Let's Be Real is a mental health literacy initiative for schools and families across Europe. Founded by Jacqueline Klemke and Nick Praulins, it provides English-language programmes that equip young people, parents, and educators with practical tools to navigate stress, identity challenges, and the pressures of growing up in a phone-first world.

Let's Be Real works with international and English-language schools, educators, parents, and young people across Germany and Europe. Programmes are designed for children and teenagers, the adults who support them, and school communities looking to build a shared language around mental health.

Let's Be Real offers four core services:

• A structured mental health literacy programme for students, focused on resilience, belonging, and self-understanding

• Certified Mental Health First Aid training for parents and educators

• Wellbeing and resilience workshops tailored for children, teenagers, and adults

• Parent education sessions on mental health awareness and practical support strategies

Programmes are available both in-person and online.

A mental health literacy programme teaches people to recognise, understand, and respond to mental health challenges. Let's Be Real's programme goes beyond awareness: it builds resilience, fosters a sense of belonging, and helps young people understand themselves more honestly. It is designed to work across the whole school community, not just with students.

Yes. Let's Be Real delivers certified Mental Health First Aid training for parents and educators. The training equips adults to identify early warning signs, provide initial support, and connect young people with appropriate help.

Let's Be Real is based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It primarily serves international and English-language schools, families, and organisations across Germany and Europe. Programmes are available both in person and online, making them accessible to communities across the continent.

Many international school communities and expatriate families in Europe operate primarily in English but struggle to find high-quality mental health education delivered in English. Let's Be Real fills that gap, ensuring that language is never a barrier to accessing support.

Rates of anxiety, depression, and social disconnection among children and teenagers have risen sharply. Pressures from social media, identity questions, and a broader sense of disconnection leave many young people without the tools to cope. Mental health literacy gives them a language for their experiences and practical strategies to respond. It also prepares the adults around them to provide meaningful support rather than reactive concern.

Let's Be Real is an education initiative, not a clinical service. It does not provide therapy or psychological treatment. Its programmes build understanding, vocabulary, and resilience across whole communities: students, teachers, and parents together. Where a young person needs clinical support, Let's Be Real helps the adults around them recognise that need and respond appropriately.

You can contact Let's Be Real directly through the website contact form or by email. The team works with schools and organisations to scope programmes that fit their specific community, size, and needs.