It’s no secret adolescence is the period of peak stress. Rachel Simmons writes a fantastic article in the NY Times about self-compassion for stressed out teens. Unfortunately, anxiety and depression have skyrocketed in today’s teens. Between 2012 and 2015 depression increased 50% in teen girls and college students experiencing overwhelming anxiety reached 62% in 2016. …
Monthly Archives: February 2018
Talking to your kids about school shootings
As we all reel yet again from the tragedy yesterday in Parkland, Florida it’s important as parents to be equipped to discuss these issues with our children. NBC News asked mental health experts how they discuss these tragedies with their own children. It provides some good ideas about how to communicate and process the events …
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