This blog explains how modern screens, gaming, substances, and online gambling uniquely affect neurodivergent teens with ADHD and autism, why these behaviors are often survival strategies rather than “bad choices,” and practical steps parents can take when outpatient care is not enough.

When we rush to relieve our children's discomfort, we rob them of building distress tolerance. They don't learn that uncomfortable feelings pass, that they can survive not getting what they want.

As a parent, you can hold the discomfort with your child, stay present and manage your anxiety when they are upset. By doing this, you convey that you believe your child is strong enough to learn how to tolerate not getting what they want.

Hope for the global teen mental health crisis: Dartmouth College is hosting a groundbreaking three-day symposium that underscores how seriously the global community is taking youth mental health. "A Global Turning Point: Why Youth Well-Being Is in Crisis—and What We Must Do About It" will bring together dozens of leading international scholars, physicians, advocates, experts, and policymakers from around the world, including six former U.S. Surgeons General.

If you've noticed your teen struggling more, withdrawing from friends, constantly on their phone, irritable, anxious, and you think they might suffer from depression or anxiety, you're not alone. Read here.

Effective strategies to parent your “hard to parent” teen. Sharing hard-earned lessons.