Mental Health
- Fear of Judgment/Stigma
- Denial
- Men’s Mental Health
- “Middle Ground” Mental Health
- Adults not believing youth
- Competitive Culture
- Dismissiveness
- Stereotypes attached
- Science behind Mental Health
- Medication/stigma around meds
- Solution isn’t as simple as getting more sleep or staying off instagram
- Shameful feelings for taking medication when they can be very necessary to stabilize mood
- Meds can also make you subdued/not your real self/ “zombie like”
- Idea that there has to be a problem to go to therapy
- Zoom fatigue
- No relief through socialization with friends yet still having to perform academically
- Feeling exhausted from school and having headaches/physical impacts from being on the screen all day but not being able to let loose and have fun with friends
- Family issues, parents or siblings contributing to MH
- Parents thinking social media/phones is the reason for mental illness
- It’s considered inappropriate for “boomers” to talk about their own issues and medication/therapy
- Younger generation tend to be more open but this can draw a line between parents + kids
- Does it make parents uncomfortable that we have a more open dialogue?
- Hard to talk to parents - don’t want them to feel blamed/guilty
- Talking to Parents - Don’t want them to overreact or make the situation worse than it already is
Discrimination
- Curriculum (English/History) - ie who are the authors we read, are we getting exposed to different perspectives in literature
- How are we being taught about discrimination in history classes
- What do parents want for their kids regarding discrimination
- How discrimination has changed since the parents were our age
- How we can play a role in educating our parents about current issues they might not be aware of
- Affinity groups, identity clubs, other measures FCS has to discuss these issues and make students feel that they can point out discrimination they see at school
- How FCS handles discrimination within administration
- How it could be better, how it has changed, etc. at FCS
- New community handbook policies regarding hate speech, slurs, etc
- Student reactions and what students want to see happening going forward
- Microaggressions
- Anything else that people might say or do that they think is harmless but has a larger effect on the community
- Insensitive jokes
- Education of student body through assemblies or special blocks or speakers
- Establishing norms before any incidents arise instead of waiting until afterwards
- How often we feel like there is discrimination going on at FCS - Is this a regular, daily occurrence or very rare? Does it depend on the student you ask?
Stress & Expectations in Academics
- Private school expectations
- Disregarding teen stress
- Family dynamics - how does being with your family change expectations
- Extracurriculars - feeling like you need to participate in more things
- Learning situation
- Over work - work right after school ends, not enough time to do other things
- Communicating directly with parents even when it affect the students
- Time management
- College Admissions Process - Feeling “Behind”
Effects of the Pandemic
- Exposed aspects of ableism, racism, socioeconomic status etc.
- Overall Social effects in Relationships, Friendships
- Feelings of isolation
- Being on social media even more than normal to try to connect with others
- Mental Health
- Easy to lapse into laziness in terms of school
- High school is a time when we are supposed to be preparing for college and then life
- Easy to cheat, look things up on google, not pay attention
- Puts some students at a disadvantage from a learning perspective
- Parents: might not know how to support their kids in online school
- Relationships with family members in house
- Lack of personal space and time because of amount of time and proximity to people you live with
- Helping parents understand youth need own space & time, and that doesn’t mean they don’t want to spend time with you
- Parents checking in on students about emotional well being vs. about school all the time
- Disconnect between student wanting to learn at school, but parents reluctant because of safety concerns or vice versa
- Staying safe vs. seeing friends conversation
- Seeing others post with friends on social media makes others feel like they should/can be doing that too
- Each family has different levels of safety/adhering to guidelines → social dynamic between kids
- Vaccine: still some who are weary of it
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