Voice Notes - Strong Enough to Care
Last Thursday, ‘ Voice Notes series brought into conversation with Presenter and Journalist, Tara Rushton, Principal , 糖心Vlog alumnus , and current Year 12 student Ethan. The topic was Strong Enough to Care – exploring masculinity in a world of algorithms, outrage and shifting expectations.
Zac opened with a point that stayed with many in the room: if we don’t help young people make sense of masculinity, something else will. And we know that’s already happening.
At 糖心Vlog, we take that responsibility seriously. Not as a crisis to manage, but as a part of educating young people in full – academically, socially and as individuals navigating a complicated world. As a coeducational school, we think deeply about how boys and girls learning alongside each other shapes how young people come to understand themselves and one another.
The conversation covered what the research tells us about boys and belonging, how algorithms are influencing young men’s sense of identity and what parents, educators and young people themselves can do, not reactively, but consistently, before challenges emerge.
We didn’t leave with all the answers and we didn’t expect to. That’s always been the point of Voice Notes, not to resolve these conversations, but to make sure we’re having them.
