Signs That Your Teen May be Struggling With Mental Health
Being concerned about your teen’s mental health can be a terrifying and lonely experience for any parent. It’s often hard to distinguish normal teenage behavior from something more concerning, and to know when you just need to be supportive and patient, versus when you need to get outside help.
When to Worry and What To Do
Parents often are not familiar with this level of care, so it’s important to communicate that getting intensive, coordinated, interdisciplinary support early can often prevent crisis visits to the ED or avoidable inpatient stays
Is Homework Working?
As a family therapist, I often find myself navigating homework battles between children and families. Parents have been asked to become more and more involved in their children’s homework and school life, but is this actually helpful for your teen? Read this blog to navigate homework and school relationships between teens, parents and families.
Bullying and Mental Health: What You Can Do
We know that bullying can have serious consequences for children and adolescents’ mental health. Physical, verbal, emotional, social and cyber bullying can all have a profound impact on teens’ sense of self and their social development. We all have a right to kindness and safety and should work towards this for ourselves and our communities.