Education Now | Understanding the Relationship Between Parent and Teen Mental Health
This episode of HGSE’s Education Now convened three experts to explore strategies to better support the mental well-being of parents and caregivers, with a view to preventing anxiety and depression in adolescents.
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Host Samantha Laine Perfas spoke with Kiran Bhai, Executive Director of Making Caring Common, and other guests about parenting styles and the effects of specific choices, such as how we help our children when they are in distress, on children’s development and growth.
Richard Weissbourd joins a panel of experts for a discussion about parental mental health hosted by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Together they explore the stress parents face, how parental mental health affects child development, and strategies for supporting parents.
Author and health educator Shafia Zaloom discusses the ways we talk to children and teens about ethical intimacy and sex, helping them center their growing understanding of relationships, consent, and sex on a foundation of love and respect—for themselves and the individuals and world around them.
How can parents, caregivers, and teachers start the new school year strong, but not “borrow from tomorrow” in order to make today perfect?