Teen Lifestyle Challenges

Lifestyle presentations with teens feel more complicated, as peer pressure rules their food choices, the digital world often robs them of sleep and unkind words affect their self-esteem. The most common questions from my teen classrooms involve how students can become more confident and happier in their own skin.  Shockingly, according to the CDC, nearly one in three teen girls has seriously considered attempting suicide. This is nearly a 60 percent increase over ten years ago. There is no doubt a need for more health programming in schools, with an emphasis on mental health, especially for girls. If you are reading this and need mental health support now, call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org.  The 988 dialing code has been designated by Congress and is operated through the existing National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.