Parents – Explore the emotions of making post-16 decisions via the Parent Perspective Podcast (Episode 5)

Georgia Williamson | Read time: 2 minutes

Explore Episode 5 of the Parent Perspective Podcast from Amazing Apprenticeships – it’s designed to help parents and carers explore careers with their children.

What is the Parent Perspective Podcast?

“The Parent Perspective” is an exciting podcast series for parents and carers, helping them to support their children with careers advice and guidance.

Amazing Apprenticeships have partnered with Not Going to Uni to create a podcast supporting parents to feel informed and confident in providing careers support and guidance to their child, so that they ultimately make the best decisions for them.

In each episode, BBC Radio 5Live’s Rachel Burden speaks to a diverse mix of parents, bringing their burning questions to expert speakers from the career’s world. Together they uncover practical solutions and informative answers, to help you and your child make informed decisions on those all-important next steps.

All about Episode 5

Episode 5 focuses on the importance of supporting your child’s emotional wellbeing and mental health as they navigate the world of careers and their next steps.

Rachel is joined by three fantastic speakers to explore the emotional side of making big decisions post-16, touching on:

  • The importance of curiosity to help children explore their options
  • Dealing with disappointment and how to cope when things don’t go as planned
  • Resilience as a tool for life
  • Utilising friends and family as a support network to talk through personal challenges and find shared experiences
  • … and so much more!

You can access the podcast via your preferred platform! Click the link below to listen.

Listen to episode 5

Resources to help

If you want to get even more value out of the podcast, check out its free resources! For episode 5, you can get your child involved in visualisation activities that really get their creativity flowing while encouraging them to think about what their future might look like.

By working through the sheet with them, you can help them develop their own ideas about their future.

Download the resource

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