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Boy Talk · September 2 · 34 min

7. Alex Blower

Alex knows what it's like to be a disaffected teenager. Kicked out of school at 13, he says he caused a lot of damage to other people, before getting the chance to turn things around. Now he is doing all he can to help young boys like him who feel they don't have a future. He is the founder of Boys Impact and author of Lost Boys: How Education is Failing Young Working-Class Men. This powerful conversation provides real insight into how boys think about status, aspiration, and their peer group - and what is needed to help them thrive. Call for Evidence: submit here Podcasts are available to watch now on YouTube Stay up to date on the Commission by following our LinkedIn and Instagram Find out more via our Website Edited and produced by Aedan Wilson

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Alex knows what it's like to be a disaffected teenager. Kicked out of school at 13, he says he caused a lot of damage to other people, before getting the chance to turn things around. Now he is doing all he can to help young boys like him who feel they don't have a future. He is the founder of Boys Impact and author of Lost Boys: How Education is Failing Young Working-Class Men. This powerful conversation provides real insight into how boys think about status, aspiration, and their peer group - and what is needed to help them thrive.

 

Call for Evidence: submit here 

 

Podcasts are available to watch now on YouTube

Stay up to date on the Commission by following our LinkedIn and Instagram

Find out more via our Website

 

Edited and produced by Aedan Wilson

 

 

 

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