Lo Monday, February 13, 2023, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lo United States releasem report abaotem mentol health blo olketa teenager lo U.S. Datfala report sei winim 40 percent hae skul students savve continue longtaem feel sorre tumas and feel hopeles.

 Doctor Kathleen Ethier, director of CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) sei: “Mifala lukim dat mentol health problem blo young pipol worst tumas lo past 10 years. Bat mentol health problem blo olketa teenage gele nao worse winim enitaem bifor, and staka teenage gele ting for suisaed, plan for duim datwan, or actually trae suisaed.”

 Datfala report sei:

•   Winim 1 lo 10 teenage gele (14 percent), samwan forcem olketa for duim sex nomata olketa no laekem. Doctor Ethier sei: “Datwan mekem iumi wari tumas. For evri 10 teenage gele wea iu savve lo olketa, at least wanand maet winim, samwan reipim.”

•   Klosap 1 lo 3 teenage gele (30 percent) disaed finis for suisaed.

•   Klosap 3 lo 5 teenage gele (57 percent) continue longtaem feel sorre tumas or hopeles.

 Iumi sorre tumas for savve lo statistics hia. Taem olketa young, hem taem wea olketa shud hapi and enjoyim laef. Wat nao savve helpem olketa teenager cope witim stress wea olketa feisim distaem? Wat nao Bible talem abaotem datwan?

Bible givim practical help for olketa teenager

 Bible sei taem wea iumi stap distaem savve mekem iumi stress tumas. Bible sei: “Bae evri samting hem hard tumas.” (2 Timothy 3:1-5) Bat Bible givim best advaes wea helpem staka million teenager evriwea lo world for cope nomata wat challenge olketa feisim. Olketa article hia storyim advaes from Bible:

•   What if I Don’t Want to Live Anymore?

•   I Want to Die—Can the Bible Help Me When I Have Suicidal Thoughts?

•   Why Go On?

•   How Can I Deal With Depression?

•   Wanem Nao Bae Helpem Mi Stop for Tingim Nogud Saed blo Samting?

•   How Can I Deal With Anxiety?

•   How Can I Control My Emotions?

•   Sorre blo Iu Savve Change Go lo Hapi (whiteboard animation)

•   What if I’m Being Bullied?

•   What if I’m Being Cyberbullied?

•   No Iusim Hand for Winim Wanfala Bully (whiteboard animation)

•   How Can I Deal With Sexual Harassment?

•   Wanem Nao Sexual Assault?—Part 1: Hao for Protectim Iuseleva

•   Wanem Nao Sexual Assault?—Part 2: Hao for Deal Witim Samting wea Happen

Bible givim practical advaes for parents

 Bible givim tu practical advaes wea helpem parents for helpem olketa teenager cope witim olketa challenge lo laef blo olketa. Olketa article hia storyim advaes from Bible:

•   Teen Depression—Why? What Can Help?

•   When Your Teenage Daughter Is Stressed Out

•   Waswe Sapos Samwan Bullyim Pikinini blo Mi?

•   When Your Teenager Self-Injures

•   Olketa Pikinini and Social Media—Part 1: Waswe, Pikinini blo Mi Shud Iusim Social Media?

•   Olketa Pikinini and Social Media—Part 2: Teachim Teenager blo Iu lo Hao for Iusim Social Media

•   Olketa Pikinini and Smartphone—Part 1: Waswe, Pikinini blo Mi Shud Garem Smartphone?

•   Children and Smartphones—Part 2: Teaching Children Smartphone Sense

•   Helpem Teenager for Minim Why Sexting Hem Rong