What Teens Wish Adults Understood About Mental Health
What does it feel like to be a teenager today?
In this special Voices of Compassion episode, CHC’s Teen Leadership Collaborative takes the mic to share an honest, unfiltered look at the challenges young people are navigating right now. From academic… Read more >>
Parenting with Pride: Showing Up for Your LGBTQIA+ Child
What does it actually feel like to watch your child become more fully themselves – and realize that your child’s journey may ask you to grow alongside them?
We sit down with parent and REEL co-founder, Callie Turk, a mom who… Read more >>
In public, I’m an outgoing perfectionist. But at home, I’m shut away. I hide in my room behind locked doors, tapping furiously on my keyboard or curling myself into a ball on the fluffy carpet floors, sleeping. I refuse to Read more >>
What if the most powerful thing an educator can do has nothing to do with curriculum? Search Institute has spent over 60 years studying what helps youth thrive — and the answer keeps coming back to one thing: relationships.
In this… Read more >>
Educators Do Not Need More Information. They Need a Better Place to Start
There is no shortage of information in education. What is harder to find is a clear place to begin. When a student is shutting down, acting out, falling behind, or showing signs that something more may be going on, educators Read more >>
Teachers on the Front Lines – Voices of Compassion Podcast
Today’s classrooms look nothing like they did a generation ago. Teachers are showing up every day to reach students who are anxious, exhausted, withdrawn, and sometimes in crisis — and they’re doing it without the resources, time and support they… Read more >>
Is It Bullying? Types of Aggressive Behavior
Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. There are many other types of aggressive behavior that don’t Read more >>
Burnout, Belonging, and Being Heard: Voices from Teens – Voices of Compassion Podcast
In this candid conversation, two high schoolers from CHC’s Teen Collaborative talk with guest host Natalie Tamburello (CHC Community Engagement Manager), about what it’s really like to navigate mental health in our culture today.
They speak openly about burnout, therapy, family… Read more >>
Study Finds Depression, Suicidal Ideation Among College Students Increased Over Past 15 Years
Results of an analysis of health survey data from more than 560,000 U.S. college students concludes that depression symptoms have steadily increased over the past 15 years, particularly among women, minorities and students experiencing financial stress. The study, led by Read more >>
Talk, Trust, and Trade-Offs: How and Why Teens Use AI Companions [downloadable]
A new type of relationship is emerging in teens’ lives—one that feels like connection but is powered by code. A research report from Common Sense Media reveals that nearly three in four teens have used AI companions, and half use Read more >>
