Raising Resilient Adolescents with Erica Komisar

In this class, psychoanalyst and author Erica Komisar discusses the science behind raising resilient adolescents, an age group that is facing more mental distress than ever. Ms. Komisar focuses on the importance of parents to provide emotional regulation during this critical window of brain development to increase emotional security, which is the foundation of resilience to stress. There is a science behind parenting adolescents and the more parents understand, the more they can be prepared to take on the challenges of helping their children to negotiate this new age of anxiety.