Who thinks parenting is hard?

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Parenting is hard! It’s no joke. I thought it was hard when we were raising our two children. It must be even harder now with social media and online activities becoming more and more available to our youth without much discretion.

I just read an article in The New York Times about the United States surgeon general warning people are facing “devastating” mental health effects as a result of challenges experienced by this generation.

In the report by Dr. Vivek H. Murthy, it stated increases in self-report of depression and anxiety along with more emergency rooms visits for mental health issues.  Also, suicide attempts rose 51% for adolescent girls in early 2021 compared to the same period in 2019, and the percentage for boys rose 4%.  It makes you wonder why there is such a big difference in percentage between the girls and boys.  

Even though this generation spends hours connected over social media, they have a higher level of loneliness. Social media and other online activities can be used wisely, but there’s no real lesson on how to navigate it which leads to horrible mental health. What can we do? So many resources out there that can help. We, as parents, need to be more proactive in how we help our children navigate social media and other information that is readily available. Let’s do it together! Support each other in the efforts and make it normal to be an active and dedicated parent.

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