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Helping Depressed Teens

  In this episode of Today's Teenager, Roy offers four tips that adults can employ in helping depressed teens. The first tip that Roy suggests is understanding that teenage depression is real and to validate that for teens. The second tip Roy recommends is that adults be patient with the [...]

By |2019-03-05T20:48:24+00:00February 12th, 2019|Today's Teenager Podcast Episode|Comments Off on Helping Depressed Teens

Youth On The Margins

  In this episode, Roy addresses the problem of youth who, for various reasons, continue to struggle with mental health issues without receiving acknowledgement or adequate care.  Roy shares the alarming statistic that the second leading cause of death among adolescents today is suicide, a result of an [...]

By |2019-03-05T20:48:11+00:00February 8th, 2019|Today's Teenager Podcast Episode|Comments Off on Youth On The Margins

Helping Teens With Anxiety

In this episode, Roy further addresses how anxiety affects young people, especially their spiritual life. Roy offers tips for helping teens who struggle with anxiety, including less technology, more social interaction with friends and family, and avoiding transferring anxiety to teens.  Roy has established Today's Teenager as a [...]

By |2019-01-07T18:23:53+00:00January 29th, 2019|Today's Teenager Podcast Episode|Comments Off on Helping Teens With Anxiety

Existential Depression In Teens

In this episode, Roy explores a form of depression that many adults are unaware young people are experiencing: existential depression. This type of depression is often a of psychological and spiritual experiences in which matters of life and death, freedom, intimacy, and ultimate meaning weigh heavily on a [...]

By |2019-01-07T18:22:49+00:00January 15th, 2019|Today's Teenager Podcast Episode|Comments Off on Existential Depression In Teens

13 Reasons Why Season 2

In this episode, Roy addresses the second season of the controversial Netflix series, 13 Reasons Why. Roy begins by detailing the plot of the first and second seasons and then explores the positive and negative elements of the series. Roy offers strategies and talking points for adults who [...]

By |2018-11-30T23:46:40+00:00December 21st, 2018|Today's Teenager Podcast Episode|Comments Off on 13 Reasons Why Season 2

Existential Depression in Teens

  1 in 8 teens will experience depression while they are in High School, yet only 1 in 5 of those teens will receive help. A common type of depression, often overlooked by adults, is existential depression.   What is Existential Depression? Existential depression is often a combination of psychological [...]

By |2018-11-30T22:43:40+00:00March 15th, 2018|Blog|Comments Off on Existential Depression in Teens

Teen Suicide – How Adults Can See the Signs and Prevent the Sorrow

Episode 1 If you're reading this on your mobile device or blog update email, click here to listen to the podcast. In the first in a two-part series on teen suicide, Roy confronts the epidemic of teenage suicide in the United States, beginning with a detailed examination of [...]

By |2018-11-20T22:37:54+00:00January 19th, 2017|Blog|1 Comment

5 Unconventional Tips for Soothing Anxiety in Teens

It takes a "village" to raise a child. It always has. And it always will. I grew up in a village. Chances are, you did too. But, your kids are not. The old village was an imperfect but real physical community made up of relatives, friends and neighbors who would [...]

By |2015-12-02T14:55:47+00:00December 2nd, 2015|Education, parenting|Comments Off on 5 Unconventional Tips for Soothing Anxiety in Teens
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