{"id":2095885,"date":"2025-10-16T18:11:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T18:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2095885"},"modified":"2025-10-16T18:11:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T18:11:25","slug":"please-help-us-make-this-book-adolescence-star-stephen-graham-calls-for-dads-to-write-letters-to-their-sons-about-what-it-means-to-be-a-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/please-help-us-make-this-book-adolescence-star-stephen-graham-calls-for-dads-to-write-letters-to-their-sons-about-what-it-means-to-be-a-man\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Please, help us make this book&#8217; &#8211; Adolescence star Stephen Graham calls for dads to write letters to their sons about what it means to be a man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"5c600980-c963-4b94-9c13-4e30333094d5\">When it was released earlier this year, Netflix&#8217;s <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/life\/news-entertainment\/adolescence-growing-up-online\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/life\/news-entertainment\/adolescence-growing-up-online\/\"><em>Adolescence<\/em><\/a> became a cultural phenomenon. The unflinching look at the rising problem of toxic masculinity and violence against women was something the world needed to see.<\/p>\n<p>The show went on to clean up at awards ceremonies, with breakout star Owen Cooper making <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/life\/news-entertainment\/owen-cooper-emmy-history\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/life\/news-entertainment\/owen-cooper-emmy-history\/\">Emmy history<\/a> by becoming the youngest ever actor to win the accolade for best supporting actor in a limited series.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\" href=\"\" data-url=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"5c600980-c963-4b94-9c13-4e30333094d5-2\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Conversations even extended to parliament, with <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/life\/news-entertainment\/keir-starmer-adolescence\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/life\/news-entertainment\/keir-starmer-adolescence\/\">Keir Starmer<\/a> meeting with the show&#8217;s creators to discuss the online radicalisation of boys.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"pt-3 pb-4 mb-4 border-b border-solid border-[#333]\">\n<span class=\"&#10;after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t-[#333] after:border-t after:border-solid&#10;before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t-[#333] before:border-t before:border-solid&#10;font-article-heading pb-3 !text-base font-bold uppercase sm:text-sm text-[#333] flex\"><br \/>\nYou may like<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">In the wake of important discussions surrounding the show, Stephen Graham is to keep them going with his new global project. &#8220;After <em>Adolescence<\/em>, I realised how little space there often is for fathers and sons to talk openly about what it means to be a man today,&#8221; he says in a recent YouTube video.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The actor is therefore asking fathers from all over the world to write to their sons about what it means to be a man. 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project.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want to hear from men of all ages,&#8221; he says. The actor adds, &#8220;first-time fathers, absent fathers, fathers who\u2019ve been there but never truly been there, fathers who\u2019ve lost and fathers who just want to find a way to say I love you, to tell their sons what they mean to them and to talk openly about what it means to be a man.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout \" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\" id=\"c4e55080-0b95-4af5-b273-6d3b7d08db61\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:1906px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.24%;\"> <picture data-new-v2-image=\"true\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/GdN2e79DWhb8tp7M3Pp3un-1906-80.jpg.webp 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/GdN2e79DWhb8tp7M3Pp3un-1600-80.jpg.webp 1600w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/GdN2e79DWhb8tp7M3Pp3un-1280-80.jpg.webp 1280w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/GdN2e79DWhb8tp7M3Pp3un-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/GdN2e79DWhb8tp7M3Pp3un-768-80.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/GdN2e79DWhb8tp7M3Pp3un-415-80.jpg.webp 415w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/GdN2e79DWhb8tp7M3Pp3un-360-80.jpg.webp 360w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/GdN2e79DWhb8tp7M3Pp3un-320-80.jpg.webp 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 710px) 670px, calc(100vw - 30px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/GdN2e79DWhb8tp7M3Pp3un.jpg\" alt=\"Adolescence\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/GdN2e79DWhb8tp7M3Pp3un-1906-80.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/GdN2e79DWhb8tp7M3Pp3un-1600-80.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/GdN2e79DWhb8tp7M3Pp3un-1280-80.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/GdN2e79DWhb8tp7M3Pp3un-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/GdN2e79DWhb8tp7M3Pp3un-768-80.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/GdN2e79DWhb8tp7M3Pp3un-415-80.jpg 415w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/GdN2e79DWhb8tp7M3Pp3un-360-80.jpg 360w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/GdN2e79DWhb8tp7M3Pp3un-320-80.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 710px) 670px, calc(100vw - 30px)\" loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/GdN2e79DWhb8tp7M3Pp3un.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/GdN2e79DWhb8tp7M3Pp3un.jpg\"\/>\n<\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>(Image credit: Netflix)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"c994529f-3918-46dc-8cd8-75383025a6ce\">Explaining further about the origins of the book&#8217;s concept, Orly Klein shares the inspiration behind it.<\/p>\n<p>The psychologist says that for her own son&#8217;s 13th birthday, she &#8220;asked a load of men who we loved and admired to write him a letter on what they believe makes a good man, and what they wished they&#8217;d known when they were younger.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And we ended up with all these amazing letters full of nuggets of wisdom, and life lessons for him to carry through now for the rest of his life in becoming a man.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While the <a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/life\/news-entertainment\/netflix-adolescence\/\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.womanandhome.com\/life\/news-entertainment\/netflix-adolescence\/\">lessons we can all learn from <em>Adolescence<\/em><\/a> remain at the forefront of the public&#8217;s minds, projects such as this will keep them there.<\/p>\n<p>As part of their work on the book, Stephen Graham and Orly Klein will make a donation for every letter published. These will go to the charity MANUP? and the social enterprise Dad La Soul.<\/p>\n<p>Both of these organisations offer help to young men struggling with mental health.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All episodes of <\/strong><em><strong>Adolescence<\/strong><\/em><strong> are available to watch now on <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.anrdoezrs.net\/links\/100584426\/type\/dlg\/sid\/womanandhome-gb-1217495774916312305\/https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/gb\/title\/81756069?source=35&amp;fromWatch=true\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/gb\/title\/81756069?source=35&amp;fromWatch=true\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" data-hl-processed=\"hawklinks\" data-placeholder-url=\"https:\/\/www.anrdoezrs.net\/links\/100584426\/type\/dlg\/sid\/hawk-custom-tracking\/https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/gb\/title\/81756069?source=35&amp;fromWatch=true\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-merchant-name=\"Netflix\" data-merchant-id=\"1070\" data-merchant-network=\"CJ\" data-merchant-url=\"netflix.com\"><strong>Netflix<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.womanandhome.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it was released earlier this year, Netflix&#8217;s Adolescence became a cultural phenomenon. 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