Inside Out, Outside In

What we bring to the world, and what it brings to us

Eugene Beresin M.D., M.A.

Support Kids and Teens Following the Riot in Our Capitol

The riots in our Capitol may be especially frightening to our kids, and we need a way to help support them.

Veteran Families: Talking With Kids About PTSD

Many military veterans return from deployment with post-traumatic stress disorder. Their symptoms may be distressing to their kids and families. Candid conversations are helpful.

In memory of Tony Davenport, a dear college friend of Gene's who died in 2004

Facing Empty Chairs at the Holiday Table During COVID-19

On every holiday, some beloved family member or friend is missing. With over 250,000 lives lost to COVID-19, many more are absent this year. The table is now more barren with travel dangers.

Coping With Disaster Fatigue: A Guide for Families

Recently, monumental weather-related disasters, from wildfires, tropical storms, derechos, and tornadoes, all during a global pandemic, have caused fatigue that requires family coping skills.

Anger Management: Helping You and Your Kids Stay in Control

While anger is a normal emotion, it can get the best of us and damage others or ourselves. For personal and social wellbeing, we need to manage it.

Gaming Disorder: Is It a Real Illness?

Many parents worry about their children having a gaming disorder. Research shows that if this is a real illness, it's very rare.

How to Help Kids Cope With Situational Anxiety

Situational anxiety is a reaction to an unexpected adverse event. The COVID pandemic coupled with social unrest is a new crisis for our kids and requires helping them cope.

Minneapolis: Helping Our Children Understand and Stay Safe

In recent years, our children have witnessed rage and unrest due to fatalities at the hands of our police. George Floyd's murder requires helping them cope with the dangers they may face.

How to Talk With Family Members About a Kid's Mental Health

Grandparents and others often pitch in as caretakers. When they care for kids with mental health problems, it is crucial that they know details about their treatment.

The Value of Being a Grandparent

Grandparents can play an important role in supporting the emotional well-being of their adult parents and their kids. They provide guidance, economic relief, and mentorship.

How to Help Young People With Grief and Loss During COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic poses a challenging time for young people to cope with loss, loss of loved ones, time with friends, important events, and many prospects for the future.

When Young People Lose a Hero to a Tragic Death

Young people identify with celebrity role models as sources of inspiration, leadership, and personal strength. The loss of a role model requires effective means to grieve and cope.

Being an Emotional Sponge: Tips For Youth Supporting Friends

Teens and young adults often find themselves as advisors and confidants for friends with emotional problems. While this may be very helpful, it has distinct risks.

Ten Self-Care Tips for Parents

Our work as parents is to care for our kids. We spend considerable time helping them learn self-care to manage stress. Yet we often fail to find ways to care for ourselves.

11 Self-Care Tips for Teens and Young Adults

Teens and young adults are more anxious, depressed and lonely than ever. Methods of self-care can really make a positive difference in their lives.

9 Ways to Know Your Therapist Is Right for Your Child

There are few situations in which a parent places their child in another person's hands. And not being present for their care, we need to be sure we are making the right decision.

Why Chores Are Important for Kids

Reframing chores as responsibilities is invaluable in helping kids feel special, and can foster social-emotional learning.

Why Are Teens So Lonely, and What Can They Do About It?

It's paradoxical that despite many ways teens and young adults can connect, research finds that they are lonelier than any other age group. Loneliness is risky but can be helped.

Managing Sibling Conflicts: The Obvious and Hidden Battles

Most of us are familiar with sibling rivalry. Yet conflicts between siblings may not be overt battles. The hidden conflicts we don't see may deeply affect our children.

Helping Toddlers Sleep on Their Own (and Enjoy Being Alone)

Getting your toddler to sleep may be challenging. Beyond helping your child settle, bedtime fosters achieving a critical developmental milestone—the capacity to be alone.

Why Are We Denying Purple Hearts to Veterans With PTSD?

Veterans who suffer from PTSD do not receive Purple Hearts for their psychological wounds. A Vietnam veteran questions this as a discriminatory practice.

How to Talk With Your Kids About the Pittsburgh Shooting

Many parents are struggling how to explain the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, a violent act of hatred, to their kids.

How to Talk With Your Kids About Sexual Assault

The allegations of sexual assault in hearings on Judge Kavanaugh should alert parents to the often unspoken experiences of our kids.

Teaching for the Test or Teaching for Real Life?

While many schools teach the Common Core, based on a standardized text, that may be less valuable than teaching social emotional learning skills.

The Immediacy of Digital Media: For Better or Worse?

We all use forms of social and digital media for a wide range of purposes. We need to consider the risks and benefits of our new age of information and connection.

When Survival Is Not at Stake: The Mystery of Panic Disorder

Panic disorder is a terrifying experience with physical and emotional components. It is perceived as if one is in a life threatening situation. Treatment is often highly effective.

Teen and Parent Misconceptions About Driving and Marijuana

Marijuana is approved for medical use in 29 states and for recreational use in 9 states. New research shows how parents and teens misunderstand the risks when driving.

Preventing School Shootings: It's Guns, Not Mental Health

The Parkland school shooting demands urgent action. Rather than considering the proven value of sound gun control, some politicians are diverting by focusing on mental health.

Why Activism Is Good for Teens—And the Country

High School students from Parkland Florida and across the nation are taking on politicians to prevent school shootings. Their actions are developmentally sound and will save lives.

The Problem of School Refusal

Most children look forward to the new school year with joy and enthusiasm. But for kids with school refusal, it is a nightmare for them and their parents.

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