#48 Activities to Help with Teen Mental Health- Ideas for Parents and Educators
The US surgeon general is calling this the largest teen crisis ever or a crisis of epidemic proportions. What are they referring to? Well, it’s the plague of mental health disorders that teens are experiencing in record numbers.
Today we’re going to address the 6 most common mental health disorders, the implications, and more specifically what are things that we can do to not only bring relief and solutions, but do our part as parents, adults, educators, mentors, leaders, and teens.
What can you do?
I have 5 suggestions for parents that are actionable right now along with 5 suggestions for educators that parents can become actively involved with.
Our teens need tools and while mental health needs may need professional intervention and assistance, there are controllable that we can do to eliminate contributors and help get to the root of the cause.
Send this podcast to your local school, charter, homeschooling coop and use these suggestions with your family.
There is a battle out there with mental health and we have the tools to give your teens the solutions for the challenges facing them today. It's a new game out there. We all need new tools!