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Building A Support Network for Your Teen
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With Uju Asika
With Uju Asika
How to build a strong support network to guide teens into adulthood.
Since ancient times, coming of age rituals have offered powerful ways for communities to help children navigate the path from youth to adulthood. Inspired by a TED talk on modern rites of passage, author Uju Asika discusses why every child (and most adults) could benefit from having their own 'coming of age' team and how to go about building one.
More from Uju Asika: Thought Provoking Questions To Ask Boys Around Masculinity & What Is Anti-Racist Parenting?
Since ancient times, coming of age rituals have offered powerful ways for communities to help children navigate the path from youth to adulthood. Inspired by a TED talk on modern rites of passage, author Uju Asika discusses why every child (and most adults) could benefit from having their own 'coming of age' team and how to go about building one.
More from Uju Asika: Thought Provoking Questions To Ask Boys Around Masculinity & What Is Anti-Racist Parenting?
About Uju Asika:
Uju Asika is a multi-award nominated blogger, screenwriter and creative consultant. She is the author of Bringing Up Race: How to Raise a Kind Child in a Prejudiced World, published in the UK/Commonwealth by Yellow Kite (Hachette) in September 2020 and Raising Boys Who Do Better: A Hopeful Guide for a New Generation. As featured in Good Housekeeping, Marie Claire, BBC Radio 2 (Good Morning Sunday) and BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour among numerous outlets.
A former journalist, Uju’s writing has appeared in publications such as The Guardian, salon.com, Time Out and the Daily Times (Nigeria). She is the founder of digital consultancy Mothers and Shakers and the popular blog Babes About Town (Vuelio’s Top 10 London Lifestyle Blog 2020 & Top 10 UK Mum Blog 2021). Born in Nigeria, Uju grew up in the UK and has lived and worked in London, New York and Lagos. She is based in north London with her husband Abiye and their two football-mad boys. You can keep up with Uju at her family lifestyle blog babesabouttown.com and @babesabouttown across social media. For book info visit Raising Boys Who Do Better: A Hopeful Guide for a New Generation.
Uju Asika is a multi-award nominated blogger, screenwriter and creative consultant. She is the author of Bringing Up Race: How to Raise a Kind Child in a Prejudiced World, published in the UK/Commonwealth by Yellow Kite (Hachette) in September 2020 and Raising Boys Who Do Better: A Hopeful Guide for a New Generation. As featured in Good Housekeeping, Marie Claire, BBC Radio 2 (Good Morning Sunday) and BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour among numerous outlets.
A former journalist, Uju’s writing has appeared in publications such as The Guardian, salon.com, Time Out and the Daily Times (Nigeria). She is the founder of digital consultancy Mothers and Shakers and the popular blog Babes About Town (Vuelio’s Top 10 London Lifestyle Blog 2020 & Top 10 UK Mum Blog 2021). Born in Nigeria, Uju grew up in the UK and has lived and worked in London, New York and Lagos. She is based in north London with her husband Abiye and their two football-mad boys. You can keep up with Uju at her family lifestyle blog babesabouttown.com and @babesabouttown across social media. For book info visit Raising Boys Who Do Better: A Hopeful Guide for a New Generation.