Lisa Damour: What’s Going On With Teenagers? | The Agenda

If life is understood to be messy and complicated for teenagers at the best of times, imagine what the past few years were like. Clinical psychologist and author of three New York Times bestselling books, Lisa Damour ( / ldamour ) discusses her new book, “The Emotional Lives of Teenagers.” (drlisadamour.com/)
This episode of The Agenda (www.tvo.org/theagenda) was hosted by Steve Paikin ( / spaikin ) and was produced by Meredith Martin. ( / meredithmartin )
00:00 Intro
01:27 The pandemic and teens
02:25 Normal teen angst or mental health issue?
04:52 Panic attacks
05:30 Substance use and teens
06:54 Big emotions
08:45 Are emotions the enemy of reason
09:30 Cold and hot reasoning
11:00 Why are teens so mean to their parents?
12:20 Are teens harder on mom or dad?
15:20 What role does gender play?
18:05 Gender and mental health
19:10 Non-binary teens
20:39 Gender affirming
22:40 Do kids push back harder now?
25:15 Respect
26:20 Regulating emotions
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