In the News: We Can’t Just Let Boys Be Boys
In this article in The New York Times, Making Caring Common’s survey of more than 3,000 18- to 25-year-olds is cited. More than 60 percent of respondents had never had a single conversation with their parents about how to be sure that your partner wants to have sex with you.
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Making Caring Common Faculty Director Richard Weissbourd joins host Ayla Fudala on the Frontiers of Health & Happiness podcast to discuss "how parents, educators, and communities can help young people become caring, moral, and thriving."
Making Caring Common Faculty Director Richard Weissbourd recently spoke with NBC News about the new survey and report, "Gen Z Wants to Do Good: How Helping Others Supports Meaning and Wellbeing," developed in collaboration between Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation.
Motivating and enabling far more Gen Zers to pursue careers that benefit others and have positive social impact is, of course, no simple challenge. But our data point to several strategies that may move the needle.
Parents thoughtfully sharing about their own mental health challenges can also encourage teens to open up about their struggles and alleviate the stigma they may feel about anxiety and depression.