Posts Tagged ‘anxiety’
Start Here: A Beginner’s Guide to Common Teen Mental Health Issues
If you’re a parent with a teen, you’ve probably wondered about their mental health from time to time. Are they doing ok? Happy enough? On social media too much? Too stressed? These are the kinds of questions keeping parents around the world up at night. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 10 to 20 percent…
Read MoreDid the Pandemic Increase Loneliness in Teenage Girls?
Protecting your family from COVID-19 is important, but the pandemic has also created a mental health epidemic. It’s hitting our teens hard, and it’s hitting the girls the hardest. In fact, new research from The Rox Institute for Research and Training released a report on how pandemic loneliness is affecting 5th through 12th grade girls and found: Girls are experiencing newfound fear about their futures since the…
Read MoreHow Much Stress is Too Much? A Caregiver’s Guide
As a parent, you may be wondering how to help your child manage their stress better and improve their mental health. After all, we live in some of the most stressful times in human history. Even putting aside the global pandemic, rising anxiety rates in children have been reported for decades. But we want to make something very…
Read MoreHow to Parent a Teen with Anxiety
If you’re a parent struggling to raise a child with anxiety, you’re not alone. Teen and adolescent anxiety has been on the rise for years, and many parents are unsure how to cope with this dynamic. Approximately 4.4 million children in the U.S. are currently diagnosed with anxiety, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). And, anxiety is contagious. “Children’s anxiety often results…
Read More8 Ways to Manage Anxiety as a Family
There is no shortage of stressors on our families today. A global pandemic, adjusting to working and schooling from home, the grief of losing typical life experiences, plus daily stress from work, finances, and more, are all coming together to create an incredibly anxious moment. Simply put: Humans have never been more stressed. All of this stress…
Read MoreHow to Bolster Your Teen’s Mental Health During the Pandemic
It’s not your imagination: Many parents have noticed their teens struggling with the pandemic shutdown. There’s even new research to back this up. The University of Michigan’s C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital released a survey of over 900 parents, and 45% reported new or worsening mental health behaviors in their teens (ages 13 to 18). Also, FAIR Health reports that insurance claims…
Read More6 Ways to Help Your Teen Make Smarter Decisions About Alcohol
Teens often encounter alcohol in middle and high school. They may come across it at parties, friends’ houses, or even your own liquor cabinet. While it’s easy to find and access, parents have more influence than they think when it comes to helping teens make choices about alcohol use. The reasons why teens choose to drink can vary: Peer pressure and social drinking Curiosity Boredom Rebellion Increased independence Depression, overwhelming stress,…
Read MoreIs Your Child Having Problems Sitting Still? Here’s How to Deal With Restlessness
Last Updated: December 2020 Maybe it started with a nervous twitch. Chances are good that your daughter or son didn’t notice it until someone pointed it out to them. They can’t sit still. Even when they try, there is this nervous kind of energy, especially in their arms and legs. If they really concentrate, they…
Read MoreHow to Recognize & Overcome Quarantine Loneliness
As stay-at-home and social distancing continues, we are all feeling a bit of quarantine loneliness. Learn how to recognize & overcome quarantine loneliness.
Read MoreHow COVID-19 Exposed My Daughter’s Underlying Anxiety and Depression
Mid-March brought huge changes thanks to COVID-19. Is your daughter dealing with depression or anxiety due to COVID-19? Here are the warning signs…
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