{"id":58783,"date":"2023-05-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cafemomcom.bigscoots-staging.com\/blog\/how-to-talk-to-kids-about-their-mental-health\/"},"modified":"2024-09-02T23:05:08","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T23:05:08","slug":"how-to-talk-to-kids-about-their-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/parenting\/how-to-talk-to-kids-about-their-mental-health","title":{"rendered":"This Is How To Talk to Kids About Their Mental\u00a0Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The media and entertainment landscape that we grew up with looked a lot different than it does for kids today. We had televisions, landlines, radios, VHS, CDs, and DVDs \u2014 oh, and some had pagers. If a friend wanted to catch up with us, they would usually have to call the house and make chit-chat with our parents first.<\/p>\n<p>Today, toddlers are playing on touchpads and teenagers are attached to their smartphones 24\/7. Even as parents, we have trouble putting our phones down. Since social media became widespread in 2012, anxiety, depression, and loneliness have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2023\/04\/25\/1171773181\/social-media-teens-mental-health\">increased<\/a> significantly among teens.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onoursleeves.org\/\">On Our Sleeves<\/a> is the national movement for children&#39;s health. We spoke with On Our Sleeves Executive Clinical Director Dr. Ariana Hoet about her thoughts on how social media has impacted the mental health of kids today, and asked her for tips on how parents can talk about it with their kids.<\/p>\n<p>Hoet works in pediatric primary care, where she serves primarily Latino and Somali immigrant children. An immigrant to the US from Venezuela, she has been recognized for her work within the Spanish-speaking community. <\/p>\n<p>She is also a clinical assistant professor of pediatrics in the Department of Pediatric Psychology and Neuropsychology at Nationwide Children&#39;s Hospital and The Ohio State University, with a role in training the next generation of behavioral health professionals. She has become a go-to national expert for outlets including <em>USA Today<\/em>, CNN, and <em>Good Morning America<\/em> because she is a vital public voice for youth mental health.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The work of On Our Sleeves and Hoet also helped draw the US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy to Nationwide Children&#39;s to discuss the country&#39;s growing pediatric mental health crisis. Hoet earned her bachelor&#39;s degree in psychology from Ohio State University and her doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More from CafeMom:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/parenting\/how-young-is-too-young-for-kids-to-join-social-media\">How Young Is Too Young for Kids to Join Social Media?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The media and entertainment landscape that we grew up with looked a lot different than it does for kids today. We had televisions, landlines, radios, VHS, CDs, and DVDs \u2014 oh, and some had pagers. 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