What Does the Mental Health Crisis Tell Me About Parenting?
Active & Connected Families · Virginia Family Therapy; Amanda Sovik-Johnston
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Show Notes
Today, we'll be discussing a huge topic: how to raise our families in the midst of a mental health crisis. We're going to tackle this big idea from a place of theory and bring it down to steps of actions that parents can take to promote mental health for the whole family.
During the pandemic, our teens' mental health took a dip and it hasn't rebounded. We're in the midst of a mental health crisis. Knowing that raises the question: what do we do about it? What do we do now that we know there's a mental health crisis and what does this mean for how we raise our families?
In this episode on parenting during a mental health crisis, we discuss:
- Why I think there's a mental health crisis among teenagers specifically;
- How social norms work & promote unhealth;
- The downside of social norms;
- How the culture around us is toxic;
- We need to go against the norms, but how do we do this?;
- Experiencing anxiety because you're going against the norms vs anxiety because you're acting out of line with your values;
- Low & high stakes norms;
- Thoughts on parenting during a mental health crisis;
- And so much more!
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