more birthdays is probably the best solution... just be thankful your kid isn't boring... seems like the early stages of

Aug 1, 2021
9:00:55am

HarlemCoug Free to change my mind

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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.

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