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Take 5: for Parents – Dr. John Duffy on Parenting in the New Age of Anxiety
Take 5: Parent Preview – Dr John Duffy “Navigating our Child’s Disappointment”
Your Teen Magazine Book Review for Parents: Parenting the New Teen in the Age of Anxiety
Parenting is more difficult and complicated than it has ever been. Our kids today are psychologically and emotionally burdened by social media, unreasonable academic and social stressors, and an unprecedented stream of information. They are exposed to the harshest elements of the world much too soon. The upside is that they have this thoughtful, compassionate worldview and sense of justice that we may have lacked. The downside is that our kids are in an undue degree of psychic pain. They suffer far more anxiety, depression, attention issues, and suicidal ideation than any generation preceding them.
More than ever, our kids need us to help them make sense of, and integrate, all they take in, starting at a very early age. To do that, we must know and truly understand their world.
Dr. John Duffy is a clinical psychologist, best-selling author and podcaster specializing in relationships, parenting, teens and families. Along with his clinical work, Dr. Duffy is the author of the number-one best-selling The Available Parent, and Parenting the New Teen in the Age of Anxiety.
In addition to our regular sponsors, we thank Northwestern Medicine Behavioral Health for their generous support of this special event.