If you were paying attention this spring you probably saw a lot of headlines coming from college campuses.

There was a wave of protests over the war in Gaza.

The struggle to control the ongoing chaos that college campuses across the United States.

There were thousands of arrests.

Last week, more than 100 people were arrested after the school asked police to remove... were even congressional hearings that put university presidents in the hot seat.

Do you have my commitment he'll be removed as chair today?

I have my commitment, a commitment that I will come back to.

And I gotta tell you, as a journalist I have commitment that I will come back to.

I got to tell you, as a journalist, I of course was paying close attention to the news as it was

developing.

But as a dad of three teenage daughters, including one who was a college freshman at the time, I got to be honest with you.

It was a pretty scary time.

I felt helpless at times.

Raising a teenager these days is challenging enough. And I know that I'm far from the only one who feels this way.

Parents are, they're not only contending with the usual stressors, but they're also worried

about how to manage social media and phones for their kids, something that my parents didn't have to worry about.

They're trying to figure out how to contend with a youth of mental health crisis and a loneliness epidemic

that are hitting kids really hard right now.

That's a man I've known for a long time. U.S. Surgeon

General Dr. Vivek Murthy. He's also a father of two and he's appeared on this

podcast in the past. Last week he released an advisory calling parental stress a significant public health issue.

In part, it was because a 2023 survey of adults from the American Psychological Association found 33% of parents reported

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