A Generation in Crisis: Supporting Working Parents with Teens

Carrying the weight of stress and anxiety that comes with managing a teen’s mental health struggles directly impacts parents’ ability to thrive at work. Learn how to prevent burnout and turnover with these proactive tips to support working parents.

Guide

The mental health of parents and children are inextricably linked. Parents are taking time away from work to seek care on top of being distracted by their child’s well-being. All of this can lead to lower productivity, absenteeism, and burnout. To prevent these consequences, organizations can train managers to recognize signs of struggle among working parents and offer employees access to a mental health care benefit with specialized teen support.

In this guide you’ll learn:

  • Why teen mental health negatively affects parent work performance
  • Proactive tips to support working parents of teens
  • How to provide the right mental health benefits for your employees and their families

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