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Right now there's a mental health crisis among teenagers. But teens are also highly emotional creatures by design. Adolescent psychologist Dr. Lisa Damour thinks the two are starting to get conflated\u2013 and that means parents and educators can sometimes overcorrect in their responses to teens' emotional outbursts.\nDr. Lisa Damour\xa0co-hosts the\xa0Ask Lisa\xa0podcast and writes about adolescents for the\xa0The New York Times, in addition to her clinical practice. She is the author of two\xa0New York Times\xa0bestsellers:\xa0Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood\xa0and\xa0Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls.\nDr. Lisa's latest book is called\xa0The Emotional Lives of Teenagers: Raising Connected, Capable, and Compassionate Adolescents.\xa0In this interview Amy and Lisa discuss:\n-Why good sleep is the first thing we need to help dysregulated teens solve\n-What the pandemic actually revealed about teens' mental health\n-Key myths and misconceptions about adolescent emotions\nDr. Lisa says that we\u2013 and our teenagers\u2013 can gain much by asking if the strong emotion a teen may be feeling is\xa0uncomfortable\xa0or\xa0unmanageable. If it's uncomfortable, learning to sit with that is part of the process of healthy emotional maturation.\nHere's where you can find Dr. Lisa Damour: \n-our\xa0previous interview\xa0with Dr. Lisa\n-https://drlisadamour.com/\n-@lisa.damour on IG\n-https://www.facebook.com/lisadamourphd\n-Buy Lisa's book:\xa0https://bookshop.org/a/12099/9780593500019\n\nmom friends, funny moms, parenting advice, parenting experts, parenting tips, mothers, families, parenting skills, parenting strategies, parenting styles, busy moms, self-help for moms, manage kid\u2019s behavior, teenager, toddler,\nbaby, tween, child development, family activities, family fun, parent child relationship, decluttering, kid-friendly, invisible workload, default parent\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices