Mental Well-Being

• It's Not Your Fault. Okay, It Kinda Is.  How to Re-pattern a Family Dynamic to Reduce Kids' Anxiety - Julie Lythcott Haims (blog post)
  
  
• We Know Our Teens Are Suffering But Do We Know How We Can Help? - Cultures of Dignity (blog post)
  
  
• My Great Expectations - Cultures of Dignity (blog post)
  
  
• Trying to be "Perfect" is Killing Our Teens and We're to Blame - Grown & Flown (article)

   

   

  A Conversation Starter:  What should we focus on?
  
  Better than high expectations, let’s focus on reasonable expectations where we teach our children to pursue their purpose, create meaningful social connection with others, and strive to achieve without that achievement being tied to their sense of self worth. So we would like to leave you with these questions for self-reflection:
   

  • How do you define high expectations?
    
    

  • Do they allow the people you apply these expectations to learn, grow, and make mistakes?
    
    

  • Do your high expectations include the possibility of “letting something go?”–even when it’s a commitment?
    
    

  • Do the young people in your life know your answers to these questions?

   

  Source: My Great Expectations - Cultures of Dignity

Next week's topic:  Connect and Support