Cultivating a Mentally Healthy Family

Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Relationships, Society & Culture, Parenting

4.8 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Research increasingly shows that our culture is in the midst of a mental health epidemic, especially among children and youth — persistent feelings of sadness and hopelessness, anxiety and even suicidal thoughts. But Dr. Danny Huerta believes parents can offset these issues by routinely initiating conversations with their children to assess their mental and emotional well-being. He encourages parents to establish a solid spiritual environment in the home to help improve mental health.

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0:00.0	A lot of lies come through that mirror. I mean they really do and something we've used is
0:06.0	either chalk markers or dry race markers and we've drawn a circle on the mirror and
0:11.9	then written truths about each other in our home.
0:16.8	That's Dr. Danny Werther describing what a mentally healthy family looks like and the key is
0:22.1	mom and dad you play an important
0:24.9	role in this process of creating a good environment in the home. This is focused on
0:30.4	the family with Jim Daly. Thanks for joining us. I'm John
0:34.3	Mental health is one of those issues that most of us probably don't think much
0:38.0	about especially if it's not present or it's not extreme but it is becoming more of an issue in many many homes, especially here
0:47.0	in the US, but I'm sure in Canada and other places where we air the broadcast. Maybe you have
0:52.4	recognized some problems, especially post-COVID.
0:55.3	You know, during COVID, I mean, we had the shutdowns and kids were at home, not going to school,
1:00.7	the lack of socialization, all these things contributed to a real destabilization of normal activity.
1:10.0	And I know for my boys it was disruptive not to be able to go to school. They didn't have the prom for two years. It was odd.
1:18.0	And I think we're still experiencing some of the ripple effect of that.
1:21.0	We do want to equip you as parents to recognize these
1:24.9	things to bring greater stability in the home. You know Jesus calls it the
1:29.7	Shalom, it's God's peace and we as Christians particularly should be experiencing a level of God's peace so we want to try to help as best we can today
1:38.4	Yeah, and Danny Werta is a colleague here at Focus on the family
1:42.8	He's been here a number of years, what, 15 or more years,
1:45.9	I think.
1:46.9	19 years.
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