ParentMD’s Chief Marketing Officer, Alex Seibert, continues the conversation with child and adolescent psychologist, Dr. Katy Hopkins, from a parent’s point of view. They discuss where we are with mental health and our children, the power of resiliency in a child, how it’s developed and what parents can do to help.
Show Notes:
- Part 1 of this podcast features an interview with Dr. Honaker and Dr. Hopkins and can be found here.
- The state of mental health, what Dr. Hopkins is seeing in her practice
- The short- and long-term effects of COVID
- Inequity and access to care
- Lack of providers
- How prevention and healthy development can impact mental health challenges
- The role of resilience in a family
- Mental toughness and what being tough means
- Providing kids opportunities for meaningful participation to build resilience
- The power of talking and how many words they are hearing as an indicator of IQ
- A story about a 2-year-old setting a table
- Parents telling their children “Your job is school” “your job is to be successful” and what that does for them in young adolescence
- 18 as the age of an “adult” in the U.S., but isn’t exactly the age developmentally that matches up
- How great parenting requires a lot of supportive adults in a community vs parenting in silos
- The pros and cons of multi-generational families in one household
- Blog on resiliency that Dr. Hopkins contributed to: https://parentmd.com/the-state-of-mental-health-and-what-families-can-do-about-it/
- Tips for parents to help their children be emotionally healthy
- The power of sleep and its role in routine and mental health
- Teaching our children how to use technology and screens in a way that is helpful and not harmful
- Raising a child while also learning about yourself and your ability to regulate and tame your own emotions
- Be sure to check out the video course by Dr. Hopkins: Raising Emotionally Healthy Kids from Birth to 25
