School counselors discuss the importance of youth mental health, provide tips for parents

Meredith Draughn, 2023 School Counselor of the Year, and Brian Coleman, 2019 School Counselor of the Year and Board Chair, Illinois School Counselors Association, join "CBS Mornings" School Matters series to discuss students' mental health as they transition into the 2023 academic year.

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[truettadevil]

Why do schools have cops, but not all schools have counselors, child psychologists, and teachers with Masters degrees in Child Development. We have to start prioritizing mental health and less suspensions and juvenile detention centers.

[dalededen]

The services and the support or essential. School based programs can be helpful. But the jargon makes it completely unrelated bowl and nearly inaccessible.

[bardess]

Often you will run into parents who get angry and indignant if you suggest that there is something wrong with their child, because they don’t see it, and they are actually part of the problem…

[tubekxb]

What might help kids' mental health is if they weren't so fat, and they worked hard. Schools are producing poorly educated Americans, and now want to advise on "mental health"?

[dukedonahue]

Keep your options to yourself!! The job of raising children belongs to the parents!! Your job is to teach reading, writing and math!!