On September 23, New York Times best-selling author Lisa Damour, Ph.D. returned to the Glenbard Parent Series in an event titled “Stress, Anxiety and Parenting Under COVID” as part of its September Suicide Awareness Month programming. She examined the science of stress and anxiety and offer practical tools to best manage emotional overload. Her insights offered an approach that allows each of us to keep pressure manageable during these difficult times.
Glenbard North parent Rebecca Elmore shared the following takeaway:
"Dr Damour offered important insights for us to share with our children. We need to rethink stress, it is necessary for growth building. Life will bring sadness sometime-good mental health is having the right feeling, at the right time. Discover the coping strategies that work for you-breathing techniques, healthy distractions to step away from the issue, and protect periods of rest. Help your teen name the emotion they are feeling. Then, it's our job to listen without interruption, 'Is there anything I can do that won't make this worse'? Offer empathy, validate, remain clam- to help collect their emotional trash."
A recap of the Question and Answer session of this event can be found here
Resources
WGN Radio interview with Dr. Lisa Damour on September 16, 2021
GPS Take 5: Parent Preview – Dr. Lisa Damour on The Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Youth (YouTube)
Lisa Damour on CBS Evening News: How to Manage Stress and Anxiety Amid the Coronavirus Outbreak (YouTube) Mar 18, 2020
Browse Damour’s “Ask Lisa” podcast archive.
Watch Damour’s January 1, 2021 CBS This Morning segment with Gayle King on teen mental health during the pandemic.Read Damour’s April 28, 2021 New York Times article, “Eating Disorders in Teens Have ‘Exploded’ in the Pandemic.”Download Damour’s PDF, “When a Teenager’s Friend is in Crisis.”Watch/Listen to Rich Roll’s 2019 podcast interview with Damour, “Teens Under Pressure.”
Read Damour's NYT article November 15, 2017 "Why Your Grumpy Teenager Doesn’t Want to Talk to You"
Read/print/download Lisa's Free Mental Health One-Sheets:
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