{"id":1319417,"date":"2020-04-13T13:56:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T19:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/youthzone-column-parents-peace-offering-best-way-to-connect-during-isolation\/"},"modified":"2020-04-13T13:56:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T19:56:00","slug":"youthzone-column-parents-peace-offering-best-way-to-connect-during-isolation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/youthzone-column-parents-peace-offering-best-way-to-connect-during-isolation\/","title":{"rendered":"YouthZone column: Parent\u2019s PEACE offering best way to connect during isolation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tina Olson<\/strong>
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How is your teenager really doing in the midst of having to stay in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic? We have asked kids to separate from all of their external social connections, the mainstay of their existence, and to spend all of their time at home with their families.<\/p>\n

Is this possible and does it have realistic expectation? After all, this is the time that young people are trying to figure out who they are and who they want to be.<\/p>\n

YouthZone helps youth on their journey of self-discovery at their own pace and in their own time. With help from counselors and advocates, they have a safe place to explore their actions, feelings and behavior. With the current isolation due to restrictions in place for COVID-19, teens who have questions or need help must be able to reach out to those people stuck in their homes with them.<\/p>\n

I would like to start a conversation about the emotional intelligence of our younger population. It is not about understanding them from an intellectual or logical level. It\u2019s not necessarily to quote research or best practices or to explain the development of the adolescent brain.<\/p>\n

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