Many teens are struggling socially now. Here's how to help them.
edition of the 8 to 3 newsletter about school, kids and parenting. Like what you’re reading?High school counselor Dylan Ohara has watched a troubling pattern emerge as students settle into the school year.
I spoke with psychologists and therapists to help me understand why this is happening and what parents can do to help. “There’s just a lot of stimulation happening,” said Rebecca Good, a psychologist who works with kids and teens in Palo Alto. “They’ve spent a year and a half in their room, staring at a screen, not talking to a whole lot of people. Now they’re navigating crowded hallways, different classrooms, and picking back up on all the nonverbal language they’re not used to reading anymore.”
And there’s the fear of catching and spreading COVID-19. “These kids have been primed to stay away from each other,” said Regine Muradian, a psychologist and children’s author in L.A. Compounding the issue is that some teens are feeling more pressure to support their friends at a time when they have limited capacity to do so.
Teens transitioning to middle school, high school and college are particularly vulnerable because they missed out on crucial social milestones, Juvonen said. Take 10th-graders who are just now setting foot on a high school campus for the first time. They didn’t get to attend summer gatherings or shadow days that are designed to help them make friends and adjust to their new environments.
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