About 15% of your child’s waking hours are spent at school. While learning starts at home, your child’s experience with their school and teachers makes significant long-term impact on their social and emotional growth. Thus, it is essential that the parent-teacher connection be supportive and…
The unprecedented adversities of the past year and a half have caused many teens and adults to feel helplessness, anxious, and other negative emotions. While some normality has returned, concerns around the new Delta variant and a surge of COVID cases have caused more uncertainty.…
Social anxiety affects at least 1 out of 3 adolescents between 13 and 18 years old. Since the pandemic, social anxiety has increased, especially among teens who may have become socially withdrawn after months of limited in-person interactions with their peers. Now that the new school…
For millions of students, the start of the 2021/2022 school year will be the first time attending school entirely in-person, in a classroom full of others since March 2020. A lot has changed since a year and a half ago, including the mental state of…
What parent hasn’t heard the “I’m bored” complaint from their child or adolescent? Sometimes the context of the complaint makes sense, such as a long car ride or unwanted activity. But often there is more behind these two simple words. Here are some of the…
Depression and low self-esteem are two sides of the same coin. While low self-esteem leaves people vulnerable, there are ways to improve it, even when struggling with depression. 1. Start and End Your Day With Positivity Sandwiching the day with positivity will help you start off…
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