Best Practice

Creating male role-models

Pastoral issues
For many pupils, having a positive male role-model in their lives can make a big difference to outcomes. Kim Jones suggests hosting workshops to give your fathers a chance to engage with their children and the school community

A recent report from mental health charity Time to Change found that half of teenage boys don’t feel they can open up to their fathers about mental health.

I wasn’t surprised. I have been running positive male role-model workshops for the past four years at the London school where I work, and I find that many teenage boys don’t feel they can open up to their fathers or other male relatives at all.

I am a school practitioner for education charity School-Home Support (SHS). My role partially consists of building a bridge between home and school, making sure that family issues are resolved and parents are engaged with their children’s education.

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