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Your Lived Experience and Advocacy: Transforming Mental Health for Youth

What if our stories held more power than we know? What if our lived experience could help others who might be struggling? What if our experiences could help others gain a greater understanding of youth mental health?

When a young person struggles with their mental health, there can be a profound effect on their friendships, family relatio

与孩子谈论亚裔“微歧视”： 家长与照护者指南

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什么是微歧视，为什么了解微歧视很重要？

你的孩子正在过孩子的日常生活：学习、参加社团、做运动、发展兴趣、交朋友。然而，他们可能会经受到“微歧视”.

Talking to Your Child About Asian Microaggressions: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers

This article is also available in Chinese

What are Microaggressions and Why Do They Matter?

Your child is certainly dealing with all of the normal parts of being a kid, such as engaging in academics, joining clubs, playing sports, enjoying hobbies, and making friends.

Overprotective Parenting: The Causes and Consequences of Being a Helicopter Parent

As parents, we all want our kids to succeed. Further, we have a basic need to protect our children, teens and young adults from physical, social, behavioral and emotional harm. In most cases this impulse is a sign of love.

Talking With Your Kids About the Current Chaos

Our kids of all ages are hearing about the current dangers in society on TV, radio, and digital media. They along with parents and caregivers are scared. And for good reason.

Among the present threats include: fears about the economy, access to healthcare, drastic reductions in medical research, war, social outrage, and political unrest.

Addressing Your Family’s Anxieties about the California Wildfires

The Palisades Fire has been devastating California since the start of the year, destroying over 23,000 acres and nearly 5,000 structures.

Parental Stress: Practical Tips in Response to the New Surgeon General’s Advisory

In the recent Advisory, Parents Under Pressure, the US Surgeon General noted that parents are currently more stressed, burned out, and lonely than ever before. The alarming statistics are not all that different than his Advisories on the Youth Mental Health and Loneliness Epidemics that have been escalating since the late 1970s.

Stories for Children’s Mental Health

Stories Matter, especially when it comes to children’s mental health and wellbeing.

For our season finale, Gene and Khadijah are joined by two special guests from Barefoot Books – book editor Lisa Rosinsky and children’s author Joelle Retener.

Boys, Body Image, and Eating Disorders, feat. Jason Nagata, MD

Most teens stress over body image at some point. But when you hear the term “eating disorder” what do you think of? Probably not boys and men. Yet, adolescent boys struggle with body image and disordered eating behaviors nearly just as often as girls do.

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Conflict at College Campuses

There has been a lot of conflict on college campuses lately.

College campuses have always been places of debate, conservation, activism and advocacy. But some college students did not ask for or expect this situation.