The Surprising Threat to Kids’ Happiness

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Psychologists say kids and teens are struggling more now with their mental health.&nbsp; Feels of sadness and hopelessness continue among many kids. Studies show social media can add to the pressures kids are already experiencing.&nbsp; But mental health professionals say there is a main threat to a kid’s happiness and that’s in the actual pursuit of their happiness.&nbsp;

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00:00 Mental health professiona

00:02 of Children and teens are

00:05 and what they're saying a

00:07 to a child's happiness ma

00:12 say Children's mental hea

00:14 the decline before covid,

00:17 it worse. Studies showed

00:19 were going through feelin

00:21 hopelessness. In 2021, th

00:24 issued an advisory regard

00:27 mental health. The pandem

00:31 the unprecedented stresse

00:33 faced. The most recent yo

00:36 surveillance survey data

00:39 of high schoolers who con

00:42 again from 18.8% in 2019

00:49 and the percentage who at

00:52 from 8.9% to 10.2% in just

00:57 Data shows that there's a

01:00 between social media use

01:02 concerns, especially for

01:06 psychologists say the big

01:08 happiness is their parent

01:11 pursuit of their kids hap

01:14 it's counterproductive to

01:16 in the long term. Kids ne

01:19 with changing emotions in

01:22 say they also need to lea

01:24 like disappointments and

01:26 resilience. Also, if pare

01:29 on a child's achievement

01:31 for successes, they run t

01:34 not knowing that they are

01:36 unconditionally. Mental h

01:39 points out that the idea

01:41 to be happy all of the ti

01:44 them of some very import

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