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Natasha Devon
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‘Want to stop bullying? Let’s start with our deeply unimaginative curriculum’
To tackle bullying, we need our pupils to develop empathy and imagination, writes Tes’ mental health expert. That’s hard to do when the school system values semi-colon usage more than the enjoyment of reading
5 March 2018
‘We need to teach our children that there’s more than one way to be attractive, and that it’s OK to be themselves’
To encourage a healthy body image in all pupils, we need media and advertising to truly reflect the range of shapes, sizes, ages, races, skin colours and physical abilities in our society, says Tes’ mental health columnist, Natasha Devon
26 February 2018
‘My response to Weight Watchers offering a free programme for weight-conscious teenagers? NOOOOOOOO!’
People should not be seduced into thinking that dieting is the answer to the obesity epidemic in young people
20 February 2018
‘When “mental health” is treated as a catch-all, teachers are expected to deal with conditions way beyond their remit’
Mental health is not one, unified entity. By discussing it as such, we allow the government to place more pressure on school staff to take on roles way beyond their skillset, writes Tes’ mental health columnist, Natasha Devon
12 February 2018
‘100 years since some British women were given the vote, we’re still a long way from true equality - just look at Stem’
Tes’ mental health columnist Natasha Devon sets out the three things education could do to drive the change towards an equal society
6 February 2018
‘Transphobes are driving children’s confusion about gender - not the trans community or their supporters’
The transgender community doesn’t frighten our children – it just frightens its most vocal critics. We can’t let these narrow-minded people influence how we educate our children, writes Tes’ mental health columnist, Natasha Devon
29 January 2018