This is the Tom Hartman program.

And welcome back.

We had a call a couple of days ago, I think it was Monday, expressing concern for his

son.

You know, he was going through a tough time as a result of the COVID and being home.

And who knows?

I mean, when you're talking about kids with the social, in this day and age of social

media, if he was being bullied, things like that, and he was concerned that his son might

even be suicidal and was asking, what do I do with this?

And I said, you know, I'm not qualified to answer that question.

Dr. Justin, a Frank MD, however, is.

He's a psychoanalyst and a clinical professor at the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral

Science at George Washington University, the author of Trump on the couch, including Obama

on the couch and Bush on the couch, his former books.

His Twitter handle, which is the best way to reach him and say hi, is Justin Frank MD,

which has spelled just the way it sounds.

And Dr. Frank, welcome back.

How best, in your opinion, what should parents be looking for and how best to deal with

children who seem to be in distress, particularly this kind of the suicidal variety or the depressive

variety of distress as a consequence of the circumstances of the day?

Well, most parents, hi Tom, most parents know that the best way to talk to children is

to try to listen to them first and see where they're at and what's bothering them and what

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