social and emotional programs are still in their infancy they need support they need a voice if youre a parent you can find out what your school is doing to implement sel programming into the curriculum every child should be in therapy so far as the tendency to be overinvolved and overwhelmed with school and social life i dont suspect that teenagers today are fundamentally different than those from 10 or 20 years ago too much pressure on a foundation has always resulted in cracks yet i suspect there are at least two cultural changes that do make teens today feel these pressures more acutely duck syndrome how to help your stressedout teen