouch who has worked for the NHS since 1960! She has been a school nurse, a young people’s sexual health worker and for five years sat on the Independent Advisory Group to the Cabinet Office on Teenage Pregnancy. Viv was awarde

Talking Teenagers - Season 1 - Mobile Phones & Parent Groups with Dr Suzie Davies

Jan 24th, 2020 24m 31s

There is a growing evidence that technology may be affecting our children’s mental health. Dr Susannah Davies speaks to us about how to harness the positive side of technology whilst trying to avoid some of its potentially more negative effects

Talking Teenagers - Season 1 - Nutrition & Wellbeing with Liz Earle

Jan 24th, 2020 44m 51s

Liz Earle MBE has been a respected and award-winning authority in the world of natural nutrition and wellbeing for almost thirty years. We discuss a variety of key ingredients to promote wellbeing in teenagers with a particular focus on nutrit

Talking Teenagers - Season 1 -Self-Regulation & AS Tracking with Dr Jo Walker

Jan 24th, 2020 40m 1s

Evidence shows AS (Affective Social) Tracking improves whole school and individual pupil wellbeing by equipping teachers with in-school, targeted action plans to reduce pupil mental health and wellbeing risks. Jo Walker is part of the team run

Talking Teenagers - Season 1 - Building Happiness with Sir Anthony Seldon

Jan 24th, 2020 27m 28s

Promoting happiness is quite simply the most vital part of parenting teenagers. We are delighted to have interviewed Sir Anthony Seldon on this topic which is one that is very close to his heart. As well as being Patron of ‘I Can & I Am’, Sir A