Kids’ mental health emergency persists: What parents need to know

Four years after a national emergency was declared, the kids' mental health crisis remains urgent. Dr. Erica Lee, a ...
Motherly on MSN

This mom says she’s refusing to volunteer at school this holiday season because her mental health comes first

Protecting your capacity isn’t selfish. It’s sustainable. It’s wise. It models boundaries. And it honors the reality that ...

Meta employees compared themselves to drug ‘pushers’ as company buried mental health harms to kids: unsealed docs

Meta’s own researchers called Instagram a “drug” while burying evidence that the company’s social media apps were hurting ...
New York Post

TikTok staffers worry about teens’ mental health in unsealed video: ‘You never want to leave’

TikTok staffers privately raised concerns over the wildly popular app’s impact on mental health — despite the company’s public claims that it’s safe for kids and teens, according to newly unsealed ...
Columbus Dispatch

Back-to-school is a critical time to build kids’ mental health skills

Soon a new school year will begin, and as parents, caregivers, teachers and coaches navigate a flurry of backpacks, lesson plans and sports equipment, they can easily get overwhelmed. But they’re not ...
The Press of Atlantic City

As our kids battle a rise in suicide and self-harm, we’re gutting the funding to fight it

Tristan Lorenz sat in a room with his school counselor and principal at Alma Elementary in western Wisconsin, listening as his psychiatrist, parents and Buffalo County mental health staff discussed ...
The Conversation

We surveyed 1,500 Florida kids about cellphones and their mental health – what we learned suggests school phone bans may have important but limited effects

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