My teenager is anxious about their schoolwork and their future career prospects; how can I reassure them?

Professor Tamsin Ford CBE
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
University of Cambridge

“The most important thing is to give time and space to explore their worries and to empower them to work on what they have control over – try and break the problem down into manageable bits – is a particular subject the problem, and then explore options that might help (speaking to their tutor or teacher about resources they could access) – remind them that all young people are facing these challenges and that schools and exam boards are aware of the problems that they have faced – there are some good resources here.”