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Sometimes, it’s hard to know when a child or teenager is struggling. A shift in behavior, pulling away fro...
Coping with grief isn’t a textbook experience. For children and teens, grief can show up through changes in behavior, difficulty concentrating, anxiety, withdrawal, or struggles expressing emotions. Grief is more likely to be associated with the loss of a loved one, but children also experience grief after traumatic experiences, major life transitions, displacement, and the l...
Youth mental wellness doesn’t mean that stress, anxiety, or difficult emotions are non-existent. Those experiences are just a normal part of growing up. What matters is having the tools, relationships, and resources to move through those moments in healthy ways.
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