How Parents Can Help Teens deal with School Pressure

Let's All Talk Mental Health
01:01:35
Teenagers' attitudes towards pressure, especially at school, ranging from negativity, lack of motivation, and inconsistent study habits to perfectionism and overworking, can significantly impact their mental health, leading to anxiety, depression, and burnout. Parental pressure, although well-intentioned, can harm self-esteem if parents' definitions of success differ from their child's. Remember, your child is their own person.
Cathy Ellott, Head of Putney & Streatham High, and Dr. Sarah-Jane Knight will discuss how to build an environment for teens that balances support and challenge and fosters a healthy attitude towards learning. They will explore how schools and homes promoting realistic, open communication, emotional support, and a balanced approach to studying and results, can help teens focus on their own expectations and abilities, and build their resilience through trial and error.
Speakers
Cathy Ellott
Head
Ms Cathy Ellott joined Streatham and Clapham High School as the new Head this September. Having worked in a range of top schools, she is a passionate advocate for all girls’ education and the confidence, camaraderie and friendship it inspires. She is proud to be part of the Girls Day School Trust and to share a vision for the future of girls’ learning that is empowering, relevant, ambitious and fun. Having studied English at Oxford, she is committed to academic excellence and yet she knows, both as a parent and a teacher, that each child has her own journey and that the school’s community and partnership with parents is crucial so that every girl may flourish.
Sarah-Jane Knight
Dr
Dr Sarah-Jane Knight is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Psychology Specialism Lead for a national provider of specialist education, and the lead for Commune Psychology. She has core training in CBT, systemic, and psychodynamic approaches, with additional expertise in group psychoanalytic psychotherapy, attachment-focused therapies, trauma treatment, and autism assessment (including ADOS). She has worked in both outpatient and inpatient NHS services, in private practice, and in a specialist service for adopted children. At Commune Psychology, Sarah-Jane is a national provider for specialist education and residential children's services.

How Parents Can Help Teens deal with School Pressure
01:01:35