We Need to Talk

We Need to Talk

Join Todd Krieger, Senior Planning Director at the Jewish Federation, as he and guests explore the reasons for youth mental illness and provide tools for young people and their families struggling to achieve mental wellness.

Episodes

Episode 1: Mobile Phones

August 12, 2019 • 9 mins
The unbalanced digital diet’s effect on youth mental health.
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Episode 2: 21st Century Relationships

August 12, 2019 • 6 mins
Technology use and interpersonal relationships; understanding the importance of teaching youth to find the right balance to support their mental wellness.
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Episode 4: Helicopter Parenting

August 12, 2019 • 6 mins
Overparenting: Helpful or harmful? Why doing less is doing more for youth.
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Episode 5: Resiliency

August 12, 2019 • 4 mins
Resilience: Why learning what it is like to fail can help youth succeed.
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Episode 6: Competency

August 12, 2019 • 5 mins
How to help youth learn the value of competency and feel good about it.
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Episode 7: Growth Mindset

August 12, 2019 • 5 mins
How a growth mindset can support youth mental wellness.
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Episode 8: Coping and Appropriate Emotional Responses

August 12, 2019 • 5 mins
How parents can help youth develop strength, character and fortitude to face life’s challenges head on.
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Episode 9: Support Networks

August 12, 2019 • 5 mins
How to help youth create a healthy support network to promote their mental wellness.
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The Resiliency Puzzle

August 18, 2020 • 9 mins
In this podcast, Todd and Julie Fisher will discuss why so many kids lack resiliency, which is the ability to cope with adversity and persevere without giving up. They explore how fear and technology have led us to rob our kids of opportunities to learn from their mistakes and succeed on their own. Todd and Julie talk about the creation of The Resiliency Puzzle, a curriculum for parents, educators and other professionals, that cent...
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Technology and Mental Wellness

August 18, 2020 • 22 mins
In this podcast, Todd and Julie Fisher discuss how 21st century relationships differ from those of previous generations and the role that technology plays in that change and its impact on youth mental health. Digital natives are growing up in a world, where for the first time, they are forming relationships with people they’ve never met in real life. They talk, hangout and even date in a virtual world instead of the physical one. B...
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Building Strong Support Networks

August 18, 2020 • 9 mins
In this podcast, Todd and Julie Fisher discuss the importance of support networks in relation to emotional well-being. When we have strong support networks, we are 25% more likely to be happy than when we don’t have people close to us that we can lean on. Todd and Julie discuss why kids need multiple support networks, what they look like for kids, why parents are only one piece of the puzzle, and how parents can help their kids fin...
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The Connection Between Gaming and Mental Wellness

August 18, 2020 • 6 mins
In this podcast, Todd and Julie Fisher discuss the link between gaming and mental well-being. A 2018 Pew Research Center study found that 97% or teen boys and 83% of teen girls play video or online games. That same year, the World Health Organization recognized Gaming Disorder as a mental illness, which they defined as impaired control over gaming, increasing priority given to gaming over other activities to the extent that gaming ...
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The Language of Emotions and Coping

August 18, 2020 • 11 mins
In this podcast, Todd and Julie Fisher discuss problems young people are having with coping skills, particularly in the area of appropriate emotional responses to uncomfortable stimuli or situations. Young people seem to have trouble coping, and many fall apart when things don’t go their way. “[Parents] are enabling children to an extent to which they are almost helpless,” says clinical psychologist, Dr. Ellen Littman. Todd and Jul...
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The Connection Between Competency and Mental Well Being

August 18, 2020 • 13 mins
In this podcast, Todd and Julie Fisher discuss how feeling competent and capable affects kids’ mental well-being. When parents are quick to step in to “help”, they rob kids of the experience to fail or make mistakes. While it’s often easier and faster to instruct them what to do or how to do it, what parents are really doing is robbing children of the opportunity to learn that they, themselves, can solve their problems. When parent...
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Establishing a Growth Mindset

August 18, 2020 • 15 mins
In this podcast, Todd and Julie Fisher discuss the difference between a growth mindset and a fixed mindset and why nurturing a growth mindset leads to improved emotional and mental wellness. According to psychologist, Carol Dweck, when people believe that failure isn’t a barometer of innate characteristics but rather look at it as a step to success, they are more likely to put in the effort that will eventually lead to that success...
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Kids and the Pandemic

February 8, 2021 • 12 mins
In this episode, Todd Krieger, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit’s Senior Director of Planning, and Julie Fisher, M.Ed., author of The Resiliency Puzzle, discuss how to support children with managing their stress and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic. Julie suggests tools to promote resiliency in kids such as maintaining routines and practicing mindfulness and gratitude. Thank you to the Alfred and Bernice Deutsch Millen...
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Parents and the Pandemic

February 15, 2021 • 16 mins
Todd Krieger is again joined by Julie Fisher, M.Ed. to advise parents on how to help children and teens make sense of the pandemic and the changes in their lives. Giving kids support and sharing hope during this time is crucial. Parents should also consider adjusting expectations for their children’s behavior, screen time, and academic performance. Thank you to the Alfred and Bernice Deutsch Millenium Fund for their generous suppor...
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Parents, Pandemic and Safe Social Media

March 2, 2021 • 9 mins
Especially during a time like this, it’s so important for kids and teens to connect with their friends and family. Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit’s Senior Director of Planning Todd Krieger discusses safe ways for kids to engage online with Julie Fisher, M.Ed. For young kids, Julie recommends arranging secure ways for kids to connect through Zoom and FaceTime. For tweens and teens, it’s important that parents set expectat...
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