Views & News
Interviews, essays, podcasts, news from both inside and outside Youth Catalytics: you’ll find it all here. We welcome your ideas, input, conjectures, rejoinders and anything else you have say. We’re a community of professionals who care about young people, and want the information and opinions expressed here to be as vital and vibrant as they are.
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Helping young people cope with post-lockdown stress
Almost anyone who knows someone in middle or high school sees signs of the stress that is part of adolescence; I’ve talked with young people who cut, whose hair fell out in patches. But in these pandemic months, our stress has been as self-contained as everything else
Engaging youth in creating digital health messages
‘When you ask teens to develop content for their peers, the tendency is for them to regurgitate the same finger-wagging messaging that has been targeted at them for so long. Part of what you need to do with teens is teach them how to effectively reach their peers by generating messaging that is appealing, not alienating.’
