I'm a Harvard-trained psychologist who worked with 1,000 kids: Why so many children are struggling today—and what they need from parents

Coronavirus

If you're thinking it's tougher to be a kid these days, you're right. Sky-high rates of depression , anxiety, and chronic school absenteeism tell us that all is not well. While Covid-19 didn't help, these trends were in motion well before the pandemic. After working with over 1,000 kids as a clinical child psychologist, I've found that these "signals" are best understood as distress responses. Kids communicate distress through their behavior, much like infants do when they're hungry, tired,

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