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Aug 1, 2021
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Gavin
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Very well said and thought-provoking.
Thank you for sharing. I really like the summit requirement, both for it’s physical and metaphorical lessons. Wish I had thought of that 10 years ago.
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Dealing with kids and mental health now that I’m almost an empty nester
OU Cougar
8/1/21 8:47am
Very well said and thought-provoking.
Gavin
8/1/21 8:56am
It’s interesting how much they refer to the summiting in talks etc
OU Cougar
8/1/21 9:15am
Any tips for dealing with a 4 year old who only sits still when sleeping?
Powerbait DPM
8/1/21 8:56am
Send him on a 50 mi backpack trip over a 10k summit to sleep in a snow cave
Pro Logic
8/1/21 8:58am
more birthdays is probably the best solution... just be thankful your kid isn't boring... seems like the early stages of
HarlemCoug
8/1/21 9:00am
My 14 year old daughter is that way
jxncoog
8/1/21 1:03pm
his only thing that keeps him quiet is when he's watching a show or sleeping.
Powerbait DPM
8/1/21 1:21pm
I don’t think you teach kids to be quiet in Church. They either are or aren’t.
stenso
8/1/21 1:55pm
I think you can teach kids to be quiet in church. It starts by teaching them how to be still at home.
HarlemCoug
8/1/21 2:17pm
Gymnastics! It was a life saver for our son. LITERALLY!
moknowssports
8/1/21 2:42pm
That’s what our daughter did
jxncoog
8/1/21 6:25pm
You need to gt your sleep, and your exercise. Other wise you'll respond
bald man
8/2/21 8:06am
Totally agree on making sure they have a thing (sports, music) that
cougfanz
8/1/21 9:00am
I'm convinced that a lack of physical activity plays a bigger part in today's mental health epidemic than most admit
HarlemCoug
8/1/21 9:03am
I feel we have reduced depression/anxiety to just hormone imbalances ...
runnincoug
8/1/21 9:08am
In psychiatry there is the biopsychosocial model
BrighamJung
8/1/21 9:16am
Yep, exactly! Biology is part of the solution, but not ALL of it.
runnincoug
8/1/21 9:22am
I've also come to the conclusion that what a therapist does for a patient
bald man
8/2/21 8:09am
Therapy can be pretty difficult to do
BrighamJung
8/2/21 3:07pm
I’m very interested to see how research on diet and processed foods
redraidercoug
8/1/21 9:31am
I agree. Yet getting someone who is struggling to do t hose
bald man
8/2/21 8:08am
Physical activity and sunlight. People need to be out in the sun...
reddead
8/1/21 11:33am
I applaud your intentional, consistent, active planning & implementation, agreed to by both parents
ColoSpgs
8/1/21 9:16am
Yeah we had to access therapy, psychiatry and medicine too
OU Cougar
8/1/21 9:23am
I think if you can help a teenager identify proper coping mechanisms, that will
bald man
8/2/21 8:17am
I think this is a good point to make. For some people, depression will always
redraidercoug
8/1/21 9:25am
Doesn’t sound like you ever dealt with trans gender or same sex relationships.
Bullrider
8/1/21 9:41am
Personally I wouldn’t equate same sex relationships in the “mental health”
cougfanz
8/1/21 9:47am
it's there cuz
warp
8/1/21 6:13pm
No. I have a cousin in a same sex marriage in Oklahoma though
OU Cougar
8/1/21 10:21am
Great points..I've found that cell phones have hurt our children. Our first two
Don_Juan_El_Guapo
8/1/21 10:15am
This, 100%. One of the best things you can do is keep kids off screens
runnincoug
8/1/21 10:48am
All those things are important for mental health, but genetics/brain developmen
ColonelMustard
8/1/21 10:22am
Did you have any rules about sleep?
tyrwhite
8/1/21 11:33am
Phones had to be in our room by 10 pm
OU Cougar
8/1/21 11:42am
Great advice here. Seems to mirror what the Church encourages.
stenso
8/1/21 12:37pm
We did similar things, but the mental health still has come back
bald man
8/2/21 8:04am
We did all of these things and still have two boys with severe mental illness.
bluebooks
8/2/21 10:23am
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