Resilience isn’t about pushing through or pretending things don’t hurt. It’s about helping teens learn how to move through challenges with support. When young people build emotional awareness, problem-solving skills, and confidence in their own abilities, they don’t just cope: they grow. Supporting teen resilience means walking beside them, not fixing everything for them.

Sleep is one of the strongest predictors of teen mental health - and one of the most disrupted. During adolescence, developing brains rely on sleep to regulate emotion, manage stress, and build resilience. When screens delay sleep or increase stimulation at night, teens are left with fewer internal resources to cope the next day.

Teens don’t need their emotions controlled - they need them understood. When big feelings are met with curiosity and connection rather than urgency or correction, emotional intensity often settles on its own. Regulation is built through relationship, not control, and that’s what helps teens grow.