Why You Should Own the Mental Health of Your Children with Jason Reid
The Dad Edge Podcast
Larry Hagner
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2023
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Jason Reid is a successful businessman, coach for CEOs, and founder of over 20 businesses. He is also the founder of the Tell My Story foundation, a nonprofit organization aimed at educating and empowering parents to support their children's mental health struggles.
In today's episode, Jason Reid bravely shared the devastating story of losing his 14-year-old son to suicide in 2018. This tragic event has shaped Jason's mission: to eradicate teenage suicide by 2030. He is arming parents with the necessary skills to become better communicators, listeners, and leaders for their children.
According to recent CDC data, teenage suicide is now the second leading cause of death for teenagers in the United States, with the pandemic and increased cell phone usage contributing to the surge in mental health issues among the youth. These concerning statistics emphasize the urgency of addressing the mental health of our children.
Jason stressed the importance of active listening and creating a safe space for children to express their feelings freely. He pointed out that often, in our attempts to console our kids, we may unintentionally dismiss their feelings, which could have harmful consequences. Recognizing the difference between occasional sadness and persistent symptoms of depression or anxiety is vital.
Interestingly, Jason's passion for music and his guitars, symbolizes the need to have personal interests, acting as a reminder that life isn't solely about the hardships but also about the joys that make it worth living.
In this urgent fight against teenage suicide, we, as parents, can make a difference by providing support, fostering open conversations about mental health, and teaching our kids to navigate through life's challenges. Through Jason's heartrending story, let's take action to protect our children and their mental well-being.
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| 0:00.0 | A parent's worst nightmare is losing one of our children. |
| 0:04.0 | Teenage Suicide is now the second leading cause of death for teenagers in the United States today. |
| 0:09.6 | Today, my guest shares his devastating story about losing his 14-year-old son back in 2018 to suicide. |
| 0:16.4 | He shares the warning signs that necessarily weren't on his radar. |
| 0:20.8 | He also shares his mission on how he's trying to end teenage suicide by the year 2030. |
| 0:27.1 | He is equipping parents with the necessary skills to be better leaders, |
| 0:30.9 | better with communication, and even better listeners. |
| 0:36.4 | Welcome to the Dad Edge Podcast. The Dad Edge movement creates leaders of men, |
| 0:42.0 | leaders of families, and leaders of communities. We will not only impact this generation of fathers, |
| 0:47.7 | but the next generation as well. The kids we are raising will have better chances and odds stacked |
| 0:53.6 | in their favor because of the amazing example that their fathers emulated for them. |
| 0:58.7 | We are here to change the world. We are here to change relationships. |
| 1:03.2 | We are here to positively disrupt this generation of fathers so no man goes to their grave with |
| 1:08.4 | regrets. We disrupt the drift of busyness and replace it with razor-focused intention, |
| 1:14.8 | passion, purpose, and direction. We are the Dad Edge and we're here to change the game. |
| 1:23.6 | Hey, what's up, gentlemen? Welcome to the Dad Edge Podcast. I'm Larry Hagner, your host and |
| 1:40.8 | founder of this podcast, this show, and this movement. Gentlemen, I want you to brace yourself |
| 1:46.5 | for today's podcast because it's going to hit you in the heart. It's going to hit you big time. |
| 1:51.8 | And it's a nightmare that quite frankly no parent can wake up from and that is losing one of our |
| 1:59.5 | children to suicide or just losing one of our children just in general. And just some statistics |
| 2:05.6 | that might surprise you and these are new and these were done by the CDC. In 2022, suicide became |
| 2:12.3 | the second leading cause of death for teens and young adults between the ages of 10 and 34. |
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