My Teen/Young Adult
Parenting a teen or young adult can be both rewarding and challenging.
Your young person is navigating the demands of school, work, and relationships while trying to figure life out — and you’re trying to help them become a resilient young adult. Explore JED’s resources to help you recognize mental health warning signs, start meaningful conversations, and know the difference between normal growing pains and distress so you can provide the support your child needs.
Understanding Mental Health
Mental Health Warning Signs in Teens: What Parents Should Know
Learn the signs your teen is coping with normal stress and when it’s becoming a larger mental health problem.
Common Feelings and Situations for Teens and Young Adults
From better understanding the sources of your teen’s stress to helping them transition to college, JED has resources unpacking the young adult experience and supporting mental health.
Connect Your Teen or Young Adult to Mental Health Support
Get information on finding affordable mental health care for your teen that is responsive to their culture or identity.
3 Ways to Help Teens Find Mental Health Support
JED shares three research-backed strategies to promote help-seeking in teens, in collaboration with the Morgan Stanley Alliance for Children’s Mental Health.
Caring for Your Child’s Mental Health From Afar
Get tips on preparing your child to take care of their well-being at college and indicators of mental health problems.
Communication Tips
How to Talk to Teens About Mental Health: Tips to Prepare
Explore strategies to manage your emotions and plan for a meaningful conversation about mental health with your teen.
Effective Mental Health Conversation Starters to Use With Your Teen
Get tips on breaking the ice, getting your teen to open up, and what to do if your teen doesn’t want to talk.
How to Ask Someone If They Are Thinking About Suicide
Follow this step-by-step guide to starting a conversation with your teen and connecting to help.
Hot Topics
Help Your Teen Transition to Life After High School
JED’s Set to Go resource hub offers practical tips and tools to manage the transition from high school to college, the working world, or whatever is next with less stress and more confidence.
Parent/Caregiver Guide: Emotional Safety for Teens on Roblox
Find ways to to help you teen identify inappropriate behavior and use available tools to protect their mental health when using Roblox.
Tips To Help Teens Stay Safe and Healthy Using Social Media
Work with your teen to develop social media boundaries and habits that will help them find balance and safe spaces online.
Everything You Need to Know About Preventing and Coping With Cyberbullying
From how to support your teen if they experience bullying to tips to instill empathy and kindness, JED’s cyberbullying resources, created in collaboration with The Choose Kindness Project.
A Parents’ Guide to a Medication-Safe Home
Learn four helpful steps to lowering risk and keeping your children safe with prescription and over-the-counter medications in your home.
A Parents’ Guide to Safe Firearm Storage at Home
Understand safe on- and off-site storage options for firearms when someone in your home is at increased risk for suicide.
Supporting Resilience and Well-Being
Learn and Model Self-Care Practices
JED offers easy-to-follow videos on breathing and mindfulness exercises, guides to getting good sleep, tips on using activism as a form of self-care, and more.
How to Build Resilience in Teens and Young Adults: 7 Essential Tips
Support your teen in becoming a resilient young adult who has the confidence and tools to manage the challenges that come their way.
Firsthand Stories to Inspire and Educate
Sometimes, what a young person needs is to see and hear from someone who overcame a mental health challenge who has a similar lived experience and identity. Our JED Voices series reduces shame and inspires hope around mental health.
How to Get Your Teen to Sleep
It’s easy for busy teens to fall into a pattern of skimping on sleep, but getting enough rest is crucial to their well-being and development.
Help Your Young Adult Navigate the Mental Health Care System
Mental Health and Privacy Explained
Learn what parents, guardians, and colleges can and can’t see about teens’ mental health care.
Understanding Health Insurance for Young Adults
Get info on the different kinds of health insurance, privacy rules, and more.
Managing Health Care and Insurance After Graduation
Find tips about changing health care providers after graduating high school, securing insurance coverage, and more.
Researching College Disabilities Accommodations
Here’s what to look for in a college’s disabilities office when deciding on which school to attend.
Getting Medical and Mental Health Care on College Campuses
Explore on-campus resources to take care of your physical and mental health in college.
Navigating College With a Physical Disability
Learn how to access accommodations for physical disabilities, chronic health conditions, and more at college.
Bring JED to You
School and District Programs and Resources
JED equips school communities across the country with evidence-based resources to create a culture of care in which all students feel seen and supported. We offer our flagship JED High School program as well as a variety of trainings, research, guidance, and classroom tools for administrators, educators, and students to create healthy and connected school communities.
Higher Education Programs and Resources
JED partners with colleges and universities to put systems, programs, and policies in place to create a culture of caring that protects student mental health and prevents suicide. We offer our flagship JED Campus programs, as well as a variety of training, research, guidance, and tools for administrators, faculty, and students to create healthy and connected school communities.