Dr Willough Jenkins
I’m a board certified psychiatrist 🇨🇦🇺🇸 (and pharmacist) dedicated to promoting evidence based mental health information || children’s mental health || academics || WHO FIDES 🌎
- Horrified, demoralized and exhausted. What other words should I use?
- Reminder that crisis lines are open and expecting calls - 988 in the USA - the holidays are a very difficult time for so many and you are not alone if you are struggling.
- Amazing opportunity speaking on a panel with Zachary Rausch the lead researcher with Jonathan Haidt on the “Anxious Generation” at the Live Well Conference yesterday. Here are the takeaways ⬇️
- 1/ “we are overprotecting our children in real life and underprotecting children online” 2/ Delay smartphones - flip phones and watches are not the problem (yes you can reach your child) 3/ Prioritize play and real life interaction (can’t stress this enough!) 4/ Modern Parenthood is OVERWHELMING
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