Episode 172-"Mental Health in Kids " Guest: Erica Komisar

Parenting Great Kids with Dr. Meg Meeker

Dr. Meg Meeker

Kids & Family, Education, Parenting, Self-improvement

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Clinical social worker, psychoanalyst and parent guidance expert Erica Komisar joins Dr. Meeker to discuss the alarming mental health crisis in America today. How have we come to the place where teenage boys walk into schools and shoot people? How did that evolve? What are the contributing factors to mental health issues in kids today? What are the responsibilities of parents, and what are some common mistakes that parents make regarding the mental health of their children? The physical, emotional, hormonal and societal challenges that kids are facing today can be overwhelming. But there are things that a parent can do to help ensure a secure foundation for their children. Erica Komisar explains how parents can help their children better cope with loss, rejection, and disappointment – feelings that often lead to anxiety, depression and other deeper mental health issues. Additionally, Dr. Meg and Erica discuss the all-important topic of how we as parents must not be blind to our own mental health, and how we must stop using our kids as a dumping ground for our own issues. This episode is a must-listen! Find out more about Erica Komisar and check out her books at www.ericakomisar.com FROM THE PRODUCER Thanks for listening to Episode #172, Mental Health in Kids, and for helping Dr. Meg’s parenting revolution reach more than SEVEN MILLION downloads! Please subscribe, rate and leave a review for us on iTunes! Get Social with Dr. Meg on Facebook & Instagram @MegMeekerMD Check out Dr. Meg’s parenting resources and tools! www.meekerparenting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Parenting Great Kids.
0:07.3	This is episode number 172 and I'm your host, Dr. Meg Meeker.
0:12.2	You know, I need you to know that this podcast is for you parents who want to understand
0:17.3	your kids better and help your kids navigate a really tough time and to feel better about
0:23.2	the job you're doing.
0:25.7	If you want to hear a show on a specific topic, write me.
0:29.9	Well, today we're talking about how to form a closer relationship with your kids of any age
0:35.4	and understand what they're going through so that you can help them.
0:39.0	My guest is my friend and very smart colleague, Erica Komasar.
0:44.1	She's a therapist in New York City and author of Chicken Little.
0:48.9	The sky isn't falling, raising resilient adolescents in the new age of anxiety.
0:58.2	Well, Erica, this is such an important topic we're going to be talking about today,
1:02.3	which is mental health in kids and you are the perfect guest for me because I want answers
1:08.8	as much as a lot of the parents do.
1:10.6	So thanks for joining me today.
1:12.6	Thank you for having me, Meg.
1:14.2	There is a mental health crisis in the country and I think it really rattles a lot of parents
1:21.2	because they're afraid they're not going to see it in their own kids.
1:25.0	They're afraid that the kid who is a friend of their kids might have it.
1:30.2	But let's just talk basics, how have we come to the place where we have teenage boys walking
1:38.1	into schools, shooting people? How has that evolved?
1:42.6	Well, I mean, I think that it's a multivariable thing and it's multivariable in the sense that it's not one
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