Teens

Reddit is defending this man who called his sister an “almond mom.”

Remember the discourse about “almond mothers”? The viral phrase describes a mother whose restrictive, health-obsessed eating habits end up negatively impacting her children. People on social media have been calling everyone from Yolanda Hadid to Gwyneth Paltrow almond moms — and now a Reddit user is in trouble with his sister after using the phrase […]

How to handle disordered eating in teens

How to handle disordered eating in teens Updated: 5:38 PM EST February 27, 2023 Hide transcription Show transcription JESSICA: — MARIA: EATING DISORDERS AFFECTING NEARLY ONE IN 10 PEOPLE WORLDWIDE. HERE TO SHARE WARNING SIGNS IN YOUNGER CHILDREN IS DR. ERICA LEE, A PSYCHOLOGIST AT BOSTON CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL. NICE TO SEE YOU. ED: DR. LEE, […]

What if children are sad and stressed because their parents are?

There is now a depressing familiarity to the conversations I hear between parents of teenagers. After the obligatory pleasantries, the conversation often turns to mental health. Someone’s daughter is having a hard time, struggling with body image issues. Someone’s son is sullen and lost in video games. The parental concerns of previous generations (sex, drugs […]

Police suspend search for missing teen Scottie Dean Morris

Indiana police reportedly suspend search for a teen they previously said was in “extreme danger” hours after she was pictured wearing a bizarre T-shirt with handwritten messages reading “I’m a liar,” “I have my little brother” and “cheating”. Scottie Dean Morris, 14, of Eaton, was last seen around 8:30 p.m. local time on E Indiana […]

10 ways to help teens deal with stress and anxiety

The numbers aren’t good when it comes to Gen Z and mental health. According to the American Psychological Association, by 2022, 90% of Gen Z — which the U.S. Census classifies as people born between 1997 and 2013 — had experienced psychological or physical symptoms due to stress within a one-year period. Much of Gen […]

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