Helping teens handle COVID-19
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For a lot of Canadian teens, the prospect of skipping school to wear PJs, watch movies and FaceTime friends sounded like a vacation. But now in the third week of school closures and social distancing, the COVID-19 honeymoon is over. How can we help teens establish a new normal with no return to routine in sight? Calgary psychologist and mother of a teenage daughter,  Caroline Buzanko weighs-in. You can find out more about Buzanko by clicking here. We also throw the question “what to say when your teen asks to see their boyfriend/girlfriend” at Jody Carrington who believes teens just want to be heard.  And teen blogger Hannah Alper offers up advice for both her peers their parents about adjusting to physical distancing by embracing social connecting. Hannah recently wrote a blog on the subject. You can read it by visiting her website.
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