👦What is life like for teenage boys? How are they really feeling?

Catherine Carr tells @ClareMcDonnell1 what she's learned from talking to teenagers across the UK about consent, masculinity and friendship for BBC Radio 4 series About the Boys. 🎧 ⬇️

If you want to be instantly cheered this morning, this thread’ll do it. ‘No news about the pen of your aunt? Is it still on the table?’ 🤣

There's a new detective in Saint Marie!

Please give a very warm welcome to Don Gilet who will play DI Mervin Wilson!☀️

This looks like a great (paid, part-time) opportunity to get involved in writing about mental health research for public audiences

Sending the first 300 migrants to Rwanda costs £1.8m each. To put that in context, school funding is around £7,600 per child per year. So the cost of sending one migrant to Rwanda would get 234 children education for a year. Is that a good use of money?

Loving the comments 😁

Every student should be able to thrive at university. So we warmly welcome Student Minds manifesto, including its section on building #AMentallyHealthierNation 👏👇

Trans people - respond to the NHS Consultation on here.

You DONT have to respond today. We will get Guidance out but give us a few days.

Tell everyone / trans people, friends & family - we need them & their support. gov.uk/government/con…

Ryan Gosling and #TheFallGuy stunt team pose for some epic photos

Great to be part of this programme this am with the BBC Radio 5 Live team. Talking “About The Boys” on air on BBC Radio 4 all week at 13.45 📻

For too long, government policy has failed students. We’re calling on the next government to support @StudentMindsOrgStudent Mental Health Manifesto, for a future where every student can thrive. tinyurl.com/ycyjewwr

Such important recommendations for students! Do read ❤️

Such a tragic loss. CJ Sansom was one of the finest ever writers of historical fiction. He was an inspiration to me and to many others. We are poorer without him.
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This week, boys across the UK talk candidly to Catherine Carr about growing up in today's world.

Starting today at 1.45pm on BBC Radio 4. And afterwards on BBC Sounds.

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'The question of teen mental health is complicated and resistant to any single explanation' Good critique here of Jonathan Haidt's 'Anxious Generation' argument

theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

It’s depressing that after years in his portfolio Wes (who I have had a lot of time for) is trotting out facile nonsense like this.

This will not ‘save the NHS’: equivalent initiatives have been in place for decades.

As Simon says: more money for primary and a long-term plan.

How do women not die of rage aneurysms every day?

-Second, the NHS needs substantial investment in its facilities where patients can be seen and treated.
-Third, you should start by making a substantial investment in primary care. It will deliver the biggest bang for your buck in the shortest possible time.

If you think GROSS is the magic bullet you are searching for, you are wrong. There is no magic bullet.
Three things should drive your policy.
-First, the NHS needs substantial investment to grow the workforce, doctors and nurses in particular.

Will be fascinating to listen, as I am coming across similar issues in university students - we need to tackle the 'cancel culture'