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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm so worried about my 16 yr old DD.  Do you have ideas for helping teens emotionally handle being stuck at home?  She is getting less and less interactive and involved already, despite our best efforts to engage her and lift her mood.  What ideas do you have for helping teens in the fall when the reality will truly hit that the positive things about high school are completely gone?  She needs things to look forward to.  (I'm not looking for general tips about the benefits of chores, volunteering, etc. And she will not want to try to join a pod.)    Thanks.[/quote]

Sorry to hear this. We had put my son in a mental health treatment facility. Was very hard to find a place they are all overwhelmed right now. At intake they said they have never before seen such a rush of kids with no known prior mental health issues. [/quote]

My goodness!! I am so sorry. This must be so heartbreaking.

The moms on this board are fools for thinking they can isolate their children endlessly without mental repercussions. They bring up wars and other tragedies and ignore the fact that people who went through those things were often scarred by them for life.

I know many teens suffering right now.[/quote]

Yes, it is very ignorant. I'm guessing that at this time even getting a child into a care facility is nearly impossible. People are severly minimizing and underestimating how incredibly emotionally damaging this is.[/quote]

No, the point is some people can cope with adversity and some can't. It is not universally emotionally damaging. Be clear -- your kids can't function during this crisis. it is not a tragedy "for children."

You have a huge impact on your child's experience of life -- on how they see themselves and the world and on how they respond and how they feel. HUGE. We all know people who just bring us down. There are posts on DCUM all the time about deciding to dump negative friends and how to not be affected by negative coworkers. To say "DL has been a tragedy for children" and similar statements has a huge affect on kids. You're influencing your kids by thinking and expressing thoughts like that, instead of being stronger than this and trying to figure out how to make it work.

My kids are fine. But I've seen kids in our community absolutely shine during this pandemic -- organizing BLM protests, starting a food bank, tutoring. They are rising to the occasion. Why don't you help your kids do the same?[/quote]

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