Framlinghamian 2023 - Flipbook - Page 128
WELLBEING
NEWS
Teen Tips
FOUNDER GIVES SUPPORT TO COPING WITH CHALLENGES
OF MODERN TEENAGE LIFE
On Tuesday 7 February, the College was
when things get tough and enable them to
fortunate to welcome Alicia Drummond,
become the best versions of themselves.
BACP accredited therapist, parenting
expert and founder of Teen Tips as a
Alicia also challenged the Prep School
guest speaker to deliver a series of mental
pupils to consider what they feel makes
health and wellbeing talks to pupils and
people successful and what their own
parents.
measures of success were. She also
initiated a thought-provoking discussion
She began with a talk to Prep School
on the importance of having courage,
pupils in Years 6 – 8, focusing on supplying
exploring feeling fearful of something but
the children with tools and techniques
doing it anyway in order to truly discover
to help them manage the stresses of
what, as individuals, we are capable
everyday life. Her insights gave the pupils
of. She referenced this with examples
a GRIT analogy to work with, applying
of embracing failure that have enabled
the principles of Guts, Resourcefulness,
famous people, including inventor James
Imagination and Tenacity which, she told
Dyson and author JK Rowling, to apply
the pupils, would help them to keep going
their ‘bounce back ability’ in order to
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