🎙️ Back-to-School Series, Part 2: Helping Teens Navigate the Real World

Being a teenager has never been simple—but today’s teens are navigating relationships, peer pressure, mental health challenges, substances and vaping, technology, and expectations that can sometimes feel overwhelming.

In Part 2 of Our Wellness Room’s Back-to-School Series, Christa and Andrew continue the conversation about what teens are facing and, more importantly, how the adults in their lives can support them.

We explore peer influence and identity, teen dating and healthy relationships, red flags and love bombing, boundaries and consent, substance use and vaping, stress, anxiety, and emotional well-being. We also talk about those moments when a teenager says “I’m fine”—when their behavior may be telling us something very different.

Throughout the ...